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Any books you've played and really liked? They can be for any bass clef instruments, from beginners up through 'very' advanced. What are your particular favorites? Why?

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I like them because they are tricky rhythmically and are fun melodically. Pros can probably sight read them without getting messed up, but less advanced players will have to put in varying amounts of effort to work them up. Some of them are whimsical, others are serious. None require gymnastic playing, but they also are harder than they look upon first glance.

MA

Steven Shoop in Texas puts out a very good set of duet books.
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The Sear tuba duets... 1/2 of them in the book I have are excellent; #16 is spectacular!

Are the Sear duets still available? I played some of them (that someone had written out by hand) back in college in the late 60's, early70's but have not seen them since. I'd love to get them all and in legitimate form.

Pete

14 Duets for Trumpet and Trombone by Joseph Alessi and Michael Sachs. There are two compatible editions, one in treble and the other in bass clef, so all the duets can be played by any combination of 2 trumpets or trombones. I would judge them to be moderately-to-very difficult. These are not original pieces but arrangements of works of Bach, Mozart, etc.

Hup

A good friend of mine has "Goodies for Two Tubas" by Sanae Kanda. Extremely fun to play, multiple different styles, and ranging in difficulty from moderate to advanced. I believe they are available from Mike Milnarik's website.

Cheers,
Chris

Telemann's Canonic Sonatas are a fun challenge. Adam Frey has a good version at euphonium.com. It's an adaptation specifically for euphonium, but I find that they work pretty well played an octave lower.

Ken Singleton's Baroque duet books are AMAZING if still available.

Sears books back in print
Available thru Hickeys , Ithaca , NY