ia the tuba arbans good

[tubabuddha]

My teacher who gives me lessons has one for trombone cause he is a trombone player just wondering if the tuba version is as good?

[DaTubaKid]

I've heard it's decent. Not quite as good as the trumpet version. I just went ahead and got the trumpet book and read treble clef.

[Kevin Hendrick]

My teacher who gives me lessons has one for trombone cause he is a trombone player just wondering if the tuba version is as good?

It's delicious, if prepared properly -- just sauté it in butter and olive oil with some diced onions and carrots ...

[Norm in Bellevue]

My teacher who gives me lessons has one for trombone cause he is a trombone player just wondering if the tuba version is as good?

If you play CC tuba, get it. The entire book is transposed for CC tuba. If you play BBb tuba, use the Alessi-Bowman version for trombone and euphonium, and play it down an octave. Both are available from Encore Music. Expensive, but worth every dime.

[P.J.]

I am usually playing an Eb bass, so I go back and forth between the trumpet and trombone books (so I can keep fresh on both treble clef and bass clef). They will however sound a 4th off or whatever since I am playing an Eb horn.

[quinterbourne]

I have seen two editions for the Arban for CC tuba, a newer one and an older one. I purchased the new CC Arban book, before comparing it to the old CC Arban book, and boy was I disappointed. The duets in the new CC book are written very high, I think a fifth higher than the ones in the old CC book. They are very difficult to play (very taxing on the chops). However, the duets work very well with euphonium on the top line and tuba on the bottom line.

In the old CC tuba book: The technical studies removed certain notes (so in a long run of sixteenth notes, it would leave one note out, a less critical note, so you may take a breath without taking time and disrupting the tempo). It also contained, I believe but not certain, breath marks as well to facilitate breathing. Now, the reason for that is because when the trumpet player plays the same passage they use less air and therefore are able to play the entire passage in one breath. However, when we tuba players play the same passage, two octaves lower (well, actually a minor 7th plus an octave), we use significantly more air and most of us are unable to play the same passage in one breath. Hooray for the old CC Arban!

HOWEVER, the new CC Arban replaced all of those missing notes and removed all breath marks, so there is nowhere to breathe! I had to go through the studies in the old CC Arban to see which notes were removed and where breath marks were added - then had to edit my new CC book so I could actually breathe without breaking tempo.

I believe the old CC book is out of print, but if you can get your hands on it, please do! If you can't get an old one, then find someone who as the old one so you may go through your new one and edit in some breaths.