Piccolo solo played on tuba

tmuabxa · Post by **tmuabxa** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:31 pm

Apparently people have played the piccolo solo from stars and stripes forever on the tuba. And of course my band director wants me to play that solo on my tuba. Im wondering if anybody happens to have that particular solo written out in bass clef, because it's going to be a pain in the butt trying to transpose the whole thing.

Mike Forbes · Post by **Mike Forbes** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:43 pm

Max!!

WRITE IT OUT YOURSELF! It will take you all of about 10 minutes once you find notation paper and a pencil! Or, get on the computer...it will be far less energy and effor to write it out rather than find someone to mail it to you....really.

-Mike Forbes
Max's old teacher.

tubajoe · Post by **tubajoe** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:47 pm

It's in Ab.

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 11:07 pm

Try Bass Clef Brass:

http://www.bassclefbrass.com/etudes/sta ... tripes.pdf

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:04 am

I don't remember what I used for the first time I played that. There are tuba ensemble arrangements which have it all written out. It was probably in high school marching band (in the early 1970s, when everyone was doing it) and everything was written out without the trills. Those of us who could play them added them ourselves.

Bandmaster · Post by **Bandmaster** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 9:28 am

Or just have the arranger for your college marching band do it for your whole section. This version was done in 1975 for the tuba section at Long Beach State University. Jim Self was their tuba instructor at that time. I like the piccolos playing the tuba part.

Stars and Stripes Forever

Naptown Tuba · Post by **Naptown Tuba** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:15 pm

Allen wrote:Try Bass Clef Brass:

http://www.bassclefbrass.com/etudes/sta ... tripes.pdf

Wow! That worked out great. Printed it out, scanned it into my music software, and have it ready to transpose into any key whatsoever - all within 5 minutes. Thanks

djwesp · Post by **djwesp** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:57 pm

I'm playing this right now for a commemorative Sousa Band here in Nebraska.

PM and I will send you the transcribed part.

It's fun. I do octave glisses instead of the trills for a little extra, so the trills aren't notated in mine.