The tuba is the largest of the low-brass instruments and is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th century, when it largely replaced the ophicleide.
Missouri All-State Etudes for Tuba
– Performed by Professor .
Scales: All scales are to be MEMORIZED.
Prepare them all slurred and all tongued in sixteenth notes at quarter note = 88, a minimum of two octaves, except b, C, c, c#, D, d and Eb. Scales should be performed ascending and descending.
Prepare them all slurred and all tongued in sixteenth notes at quarter note = 88, a minimum of two octaves, except b, C, c, c#, D, d and Eb. Scales should be performed ascending and descending.
Chromatic: full range of the instrument
Major Scales: C G D A E F Bb Eb Ab
Melodic Minor Scales: a e b f# c# d g c f
Books: Advanced Method for Tuba, Vol. II – Voxman/Rubank Publication
Practical Studies for Tuba, Book II – Getchell/Belwin Publication
| Set I | Advanced Method | p. 11 | #12 (tongue 2, slur 2) |
| p. 21 | #58 | ||
| p. 43 | #26 | ||
| p. 44 | #28 | ||
| p. 48 | #4 | ||
| Practical Studies | p. 11 | #84 | |
| p. 31 | #114 | ||
| Set II | Advanced Method | p. 23 | #65 (slur 2, tongue 2) |
| p. 30 | #1 | ||
| p. 35 | #10 | ||
| p. 51 | #12 | ||
| p. 54-55 | #20 – all | ||
| Practical Studies | p. 8 | #78 | |
| p. 27 | #110 | ||
| Set III | Advanced Method | p. 20 | #50 (tongue 2, slur 2) |
| p. 33 | #7 | ||
| p. 36 | #12 | ||
| p. 41 | #23 | ||
| p. 49 | #8 | ||
| Practical Studies | p. 12 | #86 | |
| Set IV | Advanced Method | p. 26 | #109 |
| p. 15 | #32 (slur 3, tongue 3) | ||
| p. 32 | #5 | ||
| p. 38 | #17 | ||
| p. 41 | #22 | ||
| p. 52-53 | #15 – all | ||
| Practical Studies | p. 11 | #83 | |
| p. 19 | #97 |
Etude information reprinted from http://www.missouribandmasters.org; All-State Band audition list.
