My learning library

[DonO.]

When I sold my tuba 20 years ago I also sold my entire library of music for a song because I genuinely thought I would never want to play tuba again. So stupid! Now I am trying to re-construct my undergraduate collection of etude books. I’m not worried about warm-ups, scales, and arpeggios because that’s all in my head. They’re like part of my DNA. Here is what I ordered: Rubank Advanced both volumes (my starting point in college but quickly advanced beyond it, but I figured it may be useful for a refresher), Blazhevich both volumes, Bordogni Bel Canto Studies, Kopprasch, Cimera, and Tyrell. The only other thing I can think of that I used a lot is Arban complete for Trombone, which I played an octave down, but there are several versions of this and not sure which is best. And why has nobody in all these years done this for BBb tuba? The only complete version is for CC. There are books of excerpts for BBb but not complete. So which Arban would be best for my purposes? And is there anything else you would add to my list?

[The Big Ben]

The only other thing I can think of that I used a lot is Arban complete for Trombone, which I played an octave down, but there are several versions of this and not sure which is best. And why has nobody in all these years done this for BBb tuba? The only complete version is for CC. There are books of excerpts for BBb but not complete. So which Arban would be best for my purposes? And is there anything else you would add to my list?

I haven't used the Arban Trombone so can't tell you much about it. Practically speaking, learning to transpose down an octave would have been a good skill to learn. The small orchestra I play with sometimes does not have a tuba part so I play from one of the trombone parts an octave down. I struggle with it but am getting better.

I have the CC version of Arban Tuba edited by Wesley Jacobs. We got into a in-depth discussion about using it over on the other board a couple of years ago. The consensus at the time was that it wasn't that big of a deal to use it for BBb. The exercises were written in keys to lay better for CC but, since all keys are there, BBb is accommodated. The same editor and publisher has a truncated version of Arban Tuba which doesn't have all the exercises in the full Arban's but makes them more accessible for teachers/students who want a simpler book. They are written in keys the BBb player may encounter in larger group work.

[Doc]

This is the one I used for many years:

https://www.amazon.com/Arbans-Famous-Tr ... 0825802547

I haven't seen mine in a while. Maybe I need a new one also!
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Arban Method for Trombone - Randall/Mantia

[DonO.]

Yes!!! Thank you. My cover looked just like that! I have no issue transposing an octave, so that’s the one for me!