sloan wrote:It seems reasonable to me that if you have run out of concertos to prepare for the contrabass tuba it's long past time for you to acquire a bass tuba.
Great point.. however the issue is mainly a monetary one when i can afford a bass i will buy one
I don't know if it bothers you that the work isn't written for the tuba, but the Grøndahl Concerto for Trombone (played an octave lower) came off very well on my CC last year. I can't imagine it being too much of a problem on BBb.
Chris Fenner
1918 Keefer Eb
191? Keefer BBb Helicon
fenne1ca wrote:I don't know if it bothers you that the work isn't written for the tuba, but the Grøndahl Concerto for Trombone (played an octave lower) came off very well on my CC last year. I can't imagine it being too much of a problem on BBb.
Not at all.. I wouldn't mind playing solos that are written for other instruments. Thanks for the input. Is this concerto written for Bass trombone or tenor? I'm assuming tenor but I've never heard it
fenne1ca wrote:I don't know if it bothers you that the work isn't written for the tuba, but the Grøndahl Concerto for Trombone (played an octave lower) came off very well on my CC last year. I can't imagine it being too much of a problem on BBb.
Not at all.. I wouldn't mind playing solos that are written for other instruments. Thanks for the input. Is this concerto written for Bass trombone or tenor? I'm assuming tenor but I've never heard it
It's a famous tenor trombone concerto that would, IMO, sound pretty bad down an octave. Too many thirds too low in the tuba range. Mud city, particularly the second movement.
Todd S. Malicoate wrote:
It's a famous tenor trombone concerto that would, IMO, sound pretty bad down an octave. Too many thirds too low in the tuba range. Mud city, particularly the second movement.
The Frackenpohl Concertino written for Abe Torchinsky (sp?) is a fine little work well suited for contrabass tuba. The second movement is quite pretty.
It's also a good work if you're playing a concerto with a less than professional orchestra.
J.c.S.
Instructor of Tuba & Euphonium, Cleveland State University
Principal Tuba, Firelands Symphony Orchestra
President, Variations in Brass http://www.jcsherman.net
J.c. Sherman wrote:The Frackenpohl Concertino written for Abe Torchinsky (sp?) is a fine little work well suited for contrabass tuba. The second movement is quite pretty.
It's also a good work if you're playing a concerto with a less than professional orchestra.
Take a look at the Concerto for tuba by Robert Jager. The piece has some good challenges and I spent about 6 months on it as a freshman in college. At the time I was still playing BBb and this worked very well as it really has some challenges with range, technique and rhythm, or at least it was challenging to me as a freshman in college. During my sophomore year I won two concerto competitions using this piece.
Otherr pieces to consider are the Gregson, Lebedev, Frackenpohl and V.Williams. Don’t let the key of the horn determine what to play or learn. Another thing to keep in mind is that you don’t have to learn the whole piece at once, you can learn one mvt at time and perform them accordingly.
when i can afford a bass i will buy one
