Anyone check this out yet? (20 min. warm-up) {Davis}

[Tubadork]

http://www.hip-bonemusic.com/20warmup.htm

I know that Brian F is carrying it.
http://www.windsongpress.com/

The sound clips sound pretty advanced, anyone know who this book is appropriate for? Good/ bad?

Cool,
Bill
p.s. you should check out some of Michael Davis music (esp. the stuff from the brass nation album)

[BVD Press]

I sell this so my opinion might be a bit biased, but here is a description of the book for you:

For each section there are 2 tracks:

1. Gene (Tuba) and Mike Keybaords) playing together
2. Mike (Keyboards) so one can play along

There are 15 sections:
1. Air it Out
2. Sound
3. Tonguing
4. Extended Slurs
5. Basic Flex
6. Flexing the 5th
7. Interval Flexibility
8. Broken Triads
9. Ocatflex
10. Interval Attacks
11. 5th Connection
12. Chromatic 4ths
13. Super 9ths
14. Control
15. Pedal Point

Opinion: I think the book is quite valuable and can be used by many tuba players at various levels. Maybe not all the etudes/tracks, but most will work for everyone. It brings you through everything you should do everyday to keep your playing in tip top shape. I do feel some of the tracks might be a bit too fast for the average player. If that is the case, set the metronome and play at a tempoo that you feel is comfortable!

It is avaibale from Brian's, Mike's or my site:

http://www.bvdpress.com/

maybe other dealerss sites as well?

Wishing everyone well,

[djwesp]

Is it written with the intention of a certain keyed horn?

[BVD Press]

I will admit that as soon as I opened the package I put the cd in my stereo and skipped to track 15 Pedal Point and cranked up the volume:

I thought it was just me, but it nice to know I was not alone!

[djwesp]

Thought I'd dig this up and hear some more opinions of this stuff before I buy it later this week.


Will I be transposing to make this stuff work on my bass, or will it work out okay on just about all the keyed horns.


(not that I care either way, but still curious)

[tubafatness]

I got this book awhile ago and I think it's great. Granted, a lot of them really stretch the player out quite a bit, but in a good way. A couple of the octave exercises can get a little crazy.

[tubabike]

I LOVE PEDAL POINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Go Gene Go!!)

I started laughing around Gb and my wife though I was having some 'issues'

Im doing this with my HS kids daily routine!!!

I brought the cd over my girlfriends house and when I played Pedal Point her dog was looking at us with a confused look on his face... Pretty funny...

I have a friend who was house sitting and when he hit the low E's in Fountain's of Rome- the dog he was sitting began to uncontrollably urinate all over the living room! Dog owners and sitters beware! Those pedals might cause your pooch to puddle!

[Rick Oakes]

Playing with the accompaniment tracks on the CD gives intonation practice.

[djwesp]

Everyone tell me I'm wrong...

Can you really focus on what coming out of your horn with all the "boom-chuga-luga" going on in the background or that the point to just do the exercises and not worry about it?

Kinda reminds me of the "rock band in church thing". Or watching TV during long tones.

BUT, the old dog is always up for some new tricks, so convert me...

S "Gimme some Bach on Sunday" T

Maybe.... an aural reference point on some of the harder studies?

(don't know because I don't have it yet)

[Dr. Dave]

Hi Wes,

You might also want to consider the 15 Min Warm Up book for Trombone http://www.hip-bonemusic.com/15warmup.htm to go along with the 20 Min. Warm Up book -- the 15 Min book has a lot of good exercises in there that you can play down an octave or transpose..... I use and like both the 20 and 15 Min Warm Up books and am getting good feedback and results from my students who are finding it helpful as a daily "work out" for their fundamentals.

Let us know what you think of the books once you've tried them!

Dave
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Dr. David Rolf