I NEED DUETS :(
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TubaQueen
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I NEED DUETS :(
Okay so my lesson teacher told me about this website and I have a IHSA solo and ensemble coming up, but i'm a wimp and wont play a solo, so i was wondering if anyone knew of any PUBLISHED tuba and saxophone duets, prefferably bari saxophone but any will work! And also, a Tuba duet. Thankyewwww
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MaryAnn
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Re: I NEED DUETS :(
Eight Doodles for Two Tubas by Mary Ann Tilford. Pelican Music Publishing 5952 Moosehorn Lane, Rockford, IL 61109. http://www.pelicanmusicpublishing.com" target="_blank. #PMP1-MAT-20-002. 1996, 2005. $10.
This was an interesting set of duets to play. The range is not overly difficult, and most of the first part may be played on euphonium without, I think, doing too much violence to the compositions. On tuba, the first part would be hard for most high school players, as it stays mostly near the top of the bass clef staff, but for euphonium the difficulty would be a few Ds below the staff.
There is an interesting mix of keys, meters, and styles here. Nothing is stretched to the breaking point, as many modern composers are wont to do. Some of the mental challenge is to try to determine by the title of the duet just what the composer might be wanting in the way of style: Space Kittens, Frog Mountain Horn Call, Elephants Dancing,and Zen Chop Maintenance certainly bespeak a great deal of imagination. Hillbilly Tubas uses an old Spike Jones ending, and Pixies might not get played much by the more macho tubists, but they will be missing out. Also in this set is a “Bonus Doodle” apparently written specially for this edition— The Silver Tuba. I was not able to do it justice, since mine was in the shop that day. These duets are probably best suited to young high school players. The range of the parts (for your money, you get one copy, in score form) are tuba I D to e-flat 1 and tuba II BB flat to e-flat 1 .
~Michael Short, Drake University
This was an interesting set of duets to play. The range is not overly difficult, and most of the first part may be played on euphonium without, I think, doing too much violence to the compositions. On tuba, the first part would be hard for most high school players, as it stays mostly near the top of the bass clef staff, but for euphonium the difficulty would be a few Ds below the staff.
There is an interesting mix of keys, meters, and styles here. Nothing is stretched to the breaking point, as many modern composers are wont to do. Some of the mental challenge is to try to determine by the title of the duet just what the composer might be wanting in the way of style: Space Kittens, Frog Mountain Horn Call, Elephants Dancing,and Zen Chop Maintenance certainly bespeak a great deal of imagination. Hillbilly Tubas uses an old Spike Jones ending, and Pixies might not get played much by the more macho tubists, but they will be missing out. Also in this set is a “Bonus Doodle” apparently written specially for this edition— The Silver Tuba. I was not able to do it justice, since mine was in the shop that day. These duets are probably best suited to young high school players. The range of the parts (for your money, you get one copy, in score form) are tuba I D to e-flat 1 and tuba II BB flat to e-flat 1 .
~Michael Short, Drake University