Anyone have TMEA etude history

[tubalamb]

I don't know the exact numbers, but I do remember from both high school (early 90s) and teaching while in Houston that the TMEA tuba etudes alternated between the Blazhevich and Kopprasch books. It wouldn't be a waste of time to learn both books. Good Luck!

[TexTuba]

[Tom]

Learn the Blazevich Etudes (both volumes) and Kopprasch.

There are 70 Blazevich Etudes and 60 Kopprasch etudes.

Not a daunting task to obtain 3 books and learn them all, in my opinion.

If what you are trying to figure out is if there is some kind of pattern to the etudes selected, no...there isn't. Different folks (experts/pros on the particular instrument) are tasked with selecting the etudes each year, with the understanding that they not select etudes used recently.

Check the TMEA website each fall for the current etudes and the performance guide that goes with them.

That said...

More important than tempo, in my experience with TMEA, was exact rhythm, playing the right notes ("key signatures"), and sounding "good." I remember many tubists much more concerned with tempo that played much to quickly to be able execute the rhythms, etc. In fact I (admittedly) fell into that trap myself at one time. There is no room for interpretation with the rhythms...it's right or it's wrong...and the judges will notice.

[Tom]

They often repeat etudes im told, so thats why I would like a list for teaching purposes

Let's think about that for a second...

Between Blazevich and Kopprasch (the source of the TMEA etudes) there are 130 different etudes that could be selected.

Each year 3 different etudes are selected for use in the all-state audition process.

If we figure that a student is in high school for 4 years and is involved in the TMEA system, they will see 12 different etudes over the course of their high school career.

That means that the chances of a student encountering one of those 12 etudes a second time over the course of 4 years (when there are 130 to pick from) is pretty slim. However, given that the number of Blazevich and Kopprasch from which to pick from is finite, yes, over time etudes will have to be selected for the second, third, fourth, fifth, (and so on...) occasion. It's just more than likely that the kid that worked it up the first time will be long gone by the time it shows up again.

As a student, there is a very, very small chance that you'll see one of those 12 etudes more than once during the time in which you are eligible to participate in TMEA, thus I fail to see any advantage the student might have.

The teacher knowing that such-and-such number etude from such-and-such book has been selected for the umpteenth time (remember 3 of 130 get picked each year, so this will take a while) does not help your students actually play it any better. Teach each etude like it might be the one they pick and your students will have nothing to worry about.

[Todd S. Malicoate]

They often repeat etudes im told

Funny...earlier in this thread you were told by a very reliable source that...

Different folks (experts/pros on the particular instrument) are tasked with selecting the etudes each year, with the understanding that they not select etudes used recently.

Do you even read the answers to your questions?

[Todd S. Malicoate]

You want a list...no problem. Do the research yourself. Contact TMEA and request the etudes they have selected for the last 30 years...they might help you.

None of the good people here have such a list because, as they have told you, it is of no value.

[Stephen Shoop]

Information about the etudes are published each year in the August issue of the Southwestern Musician combined with the Texas Music Educator magazine. Just about any university library in Texas has past issue going back many, many years (before the All-State process-- over 50 years).