Practice
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Dave Werden give an idea how double tonguing could be used to articlulate rapid dotted 8th/16th passages.
This feels awkward at first, but it is possible to get used to it fairly quickly. Once you have mastered it, you can play a dotted-8th/16th figure with much more speed and fluidity.
Read at Tuba-Euphonium Blog: When Do You NOT Want to Double-Tongue Evenly?
Written by Ian McKenzie on December 18th, 2006 with no comments.
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Theme Magazine —from The Salvation Army Canada and Bermuda Territory— has republished some thoughts from Staff Bandmaster Brian Burditt on being an effective brass teacher.
The teacher’s responsibility is threefold: observation, diagnosis and prescription.
First, the teacher observes the student and his performance problems; second, he thoroughly analyzes the problem; and third, he prescribes a remedy to solve the problem, which, with patience and careful practice, will in time correct the difficulty.
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Written by Ian McKenzie on November 30th, 2006 with no comments.
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Here are links to three articles on Euphonium playing written by Arthur Lehman, formerly a euphonium soloist with the U.S. Marine Band:
Written by Ian McKenzie on November 6th, 2006 with no comments.
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Boosting Your Brass Band’s Skill —an article by Bram Gregson, from Theme The Salvation Army’s new online music and gospel arts e-zine.
Written by Ian McKenzie on October 6th, 2006 with no comments.
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The attached pdf has a series of lip slurs played on open tones. Work to make the slurs cleanly, with no stray notes or sounds in between.
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Written by Ian McKenzie on June 19th, 2006 with no comments.
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Playing long tones is a solid foundation to individual practice, rehearsals and performance. The long tone helps to strengthen the embouchure, develop breath control and shape the player’s tone and intonation.
The attached PDF file is a one-page series of long tones, starting on second line G and chromatically alternating higher and lower tones.
When practicing, use a metronome to make sure you give full value to the exercise. Start tones softly but distinctly. Make sure that the pitch does not get sharp or flat as you crescendo or decrescendo. Periodically check your tuning against a tuner, but work to develop your ear. Play tones steady, without any vibrato.
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Written by Ian McKenzie on April 30th, 2006 with no comments.
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