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The Composer's Guide to the Tuba

  • About
  • Bibliography
  • Contemporary Techniques
    • Air
      • i. Breath sounds
      • ii. Circular Breathing
    • Digital/Analog
      • i. Amplification
      • ii. Sonification of instrument interior
      • iii. Contact mics
      • iv. Use of analog effects
    • Instrument
      • i. Valve trills
      • ii. Pulling/manipulating slides
      • iii. Filling with water
      • iv. Mutes
      • ix. Valve notation
      • v. Mouthpiece manipulation/alternative mouthpieces
      • vi. Glissandi
      • vii. Rhythmicizing the instrument
      • viii. Alternate fingering tremolo
      • x. Microtonality
    • Lips
      • i. Split tones
      • ii. Lip trills
      • iii. Overpressurization
      • iv. Lip bends
      • v. Airy sounds
      • vi. Ingressive Buzz
      • vii. Whistling
    • Movement
      • i. Stage presence
      • ii. Moving with instrument/theatrical movements
      • iii. Playing auxiliary instruments
    • Tongue/Oral Cavity
      • i. Fluttertongue
      • ii. Tongue rams
      • iii. Glottal stop
      • iv. Growl
      • v. Oral cavity modification
    • Voice
      • i. Vocal multiphonics
      • ii. Singing
      • iii. Screaming/yelling
      • iv. Theatrical speech
      • v. Vocal fry
  • Future Directions
  • Repertoire Lists
    • Euphonium with Electronics
    • Euphonium with Piano or Ensemble
    • Tuba or Euphonium in Chamber Setting
    • Tuba with Electronics
    • Tuba with Piano or Ensemble
    • Unaccompanied Euphonium
    • Unaccompanied Tuba
  • Selected Discography
  • Standard Technical Information
    • Articulation
    • Breathing
    • Fingering Patterns
    • Instrument Design
    • Range/Harmonic Series
  • Towards a Definition of the Tuba Family
    • i. Ancestors Both Near and Far: The Serpent and Ophicleide
    • ii. New Directions: Sax, Červený, Moritz, and the Creation of the Modern Tuba Family
    • iii. Regional Schools of Tuba Playing, and Their Effect on Instrument Development
    • iv. The Tuba Outside of the World of Western Art Music
    • v. The Argument for an Inclusive Tuba Family
  • Contact

Movement

This module contains pages on the following techniques:

i. Stage presence

ii. Moving with instrument/Theatrical movements

iii. Playing auxiliary instruments

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