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this page you will find help on how to structure your daily practice, a
complete list of materials available for download, syllabi for those of
you who are studying with me at Brevard Community College and Stetson
University, a repertoire
list, and a list of recordings of interest to trombone, euphonium, and
tuba players. Many of these downloads are .pdf
files which require Adobe Acrobat Reader. You may download this program
here. It's free.
Daily Practice:
Developing an effective practice routine. Obviously mastery on any
musical instrument is only achieved through a great amount of regular
daily practice. Additionally the greatest success comes from the efficient
use of practice time. Outlined below is what I consider to be an efficient
and effective practice routine.
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Begin with the daily warm-up routine.
Developing players need a daily dose of exercises that work toward the
development of sound production (embouchure and breath control) as well
as flexibility. Developed players, such as myself, need a daily dose of
these exercises in order to maintain and refine the skills acquired over
the years. During your lessons we will together work out a daily routine
that is best for you mostly through the study of long tones, slurs, and
lip slurs. In addition facility in all keys and development of the
extremes of the instrument’s range are pursued through scale studies. I
cannot overemphasize the importance of practicing scales, both slurred
and tongued, every day.
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Proceed to technical and melodic etudes. As
you develop you will study progressively more challenging etudes.
Technical and musical skills should be developed simultaneously. Etude
books specific to your abilities will be recommended during your
lessons. Generally you will practice out of both a melodic etude book
and a technical etude book.
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Continue on to solo literature. You should
apply technical and musical skills to learning the solo repertoire of
the instrument.
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Finally practice ensemble literature.
Whether it is your school band or other ensembles you must be prepared
when attending rehearsals.
I highly recommend that you visit
David
Zerkel's web page at the University of Georgia. Click on
resources for some very informative articles about tuba performance.
Materials: Warm-ups, Scales, and Scale
Studies downloadable as Acrobat files.
- Materials for the Euphonium
- Materials for the Tuba
Syllabi:
Stetson University; For my Applied Tuba students your syllabus is
here.
Brevard Community College; For my Tuba
students.
- If you are a non-music major and
are taking half-hour lessons your syllabus is
here
- If you are a music major taking
hour-length lessons your syllabus is
here
Repertoire: This list is primarily for
the more advanced student. If you are a beginning or intermediate player I
usually coordinate with your Band Director about what books you should be
studying from.
Arban's Complete Method This book can usually be
relied upon to provide exercises for most any aspect of your performance
that you want to develop.
For Trombone and Euphonium I recommend the
version of Arban's Complete Method edited by Alessi and Bowman.
For Tuba I recommend the version of Arban's
Complete Method edited by Young and Jacobs.
Trombone and Euphonium Technical Etudes
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Blume, Studies
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Blume, 36 Studies for F-attachment
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Tyrrell, 40 Progressive Studies
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Kopprasch, 60 Studies
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Blazhevich, Studies in Clefs
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Vandercook, Etudes
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Hering, Progressive Etudes (40)
Trombone and Euphonium Melodic Etudes
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Bordogni, Vocalises - comes in multiple volumes,
begin with volume 1
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Rochut, Melodius Etudes - earlier version of the
same Bordogni vocalises listed above, this a three volume work, begin
with volume 1
Special Methods and Books for the Bass Trombone It
is usual for a Bass Trombonist to study from both the Trombone etude books
listed above and the Tuba etude books listed below. In addition there are
books written expressly for the Bass Trombone.
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The Double Valve Bass Trombone, by Alan Raph
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New Method for Bass Trombone, Aharoni
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The Non-Classic Bass Trombone, Aharoni
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20 Etudes, Gillis
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70 Progressive Studies, Gillis
Tuba Technical Etudes
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Blazhevich, 70 Studies, this is a two volume
work, start with volume 1
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Tyrrell, Advanced Studies
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Kopprasch, 60 Studies
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Vasiliev, Etudes for Tuba
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Snedecor, Low Etudes
Tuba Melodic Etudes
Tuba Advanced Etudes
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Fritz, Twenty Characteristic Etudes
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Maenz, Twelve Special Studies
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Maenz, 20 Studies for Bass Trombone or Tuba
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Senon, Kaleidoscope Etudes
Solo Repertoire
Euphonium Solos, Advanced Middle School & Intermediate High School
Euphonium Solos, Advanced
- Barat,
Introduction and Dance
- De Luca,
Beautiful Colorado
- Guilmant,
Morceau Symphonique
- Horowitz,
Concerto for Euphonium
- Manita,
Believe me of all Those Endearing Young Charms
Euphonium Solos, Very Advanced
- Boccalari,
Fantasia de Concerto
- Curnow,
Symphonic Variants
Tuba Solos, Beginner and Middle
School
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Grieg/Holmes,
In the Hall of the Mountain King
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Handel/Bell,
Honor and Arms
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Bizet/Bell,
Carmen Excerpts
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Mozart/Morris, O Isis and Osiris
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Schumann, The
Jolly Peasant
Tuba Solos, Advanced Middle School &
Intermediate High School
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Haddad,
Suite for Tuba
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Handel/Little,
Larghetto & Allegro
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Hartley, Aria
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Holmes, Emmett's Lullaby
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Marcello/Little,
Largo & Presto
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Presser,
Sonatina
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Walters, Scherzo Pomposo
Tuba Solos, Advanced
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Bach/Bell, Air and Bourree
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Barat/Smith,
Introduction and Dance
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Beethoven/Bell, Variations on a Theme from Judas Maccabeus
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Bencriscutto,
Concertino for Tuba and Band
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Beversdorf,
Sonata
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Capuzzi, Andante and Rondo
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Curnow,
Concertino
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Defaye, Suite Marine (requires a good high
register)
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Frackenphol,
Sonata for Tuba and Piano
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Frackenphol,
Concertino
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Frackenphol,
Variations on The Cobbler's Bench
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Goedicke/Emilson,
Concert Etude Op 49
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Grant, Stuff for Unaccompanied Tuba
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Gregson, Tuba
Concerto
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Grundman, Tuba Rhapsody
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Hartley,
Sonatina
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Hartley,
Sonata
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Hartley, Sonata No. 3 for Tuba and Piano
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Hindemith,
Sonate
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Jacob, Tuba
Suite
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Marcello/Little,
Sonata
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Persichetti,
Serenade #12 for Solo Tuba
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Ross, Villanella
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Stevens, Suite No. 1 for Solo Tuba
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Swan, Two
Moods for Tuba
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Shostakovch, Adagio from the Limpid Stream
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Vaughan Williams,
Six Studies in English Folk Song
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Vivaldi/Morris, Sonata No, 3 in A minor
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Wilder, Sonata for Tuba and Piano
Tuba Solos, Very Advanced
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Barnes,
Concerto for Tuba
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Bozza,
Concertino
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Broughton,
Sonata” also know as “Concerto
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Casterede, Sonatine
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Curnow, Fantasia for Tuba and Piano
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Ellerby, Tuba Concerto
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Ewazen, Concerto for Tuba or Bass Trombone
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Gárdonyi, Sonate
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Graham, Three Furies
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Gregson, Alarum for Solo Tuba
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Jones S., Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra
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Kellaway, The
Morning Song
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Kraft, Encounters II
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Koetsier, Concertino
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Persichetti,
Parable XXII for Solo Tuba
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Penderecki,
Capriccio
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Plau, Concerto for Tuba and Strings
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Plog, Three
Miniatures
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Stevens, H.,
Sonatina
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Stevens J., Salve Venere, Salve Marte for
Solo Tuba
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Stevens, T., Aria con Variazioni
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Stevens, T.,
Variations in an Olden Style
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Wilder, Suite No. 1 ("Effie Suite")
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Wilhelm, Concertina for Tuba and Wind
Instruments
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Vaughan Williams,
Concerto
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von Koch, Monologue No. 9 for Solo Tuba
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Woodward, Tuba Concerto
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York, Sonata
Orchestra Excerpts
What Excerpts should I study? A very good start
would be to study the excerpts listed by
David Zerkel
at the University of Georgia. With permission from the author
you may download it
here.
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Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library, Three volume
collection of complete trombone and tuba parts to many of the more
challenging works for symphony orchestra.
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Cherry Classics, Another CD-ROM Library of
complete trombone and tuba orchestra parts available at
Cherry-Classics.com
Recordings: A listing of recordings of
interest to Trombone, Euphonium, and Tuba players. (As you see this is
unfinished work.) Listen to
This
Bones Apart All-Girl trombone quartet playing "Stars and Stripes"
is here!
Go to their
Web-Site
Trombone; Available through
Dillon Music
- Trombonastics
Joseph Alessi, trombone
Ami Fujiwara, piano Barbara Allen harp
- Bass Trombone
Orchestral Excerpts
Jeffrey Reynolds
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Tenor Tuba- Bass Trumpet
Michael Mulcahy
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Available through Walking Frog
Records
- Beyond The End Of The
Century -
Joseph Alessi, Trombone, J. Feldman, Piano
- EPISTROPHY
Matt Niess and The Capitol Bones
Available
through web links (click on the hyperlink)
Euphonium;
Available through
Dillon Music
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The World of the Euphonium
Vol. One, Two, Three, & Four
Steven Mead, Euphonium
Richard Phillips and
Joyce Woodhead, Piano
Available through Walking Frog
Records
- Elegance
Roger Behrend, Euphonium, Richard A. Donn,
Piano/Harpsichord, William W. Wiedrich, Piano
- Euphonic Sounds
American
music for euphonium and piano
John Mueller, euphonium; Joseph Holt, piano
- Roger Behrend, Euphonium
Roger Behrend, Euphonium, Caryl Conger, Piano,
Emily Fisher, Harp
Available through
Sotto Voce
- Soliloquies
Demondrae Thurman, Euphonium
Tuba; Available through
Dillon
Music
- Portrait of an Artist
Arnold Jacobs
- Tuba Orchestral Excerpts
Gene Pokorny
- Tuba Tracks
Gene Pokorny
- The Romantic Tuba
Floyd Cooley, tuba
Naomi Chaitkin Nimmo, Piano & Harpsichord
- Lollipops
Patrick Sheridan, Tuba
Rich Ridenour, Piano
- Bon Bons
Patrick Sheridan,Tuba
Rich Ridenour, Piano
- Dos Amigos
Patrick Sheridan & Sam Pilafian
- Gravity is Light Today
Roger Bobo, Tuba
Froydis Ree Wekre, horn
Roger Kellaway, piano
- Getting It Together
Sam Palafian, Tuba
Frank Vignola, Guitar
- Changing Colors
Jim Self, Tuba
- Ain't My Fault
Dixie Power Trio
- Greetings From Gumboville
Dixie Power Trio
- Out of Control
Dixie Power Trio
- The Virgil Sessions
Dixie Power Trio
Available through Walking Frog
Records
Available through
Sotto Voce
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Consequences
Sotto Voce Tuba-Euphonium Quartet
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Viva Voce!
Sotto Voce Tuba-Euphonium Quartet
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Forbes Plays Koetsier
Michael Forbes, Tuba
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