Jonathantuba wrote:Otherwise, does anyone have a copy of the Torchinsky Shostakovich book they would sell? I would pay a good price!
I might pay more!
I'm sorry, but I don't have a copy I can send you. However, the tuba part for Symphony No. 5 is not hard. I think the lowest note is an F four ledger lines below the staff and the highest is an F in the staff. There is one measure that has a sixteenth-note run, other than that, there is nothing technically challenging.
I don't know about the Torchinsky, but I do have the third volume of the Keith Brown "Orchestral Excerpts from the Symphonic Repertoire for Trombone and Tuba," which has some Shostakovich 5 passages. It is published by the International Music Company, NY. I got mine for $10.50 at a local sheet music store. There are some tricky parts, but nothing you shouldn't be able to handle after playing a CC for a few months. Hope this helps.
We're playing it orchestra right now, but unfortunately I don't have a scanner. There's nothing too technically difficult, though. I think if you've had a few months with the horn it shouldn't pose a problem.
