Method Books

[Tom]

Try the Tyrell 40 Advanced Studies Book...it makes a good come back book.

[dopey]

second book of practice studies by getchell..

more so technical etudes then range, IMO

[MikeMason]

Arbans. either tbone or tuba version. even the techincally easy exercises are profoundly helpful if done seriously. when you're ready to advance, there's stuff for all levels in there. not to be heretical but its kind of like the Bible. you get what you need out of it no matter what level,who you are, or where you are in your walk with the tuba...

[Tubaguyjoe]

also Gregoriev studies is a nice book. It starts of easy with some good basic tonal etudes and is a fun book.

[gwwilk]

Actually, I would say that the Blazhevich is a bit too hard for a comeback book. And, I would say that it isn't very melodic once you get past the tenth etude

Coming back from where? I'm using the Blazhevich Studies during my 'comeback' after 35 years away from the tuba. I dove into them a year and a half ago right after the Tyrell, and they seemed obscure and difficult at the time. Now they're much more comfortable, and while they're not as melodic as the Bordogni derivatives, they're certainly musical as heck. Ya gotta love #32, for example. And they progress from easier keys in the first book to more difficult keys in the second book. Work your way through these, and you are, indeed, moving towards accomplishing something.

The Grigoriev studies are very nice. Gallay also has some interesting offerings as does Clodomir.

Good luck!

Jerry

[Gorilla Tuba]

I found a nice book published by Southern Music. It is a collection or Blahzevich, Bordogni, Vasilev and others. It was compiled by Woodruff. Its kind of a "best of" type book. Sadly, I can't remember the name. If nobody chimes in by Wednesday morning, I'll post the name then (I'll be in my office tomorrow). I don't think it is a good book for sequecial learning over an extended time, but it would be a great "welcome back to the tuba" book.