Tuba Duet

for 2 Tubas:

I. Dance Mix

II. Dark Morning

III. Each Day I Love To Play My Tuba

IV. In The Forest

V. Pirate Song

VI. Read Your Music Carefully

VII. Running Music

VIII. Tubas On Parade

IX. Tuning Duet

X. Your Salmon Fell In The Pickle Juice Learn More

Unaccompanied; published 2006 for the first time Learn More

Originally for French Horn, these duets have been edited by Bryan Doughty and will work for advnaced High School players as well as those in College.

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12 Easy Duets for Tuba is designed with young or inexperienced players in mind who may have limited or no previous experience with duets or chamber music. Rhythms, ranges and key signatures are limited in order to accommodate the player in adjusting to the concept of playing in harmony, as well as developing mutual cooperation necessary in playing a duet. The selections are in a variety of styles, while avoiding faster tempos that could add difficulty without benefit. While written to help instruct, the duets are intended to be performable. A young player can feel a great sense of accomplishment when performing a new (to the player) kind of music, and duets can feel more “safe” than a solo to a young performer. Enjoy the fun of playing duets! Learn More

2 tubas (or 2 bass trombones)

or tuba/bass trombone with downloadable backing tracks (downloads included for both parts 1 and 2) – recorded by Zach Collins

Concert Duets is a collection of 14 arrangements of works by prominent 18^th-century composers, mostly taken from Trio Sonatas. Duet 11 is a Jim Self original work in the Rococo style; and Duets 12, 13 and 14 are arrangements of the three-movements of the Bach Concerto for Two Violins. Included with this edition are play-along recorded tracks by tubist Zach Collins, who also served as editor of the current edition.

I created these duets as Christmas gifts for my tuba playing friends, with the first duet being arranged in 1976.  All 14 of the duets are challenging and fun to play and are especially effective as concert pieces.

As a young musician I had the privilege of playing duets with many of the world’s finest tubists including Harvey Phillips, John Fletcher, Bob Pallansch, Chester, Schmitz, Dan Perantoni, Toby Hanks, Ron Bishop, Winston Morris and Tommy Johnson. I learned more about playing music in these duo sessions than from any other musical activity I have ever experienced. Duets are powerful teaching tools for learning and mastering rhythm, phrasing and intonation and for developing overall musicianship.

Jim Self:

Self (b. 1943) is a Los Angeles free-lance musician, a veteran of thousands of Hollywood motion pictures, television shows and records, and tuba soloist on many prominent movies. His tuba was the “Voice of the Mothership” in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. He is Principal Tuba/Cimbasso with the Pacific and Pasadena Symphonies and the Los Angeles Opera and Hollywood Bowl Orchestras. Formerly he was in The U.S. Army Band and tuba / euphonium professor at the University of Tennessee. He holds a DMA from the USC Thornton School of Music where he is Adjunct Professor of Tuba and Chamber Music. His compositions and arrangements include works for solo tuba, brass quintet, other brass, string and woodwind chamber music, wind band and orchestra. Jim has produced many solo jazz and classical recordings. His music and recordings are available from Potenza Music and www.jimself.com. Jim Self is a Yamaha Performing Artist.

Zach Collins, editor:

Zach Collins is professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. In 2019, he released his first solo album, Chronicle. It was recognized with the 2021 ITEA Roger Bobo Award for Excellence in Recording for the best Solo Tuba Album.

His interpretation of William Kraft’s Encounters II for Solo Tuba was released on Cambria Master Recordings. Zach performs with Eastern Standard, a horn, tuba, piano trio he formed with Heidi Lucas and Jacob Ertl. The ensemble has released two commercial albums, Eastern Standard and Wanderlust.

Zach regularly performs with the Keystone Chamber Winds, Altoona Symphony Orchestra, and West Virginia Symphony Orchestras. His compositions and arrangements for brass and for tuba and euphonium can be purchased from Cimarron Music and Eighth Note Publications. Zach earned degrees from Texas Christian University and the University of Southern California. His primary teachers have been Richard Murrow, Jim Self, Tommy Johnson, and Norm Pearson. Zach Collins is a Miraphone artist.

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5 Movements Learn More

2 Euphoniums or 2 Trombones Learn More

15 Very Easy Tuba Duets is a collection designed to help players who might not have had much experience with duets and ensembles. The ranges are limited and rhythms are very simple or in repeated patterns. Key signatures are also within the realm of great familiarity. Intended to be used as a teaching tool for young or inexperienced players, these duets are certainly available and satisfying for performance. A variety of styles are included. Players can gain confidence and satisfaction seeing that they can perform in this type of setting Learn More

20 Duets for Low Brass is perfect for a get together with a friend or for a teacher and student. This set includes pieces from Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, etc.

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These duets are perfect for a teacher and their students. They would work well in a recital. Learn More

TUBA DUET (C, B-flat and E-flat parts provided)

for Matthew and Jacob Waymon

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2 Euphoniums with Piano Learn More

with Drums

From the composer:

This piece was commissioned by Portugal Tubist, Sergio Carolino and inspired by taking 4 bar solos in a jazz framework, except that both do it simultaneously in this work, a kind of dueling tubas. So, there are times when the pair play the same rhythm in 3rd’s no less and others when they are completely opposed and “disagree”. It sometimes explores free tonality and at times is very tonal. A minor 3rd provides some of the building blocks for the jazz influenced work using jazz lines and phrasing jazz infused high energy piece, sometimes a wild fight and sometimes harmonious cooperation. It is recorded on Sergio’s CD, Agreements & Disagreements.

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Written for Nathan Giroux and Ross Kerley Allegro et Andantango was composed in 2010 and dedicated to two outstanding University of Central Florida tuba students, Ross Kerley and Nathan Giroux. The work begins with a fugue-like confrontation between the two tubas and then suddenly pulls back into a comforting melody that leads into the Andantango, (a 3/4 tango with a medium Andante tempo). Each player gets his or her chance at the melody as the other player accompanies along with the tango groove. Suddenly the battle returns with more intensity and it is later followed by the tango. However, the tango is no longer in 3/4, it is now in 4/4 with a twist. Once again, the encounter returns for the finale with only one tuba playing the battle theme as the other player cluelessly remains playing the tango. The two tubas finally return to the calming melody that seems to come to and end, and then... Learn More

with Piano; Duetto Aria from Jesu, Der Du Meine Seele, BWV 78. Learn More

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with Piano: 1. Tug Boat 2. Sail Boat 3. Battleship Learn More

with 9 Trombones

“The Breakfast Song” was written according to a strict brief that appeared to Angela in a dream some time during mid-September 2009. According to her dream, I was asked to write a piece of music using only the following “raw materials”:

a blue bowl, a serving of muesli, two strawberries, a banana, a handful of nuts…

Deciding how best to fulfill my brief coincided with a request from Sergio Carolino for something special for his 15 November 2009 Cine-Teatro de Alcobaca concert program and so “The Breakfast Song” is scored for 2 tubas and 9 trombones.

–Paul Hanmer

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Tuba duet with piano. Alternative parts for euphonium. Possible to play with only tubas, two euphoniums or any combination of these. (Sound example is computer generated) Learn More

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