Long Tone Duets is a book of 23 duets designed to challenge players to play perfectly in tune with each other, match tone quality and articulations... * Long Tone Duets improves intonation. * Long Tone Duets improves tone quality. * Long Tone Duets improves articulation. * Long Tone Duets improves blending with one another.Long Tone Duets allow players to focus on basic fundamental skills such as tone quality and intonation. There are duets in every major key in addition to patterns such as fourths and chromatic scales. Long Tone Duets can be used as warm-up drills and to refine basic skills.

One of the best ways to grow as a musician is to emulate the great masters of your instrument. In this volume of Long Tone Duets, trombone players have the opportunity to improve by playing along with Ralph Sauer, long time principal trombonist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. This edition not only captures Mr. Sauer's sound on an included CD, but also reflects some of his teaching ideas embedded in the duets. By playing along with the CD, you can match Mr. Sauer's clear tone, exquisite intonation, and superb articulation.

The key to any world-class brass section is great tone production and consistent, matching style among the members of the group. Long Tone Duets: Style and Articulation teaches by example, demonstrating to readers exactly how to achieve these goals in the context of long tone duets. Simply play along with Mr. Becker, matching his exquisite tone, articulation, and style, and you will be on your way to improving in these critical areas.

The Big Book of Sight Reading Duets provides a fun and effective way to improve sight reading. The 100 duets are progressively arranged so every skill level is addressed, and there are a wide variety of styles, keys, time signatures, and other musical requirements for plenty of diversity.The Big Book of Sight Reading Duets comes in trumpet, trombone, euphonium, and tuba editions designed to coordinate with one another. If you have the euphonium edition, for example, you can play along with a trombonist who has the trombone edition or a tuba player with the tuba edition. The only exception is duet #55, which is specific to each instrument.Whether you play these duets with a friend or a teacher, sight reading with a partner provides an incentive for playing each duet without stopping because you don't want to let down your partner. Using this simple principle and providing additional tips and advice for improvement, this book addresses a skill so important and so lacking for so many musicians.Stop dreading sight reading-learn the secrets to reading music at first sight accurately every time with help from The Big Book of Sight Reading Duets.

The Low Brass Player's Guide to Doubling is a guide for low brass players who wish to learn a different low brass instrument. By performing well on several instruments, doublers become more complete musicians, regardless of the instrument being played at any given moment. Taking up a secondary instrument will introduce you to new composers, repertoire, and ideas that will enhance your musicianship. Doubling necessitates more thoughtful playing and leads to more thoughtful teaching; your resulting instruction becomes more effective on every instrument you teach. Playing more instruments will also increase your earning potential!The Low Brass Player's Guide to Doubling includes chapters devoted to: tenor trombonists doubling on bass trombone; bass trombonists doubling on tenor trombone; trombonists doubling on euphonium; trombonists doubling on tuba; tuba players doubling on euphonium; euphonium and tuba players doubling on trombone; alto trombone; contrabass trombone; bass trumpet; and cimbasso. Also included are fingering charts, overtone series charts and targeted fundamentals for each instrument. The targeted fundamentals are designed to help players learn the new instrument efficiently by extracting fundamental skills unique to the new instrument.

(Ensemble Collection). This classic series of duets for like instruments is recognizable to nearly everyone who has ever studied an instrument. The wealth of material supplements musical development and provides a rich experience for growing musicians. Duet playing is often a student's first form of ensemble experience - technique, tone quality, intonation and balance are introduced as students do one of the things they enjoy most - making music with a friend. And duet playing leads easily and naturally to competent performance in larger ensembles. (Vol. I Easy to Medium, Vol. 2 Medium to Advanced)

Long Tone Duets provides an opportunity for euphonium players to play long tones together, learning to blend tone quality, balance dynamics, and play in tune. Long Tone Duets contains a duet in every major key, and provides the perfect forum for teachers to discuss details of intonation, tone quality, blend, and balance with their students.Additionally, the Long Tone Duets editions for euphonium, euphonium (TC), and tuba are designed to coordinate with one another. If you have the euphonium edition, for example, you can play along with a tuba player who has the tuba edition.