More Binder Stuff - Tuba (freebies)
Tuba - the most important instrument in the band, but sometimes the most difficult to get kids to excel at.
The articles in the trumpet, horn, trombone, & euphonium posts can apply to tuba (optimal breathing, etc.). So this post will only include fingering charts & exercises.
Here's a simple fingering chart. It doesn't include the fourth valve, so like the euphonium chart, you'll need to have the kids write in the fingerings to utilize the fourth valve.
Here's another fingering chart - it's by Professor Skip Gray
Here's the 30-second Warm-up for Tuba by Keith Johnson and adapted for Tuba by Don Little.
Bruckner Range & Dynamics No. 1 by Don Little
No. 2
O Madonna Vocal Warm-up for Tuba
Here's a Brain Bender for Tuba.
Like the Euphonium, there are Low-Range Warm-ups.
Here's a High-Range exercise.
Here are a couple Tone Building exercises by UNT's Don Little.
Here is a Tone, Range, and Attack Builder for the Tuba.
Here's the Concept Sheet.
The Daily Drill with the Cichowicz exercises.
The Flexibility Exercises.
Here's a Prokofiev Study from Romeo & Juliet created by Don Little.
And last, but not least, the simple slurs for beginners.
I understand that some of these exercises are pretty advanced, but you may have a student or two who are really into the tuba and practice a lot. They probably take lessons, so you can share these exercises with their private teacher and see if they think your student is ready for them.
Tomorrow's post will be percussion. Many of the great percussion resources are videos, but I'll see what documents I can find. See you tomorrow!
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