TubeNet

Play Puccini Trombone
10 Arias transcribed for Intermediate Trombone & Piano
comes with a companion CD of performances and piano accompaniments
Published by Ricordi, distributed by Hal Leonard
$16.95

I play "Largo al factotum" right off the vocal score. With a big of schtick it's a real croud pleaser. I do the same with a great many vocal tunes. I used to study voice and I find I enjoy playing vocal pieces whenever I can. With the libretto already on the page right under the staff you don't have to trust an editor/arranger with phrasing either.

Operatic arias and other songs are great for tuba solos. You can do them in ways from simply (just the printed notes) to quite flamboyant (lots of extras and cadenzas).

I put together arrangements of songs I like when I am to play solos. Since I don't know what I'm doing, I paste together bits and pieces I drive from MIDI files, printed editions, fake books, etc. I'd much rather listen to these than to stuff from that catagory known as "recital music," -- you know, the kind of music that only close friends and relatives will come to listen to.

I put together an arrangement for tuba and piano of Largo al Factotum. I played it on my C tuba, but an Eb or F tuba would have had more agility, which this piece needs. [Next time, after I learn to play my new F better...] This arrangement is in F (the original is in C). It goes from D above the staff to F four ledger lines below; optional is going up to F above, and down to pedal C. There are places for two cadenzas, but I never write out cadenzas. I cut some of the introductory material.

If you PM me, I can send you Largo in two files (piano/tuba score and tuba part). I can send it in these formats: Finale 2005, MusicXML, MIDI or PDF. I do highly recommend doing your own version, or taking a version and modifying it to suit yourself. Arranging is great fun: don't like something? -- change it! No longer are you a slave to the printed page.

Playing these songs directly from the voice scores is also a great idea. Reading treble clef opens up a huge amount of music for the tubist.

Cheers,
Allen

Bob1062 wrote:

Allen wrote:Next time, after I learn to play my new F better...

Do tell....

I just did tell, but in another thread:
viewtopic.php?t=22321&start=24

Cheers,
Allen

O Isis and Osiris - Mozart/Morris

Range up to E above the staff.

MileMarkerZero wrote:O Isis and Osiris - Mozart/Morris

Range up to E above the staff.

Play it from the vocal score as suggested previously, and the top note is middle C. Bottom note is F at the bottom of the staff. Or you could try "In diesen heil'gen Hallen", also from Flute. It goes slightly higher, and slightly lower.

dwaskew wrote:Play Puccini Trombone
10 Arias transcribed for Intermediate Trombone & Piano
comes with a companion CD of performances and piano accompaniments
Published by Ricordi, distributed by Hal Leonard
$16.95

Second. I have this book and really like. I also have another one you can get from Dillon's: http://www.dillonmusic.com/HeleoCart/Pr ... RjNHT7I%3d. I don't like it quite as much as the Puccini.

I've also been thinking about buying this: http://www.subitomusic.com/store/index. ... cts_id=196.

If you want an original aria for tuba, try this.

http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/a/item.ht ... 8&id=50330


I warn you, though, this isn't like any arias you're likely to have heard before.

Look at www.sibeliusmusic.com
"Rossini - Figaro! for Eb Tuba and Brass Band by Rossini" (arr. Mark Preece)
5 minutes, $19.99
You can find others by selecting tuba solos.

It sounds pretty good, but not having a brass band in my hip pocket, I am instead working on an arrangement for standard concert band.