Bb/Eb TC duets?

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Bb/Eb TC duets?

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I'm looking for good Bb/Eb duets for Euph and Eb Tuba for the purposes of reading Eb Treble Clef music. Seems like Alto/Bari sax duets might work but I'm wondering if anything exists Bb/Eb TC. Tenor/Bari sax duets seem like they would work well, is there something that people use/like for this instrumentation?
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Use bass clef duets and have the Eb player pretend he is reading treble clef instead, adding three sharps to the key signature and adjusting accidentals as necessary.
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Yeah but I was hoping to eliminate reading issues. I went ahead and ordered Trumpet duets and will have the Bb player pretend to read in BC.
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Well, yes, that is the other way to do it: have the Bb player add 3 flats to the key signature and adjust accidentals as necessary.
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Try looking for something from the Salvation Army. The Eb, Bb, and euphonium parts are written in treble clef. The only part normally published in bass clef are the bass trombone parts.

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As is all British brass band music and repertoire derived therefrom. The bass trombone part is in concert pitch bass clef because it was originally played, depending on the player and availability of the instrument, by both by a regular trombone and by the Besson G bass trombone, before there were F attachments.
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as far as i know, we have only one duet for EEb and BBb tubas, it is called "The Radiant Pathway" by Leslie Condon, it available here http://www.worldofbrass.com/search_new. ... mit=Search
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