Richardson Area Bands Euphonium Packet NAME: SCHOOL:
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Posture Guide WRONG' ' ''WRONG' ' '''''Right -Sit up straight at the edge of your chair -Both feet flat on the floor -Shoulders relaxed -Keep head on top of your shoulders -Bring the instrument to your face; don t bring your face to the instrument REMEMBER:' REST2 Sitting silently with back against chair, feet flat on the floor, both handsoninstrument READY2' Get to this position in one quick motion. Sit up straight, back not touching the chair, feet flat on the floor, hands and instrument as close to playingpositionaspossible. PLAY2'Feetflatonthefloor,sittingstillandsilent,horninplayingposition, eyesonthedirector.
Parts of the Euphonium
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Things to Remember When Playing Your Euphonium Tricks To A Good Sound And Embouchure: Say mmmm with your mouth and lips to bring them together Say pooh and blow air through the center of your lips while keeping them close together your lips will start vibrating o Remember: TENSION IS THE ENEMY Your face should remain relaxed and natural Keep space between your teeth at all times, as if you are saying oh Maintain a constant stream of air - AIR NEVER STOPS Hand Position: Left Hand: o Used for support on the instrument tubing Right Hand: o Fingers should be curved, relaxed, and placed on top of the valves o Thumb rests underneath the bar o Keep your right wrist straight o Keep elbows away from the body
Name Your Notes Bass Clef Lines: Always Fine Do Boys Good Spaces: All Cows Eat Grass Musical Alphabet: ABCDEFG Ledger Lines- the lines above and below the staff -lines and spaces above the staff, go forward in the alphabet -lines and spaces below the staff, go backwards in the alphabet
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Trombone/Euphonium Euphonium Granny Mozart's Chicolate Chip Cookie Recipe Bb C MILK? 4bw w w bw 1 6 4 3 D Eb F w 1? A 2 BUTTER bw w w w G 4 F 6 EGGS? G w w w bw A Bb 4 2 1 CAGE-FREE EGGS? bw w w bw
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Euphonium Sound like one Octave Slurs for Full Band? 4 w w # w # w 7? Steady sound w w # w # w 13? w w bw Keep face relaxed bw 19? w w w No tension w
Trombone Euphonium Level 1 Steady body, steady sound, steady air? b b 4 4 w w nw Lip Slurs w w b w? b b w w bw bw w w nw nw Level 2? b b 4 w w w n w bw w? b b w w bw b w w w nw nw Level 3? b b 4 4 w n n n w? b b b b w w? b b b b b b b w w? b b b b b b bw
Trombone/Euphonium Wiggles 1? b b 4 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ w 2? b b œ œ œ œ w œ œ œ œ w œ œ œ œ w œ œ œ œ w 3? b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ w œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ w 4? b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 5? b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 6? b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 7? b b b b bw bœ œ œ œ œ œ b œ œ w 4 3 8? b b 4 3 œ œ œ b. bœ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. 4 9? b b 4 4 œ œ nœ œ w œ œ nœ œ w œ œ nœ œ n œ œ n œ œ w 4 2 10? b b 4 2 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
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Euphonium one octave chromatic #1? 4 œ # œ œ # œ œ # œ œ œ # œ œ # œ œ œ œ œ Œ Ó #2? œ # œ œ # œ œ # œ œ œ # œ œ # œ œ œ # œ œ # œ œ # œ œ œ? œ œ œ Œ #3? Œ Œ œ œ # œ œ # œ œ # œ œ œ # œ œ # œ œ œ # œ œ # œ œ # œ œ œ œ? bœ œ œ œ œ Œ
Trombone/Euphonium One Octave Major Scales Concert F? b 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó # # # ## # Concert F#?# # # ## # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó # Concert G?# œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó b b b b Concert Ab? b b b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó # # # Concert A?# # # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó b b Concert Bb? b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó # # # ##
2 Concert B Trombone/Euphonium?# # # ## œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó n n n nn Concert C? œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó b b b b b Concert Db? b b b b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó # # Concert D?# # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó b b b Concert Eb? b b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó # # # # Concert E?# # # # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó
Region 3 MS Euphonium All-Region Scales Scales must be performed by memory at the auditions Concert Bb? b b 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó Concert Eb? b b b 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó Concert Ab? b b b b 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó Concert Db? b b b b b 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó Concert F? 4 b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ? b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó Concert C? 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó Concert G? # 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó
Chromatic? b b 4 œ # œ œ # œ œ # œ nœ œ nœ bœ? œ b b nœbœ œ # œ œ # œ nœ œ nœ bœ œ BONUS - Concert G, 2 Octaves? # 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Region 3 MS Euphonium Scale Sheet Page 2 œ # œ œ # œ œ # œ nœ bœ œ nœ bœ œ # œ œ # œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ? # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó BONUS - Concert Ab, 2 Octaves? b b b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ? b b b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó
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