r/euphonium • u/This-Ad5553 • 9d ago

Low Brass Warmups Added to ImprovisorsGym.com

Hello, I worked with Don Strand, who holds principal tuba positions with the Atlanta Ballet, Atlanta Opera, Columbus Symphony, Greenville Symphony, and Georgia Symphony Orchestra and was a student of Arnold Jacobs, to create new content for my site.

Don has had a concept for a book/method called Marathon Musician. As I was showing him improvisorsgym.com, he asked if I would like to incorporate Marathon Musician into it.

The first part of that collaboration is the addition of low brass warmups to the site. These were all taken from warmups for BBb tuba, and I transcribed them to other bass horns. I haven't gotten a lot of feedback from Don, only a texted 👍. So feedback is appreciated. Here is the direct link: Warmups for Low Brass - Improvisors Gym.

I added two versions of the long-tone exercise with glissandos, as well as call-and-response versions of every exercise.

The website is free for now. I may go to a subscription model in the future. I hope that, as it's free to use, I'm not violating any solicitation rules by pointing out that I have "Buy Me a Coffee" buttons on the site. The site and software cost me about $150 a month, so I need some support to maintain it and justify spending more time on this effort. I can edit this part out if I need to.

I've created so much more material for the site, but creating the pages and the copy for them is extremely time-consuming. Also, I refuse to let AI create content for me. I've only used AI for research, grammar, and to generate the mouthpiece-buzzing images for me.

I hope you find the site useful!

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u/SideWired 8d ago

Thank you

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u/SideWired 8d ago

Bb Bass 1 is only one I saw notes. Starts way too high register for my skills, but I am still inside of year one.

Probably just right for an advanced player.

Is my browser just not showing notes on the other images?

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u/This-Ad5553 8d ago

Wow, seems like a lot of them are not working. I'll figure that out. Thanks for the heads up! You could start at F or try the BBb one's for an octave lower.

Edit: They seem to all have disappeared. It must be an issue with the Flat.io player. I'll see if I can't get to the bottom of it.

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u/SideWired 8d ago

If this is training software genre, students are not going to enjoy having to figure out intervals. The feature could be a Register Shifter arrow up arrow down for specifically the Warm Up exercises.

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u/This-Ad5553 8d ago edited 8d ago

These are (when they work) simple warmup exercises. You really wouldn't even need to be able to read to do them. Simply match the pitches. They all descend from an open partial through the seven bugles.

Edit: It's fixed now! It was a problem with the software.

If you need help getting started with the warmups DM me, and I'll see if I can get your foot in the door. They are definitely something you should do, whether or not you use my site for it.

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u/guavarex_CH 5d ago

Thanks for this! One thing to check: on the 2nd and 3rd warmup, the web page (on my phone, at least) still mentions “long tones” although I expect this is a cut/paste error from the first warmup.

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u/This-Ad5553 5d ago

Good catch! Thanks, I'll fix those.