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Trombone Curriculum - Brian Kay
This curriculum is designed to be an outline of what we will study over several years of private lessons. It is also meant to be a "buyer's guide" for the best and most appropriate music for any ability level.
Material is listed under the level it should be started. Items marked ^ are meant to be continued beyond the level listed. Click here for a list of Music Stores for ordering.
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TROMBONE - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL (3rd and 4th year of private study) |
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| Method | A) Kay: Intermediate Method for Trombone Vol 1 B) Kay: Intermediate Method for Trombone Vol 2, Rough Draft Edition Fink: Studies in Legato (Accura) ^ Fink: Introducing the F Attachment (Accura) Fink: Introducing the Tenor Clef, (Accura) ^ |
| Scales and Arpeggios | A, D, G-2 Octave, Db |
Solos (perform at least one from each category) |
A) |
| Jazz | Aebersold:
Vol 54, Maiden Voyage, book and play along CD (J. Aebersold)
^ Transposition of tunes and patterns by ear A) Snidero: Easy Jazz Conception (with CD featuring Slide Hampton) (Advance Music) LaPorta: Easy Jazz Duets (with CD) (WB Music) B) Jazz and Blues Playalong Solos (with CD) (Hal Leonard) Mintzer: 15 Easy Jazz, Blues, and Funk Etudes (with CD) (WB Music) 50 Essential Bebop Heads, Trombone (Hal Leonard) |
| Supplemental | Voxman: Selected Duets for Trombone or Baritone Vol. I (Rubank) |
| History/Theory | Barber:
Bach, Beethoven, and the Boys (Sound and Vision) ^ Bernstein: Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts (Anchor) ^ |
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TROMBONE - ADVANCED |
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| Method Books | A) Bordogni: Melodius Etudes for Trombone, Vol 1, ed Tezak (Tezak) available with SmartMusic Accompaniment or or Bordogni: Vocalises, Vol 1, ed Howey on CD ROM in Adobe Acrobat Format. Includes complete etudes in 6 different clefs and in all keys--at least 72 books in one! Available by special request from www.cimarronmusic.com ($10) Highly Recommended. Mantia: The Trombone Virtuoso (Carl Fischer) Remington: Warm-up Exercises, ed. McCullough (Accura Music) Tyrell: 40 Progressive Studies (Carl Fischer) B) LaFosse: School of Sight Reading and Style, vols. A-E (M. Baron) Kopprasch: 60 Selected Studies (Carl Fischer) Blume: 36 Studies (Carl Fischer) Brown: Orchestral Excerpts for Trombone, Vols I-III (International) Wagner: Orchestral Studies, ed. Hausman (International) C) Bitsch: 15 Etudes de Rythme (Leduc) Blazhevitch: Clef Studies (MCA) Bordogni: Melodius Etudes for Trombone, Vol 3 (Carl Fischer) Brown: Orchestral Excerpts for Trombone, vol IV-X (International) |
| Scales and Arpeggios | All Major Scales |
| Solos | A) Barat: Andante et Allegro (Cundy-Bettony) Bernstein: Elegy for Mippy II (G. Schirmer) Grafe: Grand Concerto, ed. Laube (Cundy-Bettoney) Guilmant: Morceau Symphonique, ed Falaguerra (Warner) Larsson: Concertino Marcello: Sonata III, ed. Fote (Kendor) Mozart: Concerto in Bb K191 (Rondo), ed. Fote (Kendor) Rimsky-Korsakoff: Concerto (Boosey & Hawkes) Teleman: Fantasies for Unaccompanied Trombone, arr. Raph (Carl Fischer) B) Clarke: The Bride Of The Waves, ed. Brandenburg (Warner) David: Concerto, ed Gibson (International) Grondahl: Concerto (Samfundit) Handel: Concerto in f minor, ed. Marsteller (Southern) Hindemith: Sonata (Schott) Jacob: Trombone Concerto (J. Williams) Pryor: Blue Bells of Scotland (Carl Fischer) Pryor: Thoughts of Love (Carl Fischer) C) Bolter: At Far, Brought Near (Air-Ev) Casterede: Sonatine (Leduc) Dutilleux: Choral, Cadence et Fugato (Leduc) Frescobaldi: Canzoni per Basso Solo, Vol 1 & 2 (Doblinger) Gaubert: Morceau Symphonique (Southern) Genzmer: Sonate (Peters) Hidas: Fantasia (Editio Musica, Budapest) (unacc.) C. de Jong: Aanraking Contact (unacc.) Persichetti: Parable for Solo Trombone (Elkan-Vogel) (unacc.) E. Reiche: Concert Piece No. 2 (Belwin) Saint-Saens: Cavatine (Durand) Stout: Proclamation for Solo Trombone (Philharmusica) (unacc.) Wagenseil: Trombone Concerto (Boosey & Hawkes) (alto trombone) Weber: Romanza Apassionata, ed. Laube (Carl Fischer) |
| Jazz | A) Lipsius: Key Jazz Rhythms (w/ CD featuring Jim Pugh) (Advance Music) LaPorta: 14 Jazz-Rock Duets (Kendor) Gale: 12 Jazz Duets (with CD) (Tezak) Snidero: Jazz Conception, Trombone, includes CD (Advance Music) Aebersold: Jazz Play Along Book and CD, Vols 2, 21, 3, 22, etc. (Aebersold) B) Gale: 24 Jazz Etudes (with CD) (Musician's Publications) Johnson: JJ Johnson Trombone Solos Mintzer: 14 Blues & Funk Etudes, Bass Clef, includes CD (Warner) C) Mintzer: 14 Jazz & Funk Etudes, Bass Clef, includes CD (Warner) Parker: Charlie Parker Omnibook, Bass Clef Edition (Atlantic) |
| Supplemental | Colley: Tuneup: CD-Based Intonation
Training System
(tuneupsystems.com) Voxman: Selected Duets for Trombone or Baritone Vol. II (Rubank) |
| Theory | Paul Harder: Basic Materials in Music Theory, A Programmed Course (Simon and Schuster) |
| Reading | Kleinhammer
and Yeo: The Art
of Trombone Playing
(Edition Piccolo) Severson & McDunn: Brasswind Artistry (Accentuate) International Trombone Association Journal Robert King Music Sales: Brass Players Guide (catalogue) |
Tuba Curriculum - Brian Kay
This curriculum is designed to be an outline of what we will study over several years of private lessons. It is also meant to be a "buyer's guide" for the best and most appropriate music for any ability level.
Material is listed under the level it should be started. Items marked ^ are meant to be continued beyond the level listed. Click here for a list of Music Stores for ordering.
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TUBA - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL (3rd and 4th year of private study) |
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| Method | Kay,
Intermediate
Method for Tuba, Vol 1 Beeler: Method For The Tuba, Book 2, (Warner) Fink: Studies in Legato for Bass Trombone and Tuba (Accura) ^ |
| Scales and Arpeggios | A, D, G-2 Octave, Db |
| Solos (perform at least one from each category) |
A)
Ward: The Happy Hippo (Kendor) Handel: Honor and Arms, ed. Harvey (G. Schirmer) Bowles: Venetian Carnival * B) Dedrick: Touch of Tuba (Kendor) * from Solo Sounds for Tuba, Vol 1 (Belwin) |
| Jazz | Aebersold:
Vol 54, Maiden Voyage (book and play along CD) (J. Aebersold)
^ Aebersold: Vol 54 (Maiden Voyage) Transcribed Bass Lines (J. Aebersold) ^ Coolman: The Bottom Line (Aebersold) ^ Transposition of tunes and patterns by ear |
| History/Theory | Barber:
Bach, Beethoven, and the Boys (Sound and Vision) ^ Bernstein: Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts (Anchor) ^ |
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TUBA - ADVANCED |
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| Method Books | Blazhevich: 70 Studies (King) Tyrell: Advanced Studies (Boosey & Hawkes) Kopprasch: 60 Studies (King) Bordogni, Melodius Etudes for Trombone, Vol 1 (Tezak) (down 1 octave) Morris, Introduction to Orchestral Excerpts |
| Scales and Arpeggios | All Major Scales |
| Solos | A) Beethoven: Variations of Judas Maccabeus, arr. Bell (Carl Fischer) Dowling: His Majesty the Tuba (Belwin) Handel: Allegro in f minor, ed. Barr (Ludwig) B) Bach: Air and Bouree, arr. Bell (Carl Fischer) Lebedev: Concerto in One Movement, ed. Ostrander (Edition Musicus) Hartley: Suite for Unaccompanied Tuba (Elkan-Vogel) Frackenpohl: Tubatunes Vaughan Williams: Concerto (Oxford) Vaughan Williams: 6 Studies in English Folk Song, ed. Wagner (Stainer & Bell) Hindemith: Sonata (Schott) |
| Jazz | Aebersold: Jazz Play Along Book
and CD, Vols 2, 21, 3, 22,
etc. (Aebersold) Sher: The Improvisor's Bass Method Coolman: The Bass Tradition (Aebersold) |
| Theory | Paul Harder: Basic Materials in Music Theory, A Programmed Course (Simon and Schuster) |
| Reading | Severson
& McDunn: Brasswind
Artistry (Accentuate) Stewart: Arnold Jacobs: The Legacy of a Master (Instrumentalist) T.U.B.A. Journal Robert King Music Sales: Brass Players Guide (catalogue) |
Trumpet Curriculum - Brian Kay
This curriculum is designed to be an outline of what we will study over several years of private lessons. It is also meant to be a "buyer's guide" for the best and most appropriate music for any ability level.
Material is listed under the level it should be started. Items marked ^ are meant to be continued beyond the level listed. Click here for a list of Music Stores for ordering.
TRUMPET - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL (3rd and 4th year of private study) |
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| Method | Kay: Intermediate
Method for Trumpet, Vol 1 Beeler: Method For The Trumpet, Book 2 (Warner) |
| Scales and Arpeggios | B, E, A-2 Octave, Eb |
| Solos (perform two) | Anderson: Trumpeter's Lullaby (Mills) Barrow: Scherzo * Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary (Carl Fischer) Fitzgerald: English Suite (T. Presser) Grundman: Conversation (Boosey & Hawkes) Handel: Aria and Bouree (T. Presser) Vandercook: Trumpet Stars Vol 1: Arcturus (Voxman) * from Solo Sounds for Trumpet, Vol 1 (Belwin) |
| Jazz | Aebersold: Vol 54, Maiden Voyage, book and play along CD (J. Aebersold)
^ Transposition of tunes and patterns by ear A) Snidero: Easy Jazz Conception (with CD) (Advance Music) LaPorta: Easy Jazz Duets (with CD) (WB Music) B) Jazz and Blues Playalong Solos (with CD) (Hal Leonard) Mintzer: 15 Easy Jazz, Blues, and Funk Etudes (with CD) (WB Music) 50 Essential Bebop Heads, Trombone (Hal Leonard) |
| Supplemental | Voxman: Selected Duets for Trumpet Vol. I (Rubank) |
| History/Theory | Barber: Bach, Beethoven, and the Boys (Sound and Vision) ^ Bernstein: Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts (Anchor) ^ |
TRUMPET - ADVANCED |
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| Method Books | Arban: Complete Method (Carl Fischer) Bozza: 16 Etudes (Leduc) Clarke: Technical Studies (Carl Fischer) Colin: Advanced Lip Flexibilities (C. Colin) Concone: Lyrical Studies (Brass Press) Kopprasch: 60 Selected Studies for Trumpet Vols 1 & 2 (Carl Fischer) |
| Scales and Arpeggios | All Major Scales |
| Solos | A) Corelli: Sonata VIII, ed. Fitzgerald (G. Ricordi) Haydn: Concerto for Trumpet in Bb, ed. Goeyens (Carl Fischer) Mendez: Chiapaneas (Carl Fischer) Mozart: Alleluja, from Sacred Solos, arr. Johnson (Rubank) B) Arutunian: Concerto (International) Clarke: Bride of the Waves, ed Brandenburg (Warner) Goedicke: Concert Etude (MCA) Hummel: Trumpet Concerto, ed. Stein (Musica Rara) |
| Jazz | A) Lipsius: Key Jazz Rhythms (w/ CD) (Advance Music) LaPorta: 14 Jazz-Rock Duets (Kendor) Snidero: Jazz Conception, includes CD (Advance Music) Gale: 12 Jazz Duets (with CD) (Tezak) Armstrong/Ecklund: Great Trumpet Solos of Louis Armstrong (Colin) Aebersold: Jazz Play Along Book and CD, Vols 2, 21, 3, 22, etc. (Aebersold) B) Mintzer: 14 Blues & Funk Etudes, Bb Treble Clef, includes CD (Warner) Gale: 24 Jazz Etudes, with CD (Musician's Publications) C) Mintzer: 14 Jazz & Funk Etudes, Bb Treble Clef, includes CD (Warner) Parker: Charlie Parker Omnibook, Bb Treble Clef (Atlantic) |
| Supplemental | Colley: Tuneup: CD-Based Intonation
Training System (tuneupsystems.com) Voxman: Selected Duets for Trumpet Vol. II (Rubank) |
| Theory | Paul Harder: Basic Materials in Music Theory, A Programmed Course (Simon and Schuster) |
| Reading | Brasswind
Artistry, Severson & McDunn, Accentuate International Trumpet Guild Journal (Quarterly) Brass Players Guide, Robert King Music Sales (catalogue) |