Product Description
Description
A
delightful, intermediate-advanced level work suitable for encouraging students,
hobbyists and professionals to improve or show off their performance skills. This multifarious work grips the audience
with a variety of moods, styles and affects.
A great recital piece or encore piece to show off the melodiousness,
harmoniousness and vibrancy of the tuba.
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Total
Duration: ~10 to 15 minutes depending upon taking the repeats and varying the
tempo.
Performance Notes
IntroductionThis piece boldly explores the B Major key and related tonalities. It yields exciting moves to tease the
audiences appetite for the real treats of the variations. The key to performing this piece is to
feel and emphasize the half-note rhythm and play the phrases against it. Dynamics are up to the performer.
Theme & Variations
The delight for the performer and
listener is to emphasize the unique traits of each variation while
celebrating their similarities. A great audience toe-tapper (mostly!). Each variations title indicates how to
play it; further notes below.
1 PLAYFULStretches the themes rhythms for a
friendly teasing.
2 MAJESTICThis variation indulges in the compound
meter exploration of the theme.
Emphasize the linear lines and the ornamental notes will shine.
3 BRIGHTPractice the intervallic phrasing
until you can hear what note follows which.
Then bang it around for a jaunty, vigorous performance.
4 AGILEPractice slow then add speed. The luscious 16th notes energize
the phrases and give them wit.
5 TEARFULLet the notes do the work-dont try
too hard.
6 FESTIVEMust use repeats. A gigue that washes away the previous
variations mood. Always emphasize the
one-two bounce feel throughout.
7 TREMENDOUSMolto expressivo. This A section is anguish; B is reflective,
loving, and then tender.
8 CHICKENChicken chickens chicken. Chicken!
9 FANTASTICALNo repeats: just a glorious
monstrosity of extraordinariness. Get
ugly.
10 MARCHMust use repeats. If you clip the dotted notes and focus on the
"one-two, one-two" march rhythm, the melody will soar.
11 BLUESBe sure to swing it and adjust the
tempo so the bluesy sound comes through.
12 A CARNIVAL NEAR VENICEAkin to variation 2. Practice it slow and build up speed. Nothing more than the theme with a compound
voice in the upper register.
13 FUGUEDistinguish the two lines and itll be
like playing two tubas simultaneously.
Practice slow to learn to differentiate the two voices and itll be a
dazzler.
14 FAREWELLA bittersweet mixture of bold thankfulness
for the joyous discoveries and sadness for having to say goodbye. Be aggressive with the arpeggios for the
harmony to resound.
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