MISSOURI BANDMASTERS ASSOCIATION
MISSOURI ALL-STATE BAND AUDITION MATERIALS
TUBA Sets I, II, III, IV
Scales: All scales are to be MEMORIZED.
Prepare them all slurred and all tongued in sixteenth notes at quarter note = 88,
a minimum of two octaves, except b, C, c, c#, D, d and Eb. Scales should be
performed ascending and descending.
Chromatic: full range of the instrument
Major Scales: C G D A E F Bb Eb Ab
Melodic Minor Scales: a e b f# c# d g c f
Books: Advanced Method for Tuba, Vol. II – Voxman/Rubank Publication
Practical Studies for Tuba, Book II – Getchell/Belwin Publication
Set I Advanced Method p. 11 #12 (tongue 2, slur 2)
(2008-09) p. 21 #58
p. 43 #26
p. 44 #28
p. 48 #4
Practical Studies p. 11 #84
p. 31 #114
Set II Advanced Method p. 23 #65 (slur 2, tongue 2)
(2009-10) p. 30 #1
p. 35 #10
p. 51 #12
p. 54-55 #20 – all
Practical Studies p. 8 #78
p. 27 #110
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Set III Advanced Method p. 20 #50 (tongue 2, slur 2)
(2010-11) p. 33 #7
p. 36 #12
p. 41 #23
p. 49 #8
Practical Studies p. 12 #86
p. 26 #109
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Set IV Advanced Method p. 15 #32 (slur 3, tongue 3)
(2011-12) p. 32 #5
p. 38 #17
p. 41 #22
p. 52-53 #15 – all
Practical Studies p. 11 #83
p. 19 #97