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brettcopelandmusic
low brass fundamental routines, ​backing tracks, pedagogical resources, original compositions, and arrangements​​

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Flex&Flow

Flex&Flow is a collection of flexibility exercises and flow studies for low brass accompanied by drum beats and drones. The routine starts with a breathing exercise, a mouthpiece buzzing exercise, then progresses to flow studies and flexibility exercises that gradually increase in range and difficulty. The whole routine takes approximately 30 minutes to complete and is intended to cover all major keys and the functional range of the instrument.

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Available for BBb Tuba, CC Tuba, F Tuba, and Euphonium

Filling the Tank (Breathing Exercise)

Sonic Foundations
The Sonic Foundations routine is meant to provide low brass musicians with exercises that focus on the fundamentals of brass playing accompanied by rhythmically engaging backing tracks to reinforce a strong sense of time keeping (groove) that help you stay focused during the fundamentals portion of your daily practice. The full routine includes exercises (with backing tracks) for breathing, mouthpiece buzzing, tone production (long tones), flexibility, articulation, scale patterns/finger technique, chord studies/endurance drills, and warm-down/relaxation.

1. Breathe to Expand [Sonic Foundations]

LoFi Flow Studies

These sequential or pattern-based exercises were written to help players stay engaged and focused during their fundamentals practice. The exercises can help develop a players' sound in all registers, improve key fluency, and work on groove and intonation by playing along with a unique and engaging backing track. 

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These Flow Studies can be used in individual practice sessions, private lessons, or group settings such as sectionals or masterclasses. They're a fun way to work on fundamentals and musicianship.

LoFi LowFlow [CC Tuba]

Mastering the Tuba Backing Tracks

These backing tracks are meant to accompany exercises from Roger Bobo's Mastering the Tuba method book. The exercises have been adapted for BBb tuba, CC tuba, Eb tuba, F tuba, and each one has their own set of backing tracks and play along videos found on my YouTube Channel.

Octave Glissandos - Mastering the Tuba [CC Tuba]

Arnold Jacobs Special Studies for the Tuba Backing Tracks

This set of backing tracks accompanies exercises from the great tubist and pedagogue Arnold Jacobs. They include his Development of Low Register and Resonance exercise in a variety of keys, his Scale Studies drill at multiple tempi, and the classic Beautiful Sounds exercise.

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The exercises have been adapted for both tuba and euphonium.

Arnold Jacobs Scale Studies - Tuba [80BPM]
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