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Exercises

Also Sprach Tone Study No. 1

This exercise is based on the opening to the popular trombone excerpt from Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 by Richard Strauss.

Also Sprach Tone Study No. 2

This exercise is based on the opening to the popular trombone excerpt from Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 by Richard Strauss.

B-A-C-H Flow Study

This flow study is based on the musical cryptogram B-flat, A, C, and B-natural. Bach used this sequence of notes to spell out his last name in his music. He was one of the first composers to cipher his own name and used this in many of his works.

Beethoven Arpeggios

This exercise is based on the horn trio solo from the third movement of Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" in Eb Major, Op. 55 by Ludwig van Beethoven

Brahms Flow Study 

This exercise is based on the opening theme from Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb major, Op. 83 by Johannes Brahms. 

Bruckner 7 Arpeggio Exercise

This exercise is based on the popular low brass excerpt from the fourth movement of Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107 by Anton Bruckner.

Don Quixote Flow Study

This exercise is based on the popular horn excerpt from Variation VII in the tone poem Don Quixote, Op. 35 by Richard Strauss.

Hungarian March Articulation Exercise

This exercise is based on the popular low brass excerpt Rákóczi March (March Hongroise) by Hector Berlioz. 

Pineapple Poll Dexterity

This exercise is based on the popular euphonium excerpt from Suite from Pineapple Poll by Arthur Sullivan (arr. W.J. Duthoit)

Pines of Rome Flow Study

This exercise is based on the oboe solo in the third movement of Pini di Roma by Ottorino Respighi.

Pines Power

This exercise is based on a theme from the fourth movement of Pini di Roma by Ottorino Respighi.

Shostakovich Flow Study

This flow study is based on the musical cryptogram D, E-flat,C, and B-natural. In German musical notation, it would be D, Es, C, H. This sequence of notes represented Shostakovich's initials (D. Sch.) in the German spelling of his name.

S.M. Scales

The rhythm, texture, and contour of this exercise are based on an ositanto in the accompaniment instruments in the fourth movement of Symphonic Metamorphosis by Paul Hindemith.

Tuba Mirum Tone Study

This exercise is based on the opening to the popular trombone excerpt from the third section ("Sequentia") of Mozart's Requiem in D minor, K. 626. 

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