Levels and Materials of Study – Bass Trombone
The student specializing in bass trombone with double valves will follow the same general course outlined for each level listed for tenor trombone, with the following additions/substitutions to the curriculum.
METHODS
Aharoni New Method for the Modern Bass Trombone
Bernard Methode Complete pour Trombone Basse
Dijk Ben's Basics
Ostrander The F-Attachment and the Bass Trombone
Ostrander Method for Bass Trombone
Roberts-Tanner Let's Play Bass Trombone
STUDIES
Bach/Lusk Suites for Violincello
Bernard Etudes et Exercises
Blazhevich/King 70 Studies (Tuba) 2 vols.
Blume/Fink 36 Studies for Trombone with F-Attachment
Bordogni/Ostrander Melodious Etudes for Bass Trombone
Bordogni/Roberts 43 Bel Canto Studies (Tuba)
Delgiudice Douze Etudes . . .
Fink Studies in Legato for Bass Trombone, Tuba
Gillis 20 Etudes
Gillis 70 Progressive Etudes
Grigoriev/Ostrander 24 Studies
Maenz Zwanzig Studien
Naulais Etudes variées sur la Virtuosité, le Style et le Rythme Vols.1,2
Ostrander Double-valve Low Tone Studies
Ostrander Shifting Meter Studies
Faulisse Warm-ups and Daily Drills
Pederson (Elem., Interm., Adv.) Etudes for Bass Trombone
Raph 26 Studies
Rode 15 Caprices
Stephanofsky/Brown 20 Studies
Tyrrell 40 Etudes (Tuba, and/or E-flat Tuba)
Vasiliev 24 Melodious Studies
REPRESENTATIVE SOLO MATERIALS
MUSA 139, 140
Barat Introduction & Sarabande
Beaucamp Cortege
Boutry Tubaroque
Dedrick Petite Suite
Hartley Arioso
McKay Concert Solo Sonatine
MUSA 239, 240
Bach-Bell Air and Bouree
Frescobaldi Canzoni
Hindemith Drei Leichte Stucke
Lieb Concertino Basso
Lischka Drei Skizzen
MUSA 141, 142, 151, 152
Bitsch Impromptu
Brown Meditation, Recitative, Lied and Final
Johnston Revelstoke Impressions
Marcello-Brown Sonata in G Major
Presser Three Folktales
Raph Rock
Tomasi Etre ou ne pas etre
MUSA 241, 242, 251, 252
Bach/Marsteller Cello Suite No.1, or Lusk
Barat Reminiscences de Navarre
Bozza Allegro et Finale
Bozza Prelude et Allegro
Capuzzi/Catelinet Andante and Rondo
Hartley Suite
Lebedev Concerto in One Movement
Vaughan Williams Romanza from Tuba Concert
MUSA 341, 342, 351, 352
Bach Cello Suite No.3, Lusk
Beversdorf Sonata for Tuba
Dedrick Prelude and March
Ewazen Rhapsody
Persichetti Serenade No.12 for Tuba
Raph Caprice
Defaye/Knaub Deux Danses
Ross Prelude, Finale, and Big Apple
Vaughn Williams Concerto for Tuba
MUSA 441, 442, 451, 452
Adler Canto II
Bach Cello Suit No.4, Lusk
Bigot Carillon et Bourdon
Bozza New Orleans
Cope Three Pieces for Trombone with F-Attachment
Dedrick Inspiration
Hartley Sonata Breve
Spillman Concert and Two Songs
White Tetra Ergon
Wilder Sonata
MUSA 651, 652
See lists from lower levels. Also the preparation of the various degree recitals required by the program of study.