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From Top to Bottom: Evaluating the Usefulness of Flute Etudes for the Tuba
04/09/2024
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000006418
Abstract
The tuba etude repertoire is not as vast as the amount written for other instruments. A tubist can surely benefit by playing traditional etudes originally written for the tuba. However, expanding the types of etudes that the tubist has access to would be extremely beneficial for many. The flute is one of numerous instruments to have a plethora of repertoire available, much more than that of the tuba. This can be a result of multiple factors. The flute has existed for centuries longer than the tuba and the rest of the valved-brass family. Not only this, but the tuba is naturally more limited in certain musical areas; it is simply much more difficult to achieve the same quality of musicality and agility on the tuba as the flute. This is likely due to multiple factors such as the size difference between the resonating chambers (playing agile with good musicality is more difficult when playing low frequencies), the difference in distance for which the fingers need to travel to change notes, and difference in embouchure shift from note to note. Still in this case, the tubist is commonly asked to play nimbly, emulating the technique of a flutist. With the following transcriptions of flute etudes, the tubist will be exposed to common flute repertoire and will be challenged to emulate the technique of the flutist.
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- Title
- From Top to Bottom
- Creators
- Jordan Wesley George (Author)
- Academic Unit
- Graduate Student Projects (MUS 702)
- Identifiers
- 99901100330601842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Other creative works
- Course Name
- Master’s Special Problems, Directed Study and Examination; MUS 702