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I am teaching a young tuba student, and am looking for the best materials to use with him.

I have just switched him from a band method, to the Rubank Intermediate Method Book. I feel the need for a "lyrical" book, as well. What other materials should I investigate?

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Bordogni.

It was my bread and butter from the beginning

For lyrical studies and the young tubist you should try the Complete Solfeggi of G. Concone. Reginald fink also has a good book out called Legato Studies for Tuba and Bass Trombone. Have fun advancing your student.

RIR

If you like the way the Rubank units are laid out, the series continues with the Rubank Advanced Method in two volumes that takes a person through everything from a review of some basic fundamentals to really technical stuff, in all aspects: keys, scales, ornaments, melodic interpretation, articulation, solo prep, etc., through all major and minor keys in ascending difficulty. I just wish it had more duets.

I second the Bordogni and Fink. I've used that (Bordogni) since high school and I'm still use it today (good for warming up). Also, The 24 Artistic Studies by Woodruff (think that's spelled correctly) is really good...it's a collection of different etudes from different books combined in one book. There are some Bordogni, Blazhevich, Vasilev and others in this book.

iiipopes wrote:...I just wish it had more duets.

Rubank also puts out a book of duets. The one I have is written for trombone. I haven't looked to see if they have a tuba version.

bloke wrote:In the past, there was a "Shoemaker" Legato Etudes for Tuba. Neither the thickness of the book nor the difficulty of the exercises were overwhelming for a younger student...

...but very high quality material...

Agreed. Published by Carl Fischer

I would suggest the Snedecor etude book, this is a low range etude book. I just started working on these this year, they are very helpful in developing the low money range.

I cant believe no one said Arbans