Pieces for solo tuba that used multiphonics

tubaguy9 · Post by **tubaguy9** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:07 pm

Does anyone know of a good solo tuba, that at most, also has a piano OR synthesizer accompaniment, with multi phonics, for a higher level high school/lower level college? I'm wanting to do it for competition...
I love multiphonics

imperialbari · Post by **imperialbari** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:14 am

KevinMadden · Post by **KevinMadden** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:26 am

The Kraft Encounters II users multi phonics extensively....its also really really hard.... but it does use multi phonics.

Toobist · Post by **Toobist** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:10 am

I really enjoyed the bit of multiphonics in "Tubonetta" by Pauer (I think I spelled it correctly). The titles leaves much to be desired but it's a challenging, croud-pleasing and to my knowledge not very well known.

It's also a lot of fun.

tubaguy9 · Post by **tubaguy9** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:08 pm

KevinMadden wrote:The Kraft Encounters II users multi phonics extensively....its also really really hard.... but it does use multi phonics.

Yeah...I know of that one, but I know that's for an upper level college...

tubaguy9 · Post by **tubaguy9** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:33 pm

JCRaymo wrote:Black Bird uses multi phonics. I don't know how available the music is but it is a cool piece.

Do you know of the composer? The name of the piece is common enough, I have no idea how to find it...
Thanks!

Toobist · Post by **Toobist** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:58 pm

I'd love to get my hands on Blackbird as well. If anyone gets their hands on it, please drop me a line.

imperialbari · Post by **imperialbari** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:21 pm

ai698 · Post by **ai698** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:15 pm

Toobist wrote:I really enjoyed the bit of multiphonics in "Tubonetta" by Pauer (I think I spelled it correctly). The titles leaves much to be desired but it's a challenging, croud-pleasing and to my knowledge not very well known.

It's also a lot of fun.

I did this for my senior recital in college, fun piece!

NickJones · Post by **NickJones** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:57 am

Concertino for Tuba - Philip Sparke , uses Multiphonics in the cadenza section
Fnugg Blue / Fnugg brilliant use of multiphonics
Capriccio - Pendereski ( sorry about the spelling)..

ZNC Dandy · Post by **ZNC Dandy** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:15 am

Maybe not a great suggestion but...what about taking a piece you like, and playing around with some multiphonics with the song? Who knows, you may come up with something wonderful, never deny your own creativity a chance to shine...in the proper context of course!

Toobist · Post by **Toobist** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 4:09 pm

Oh! I almost forgot!

I performed Monti's Czardas and used multiphonics (with some little success) for the double-stop section. The tune lies really well on the CC tuba and sounds really impressive while the only tricky bits are the double tonguing sections. The appegiated, double tongued lines got easier when I used some creative alternate fingerings. I played right from the violin part and if you're up on your treble clef it's a riot and not too tough. I've seen a good transcription by Walter Hilgers that you can just add the multiphonics to. The violin part is readily found and you can cross reference the parts. Sounds like a hassle but if you're looking for another Bon Bon for your recital, this one is great fun.

tubaguy9 · Post by **tubaguy9** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:13 pm

Toobist wrote:Oh! I almost forgot!

I performed Monti's Czardas and used multiphonics (with some little success) for the double-stop section. The tune lies really well on the CC tuba and sounds really impressive while the only tricky bits are the double tonguing sections. The appegiated, double tongued lines got easier when I used some creative alternate fingerings. I played right from the violin part and if you're up on your treble clef it's a riot and not too tough. I've seen a good transcription by Walter Hilgers that you can just add the multiphonics to. The violin part is readily found and you can cross reference the parts. Sounds like a hassle but if you're looking for another Bon Bon for your recital, this one is great fun.

As far as the 'recital' goes, it's actually a competition where I'm rated...As far as length of the piece goes, when finalized, it should be about 6 minutes AT MOST and the skill level...well, I have a bit more than a year, to prepare a solo for my senior year of high school...as far as level goes, I've made every honor band for High Schoolers in my state...So, that's sort of the explanation of what I want...

NickJones · Post by **NickJones** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:51 am

Going Down - Andy Scott tuba and cd , cd is effects recorded by James Gourlay , awesome piece of music , not sure if it is published.

tubaguy9 · Post by **tubaguy9** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 6:18 pm

SorabjiFan wrote:There's a piece by Melvyn Poore called Vox Superious which explores multiphonics extensively inlcuding spoken words. About 5-6 minutes. Definately worth a gander. I'm not sure where you would get it from now but if you contact Melvyn Poore I'm sure he'd put you right.

http://efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mpoore.html

Got my multiphonics piece...That Vox Superius (Sorry, you spelled it wrong, SorabjiFan) is what I'm going to do for the competition. Honestly, it's the first piece of music that I've just looked through, and gives me goosebumps...

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Pieces for solo tuba that used multiphonics

Pieces for solo tuba that used multiphonics

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