For Young Musicians
Resources for musicians and music educators.

Brass Warm-Up Routine:  A comprehensive warm-up routine for concert or marching band brass sectionals.  Includes long tones, articulation exercises, lip slurs, and scales. Suitable for high school students in private our group instruction.

• Trumpet/TC Euphonium
• Horn
• Trombone/BC Euphonium
• Tuba

The Basics: A set of simple guidelines for beginners.

• "THE BASICS" A Guide for Beginner Euphonium Players
• "THE BASICS" A Guide for Beginner Trombone Players
• "THE BASICS" A Guide for Beginner Tuba Players
• The Basics of Breathing: Quick facts on how to understand and improve your breathing.

Fingering Charts (by Skip Gray)

• BB Flat Tuba Fingering Chart
• BC Euphonium Fingering Chart
• TC Euphonium Fingering Chart

Sight Reading Resources

• Sight Reading Advice
• Tuba Sight Reading: Example #1, Example #2, Example #3
• Euphonium BC/Trombone Sight Reading: Example #1, Example #2, Example #3
• Euphonium TC/Trumpet Sight Reading: Example #1, Example #2, Example #3

Chorales

• Low-Brass Chorales (2010) Includes TC euphonium
• Tuba/Euphonium Quartet Chorales (2013)
• Tuba/Euphonium Quartet Chorales (2014)

Other Useful Resources

• Guide to Purchasing Beginner and Intermediate Level Tubas and Euphoniums
• Guide to Instrument Maintenance
• A Course of Study for High School Low Brass Musicians

Recommended Etudes

• Trombone/Euphonium: First and Second Book of Practical Studies by Gerald Bordner (technical) and Studies in Legato by Reginald Fink (lyrical).
• Tuba: First and Second Book of Practical Studies by Robert Getchell (technical) and Studies in Legato by Reginald Fink (lyrical).