Recommended practice material overview?

Steve Inman · Post by **Steve Inman** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 7:18 pm

Not sure if this info exists in one single place, so I'd like to ask for replies on the following topic.

Please list your choices of recommended practice material, along with a brief overview description of the contents, or the strengths (main focus) of the material, such as:

1. Arbans for Tuba, Jerry Young, ed., Encore Music Publishers
Overview: Complete method for tuba. Scales and melodic studies in all keys.

2. Bordogni ?

etc.

Please include suggested practice tips, such as: "very effective in developing low register proficiency when played an octave lower than written"

Thanks,

Steve Inman · Post by **Steve Inman** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:41 pm

... just add one or two ... I can compile them and re-post in a convenient format ...

Thanks,

Toobist · Post by **Toobist** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 9:23 am

3) I practice whatever I'm playing in my next gig(s).

Well... that and simple fundamentals.

I've actually found some great free downloads on several different sites. Some are very original and others are very similar to the basic daily routines in your favourite edition of Arban's, Clarke or what-have-you.

I enjoy researching what other brass instructors give their students and I've found the websites of several instructors who post files for download. I'm finding it very refreshing to switch up the routine once in a while and use their exercises in the practice room.

Also, after clearing it with the authors, I've printed a few up for my own students.

In the interest of avoiding ruining the thread though, I'll add a couple publications to the list:

Allen Vissutti (sp?), Any of his books are wonderful and really focus on developing a daily routine (treble clef fluency needed)

Chase Sanborn's "Brass Tactics" and "Jazz Tactics" are great! He's a trum*** player but I find his philosophy and style fit me really well and my students take to his concepts very quickly. (Again... treble clef)

Philip Sparke's "Super Studies" is a collection of progressive studies that are very approachable and a fresh bunch of tunes that cover all the... here's that word again... fundamentals.

There, I didn't ruin the thread! Woohoo!

Steve Inman · Post by **Steve Inman** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:27 pm

Toobist wrote:3) I practice whatever I'm playing in my next gig(s).

Well... that and simple fundamentals.

[... snip ...]

That's my situation also, hence this thread!

But ... could you also share the web links to other helpful material you've discovered?

Thanks,

Toobist · Post by **Toobist** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 5:55 pm

This is just a few of the many I found when googling 'tuba daily routine pdf'

http://dzerkel.myweb.uga.edu/resources.html

http://www.iteaonline.org/pedagogy.shtml (I'm sure most know this one)

Anything you can find by Skip Gray is amazing I've found. I'm not a member of ITEA unfortunately so I can't access this stuff anymore.

http://www.ryanschultzmusic.com/html/education.html

http://www.bassbone.com/resources/materials/

http://www.geocities.com/richardbegel/fea11.htm

http://www.tromboneczar.com/downloads.htm

http://facstaff.unca.edu/dwilken/PDF_Fi ... arm_Up.pdf

http://www.trombonelessons.com/A%20Great%20Warm-up.html

http://www.bonezone.org/downloads/print ... ex_new.htm

http://www.music.gsu.edu/facsturesource ... arted.html

That's a start. It's only a fraction of what I came up with after following a few of the links I came across.

It's a good start though.

EQueg · Post by **EQueg** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 3:38 pm

some of my all time favorite pieces to pull out are the bach cello suites, and not the edited for wind instrument variety the actual cello parts. they are wonderful music,fun to play and are excellent range studies. can be done as written,up an octave and down 1 or even 2 octaves in many cases. you can also have fun working things like multiphonics in the double,triple stops that occur and making musical decsions such as whether you actually want to play the double stops, arpegiate or simply pick a note. there is so much more benifit to be gained playing these to bother mentioning just great all around music.

EQueg · Post by **EQueg** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 3:56 pm

thought of a couple more

1. A. Slama 66 etudes-it breaks the studies down by key signature good for intermediate and up since each key starts fairly basic and moves generally to more challenging exercises.

2. Jack Robinson Musical Tuba Playing-outstanding as warm-up material. has great flexibility and tone studies, and contains sections specifically for CC/BBb and F/Eb. he essentially just took the same exercises and transposed them to be in the same partial for the different pitched instruments which is certainly a nice convience.

Dr. Dave · Post by **Dr. Dave** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 9:47 pm

Hi Steve,

I'm finding that the new Michael Davis 20 Minute Warm Up Routine (featuring Gene Pokorny on the play along CD tracks) is a fun and challenging daily workout to maintain and/or strengthen fundamentals. Excellent flexibility and range building exercises. http://www.hip-bonemusic.com/20warmup.htm The 15 Minute Warm Up Routine for Trombone is also a great one to play down an octave. http://www.hip-bonemusic.com/15warmup.htm Both are well worth the $25.

Dave

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Dr. David Rolf

Billy M. · Post by **Billy M.** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 10:05 pm

Low Etudes - Snedecor (as if this hasn't been lauded enough)

Kopprasch - like it or not, aspiring professionals need to be as technical as this book demands.

Rochut - these books really do help in making beautiful music.

Wm J. Bell Complete Method for Tuba - I'm glad I found this and I recommend anyone who wants to play tuba to get it, great stuff.

A book of sight-reading. I know it sounds silly because after practicing them enough, you know them too well, but I use it less often than expected and therefore it becomes quite useful in learning to understand rhythms, hearing pitches in your head, and being prepared for whatever audition comes your way.

Orchestral excerpts - yeah, the usual stuff and even the not so usual stuff (helps with sightreading as well).