BBb tuba solo

[ndh3425]

what are some harder BBb tuba solos

[Michael Bush]

This is a great resource:

http://www.amazon.com/Solos-Developing- ... go-ffsb-20

[Three Valves]

Anything with notes above the staff, faster than a 16th, and in a sharp key signature.

It also helps if the solo is completely unlistenable!!

[Rick Denney]

what are some harder BBb tuba solos

For what purpose?

Rick "thinking purpose is more important than difficulty" Denney

[Mark]

Wasn't it David Zerkel that wrote a very good article about solos for the contrabass tuba?

[Tom Coffey]

Couple of good ones to start with are Beelzebub and one by Eugene Dowling called His Majesty the Tuba.There is also a paperback collection called Solos for the Tuba Player. It was compiled by Herbert Weksellblatt, who was the tubist in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

[Ken Crawford]

Who doesn't have a 6 or 8 octave range?

[Rick Denney]

Who doesn't have a 6 or 8 octave range?

And a World-Class Sound.

Rick "who wants to hear Air and Bourree played musically" Denney

[Tom Coffey]

[quote Rick "who wants to hear Air and Bourree played musically" Denney[/quote]

That is another good one. For that matter, one way to open the door to a lot of good tunes for solos is to make the modest, but very rewarding, effort required to learn treble cleff. Suddenly, every hymnal and collection of Stephen Foster tunes and other americana becomes accessible. Being able to play that stuff musically at sight is a very valuable skill, commercially and otherwise.