Tuba Playlist
Fun play-along videos to help kids learn to play the tuba!
-For beginner and intermediate tuba students
-Starts at the beginner level and increases in difficulty
-Self-assessment rubric included in each video
-Videos rotate through 12 activities to focus on different aspects of music learning:
1. Get Ready: Warmups
    - Long tones, scales, arpeggios, articulation, etc.
2. Inside Info: Music theory and fundamentals
     -Time signatures, key signatures, scale degrees, intervals, chords, form, harmony, etc.
3. Sync Up: Rhythm training
     -Listening, reading rhythms, counting, clapping
4. Catch The Groove: Rhythm training
     -Listening, echoing, reading rhythms
5. Play By Ear: Aural skills
     -Pitch discrimination, listening and echoing
6. Mix It Up: Sight-reading
     -Extra challenge: sing the melody after playing it on the tuba
7. Make A Beat: Rhythm improvisation
     -Echo a rhythmic phrase, then play something different
8. Power Up: Instrumental technique
     -Long tones, breath control, lip slurs, articulation, facility
9. All Together Now: Ensemble playing
     -Listen and play different parts within duets, trios, and quartets
10. Your Choice: Pitch/tonal improvisation
     -Listen and echo a musical phrase, then play something different using given note choices
11. Bonus Level: Sight-reading
     -Combines material from previous videos
12. Recap: Vocabulary review
     -Multiple-choice "quiz" review
     -One Recap video after every 100 Dynabuddy videos
Think of each cycle through these activities as a unit of study that takes about 4-6 weeks to complete. Every 100 videos is about a year's worth of instruction, ending with a Recap video for review. 100 videos are currently available for tuba. More will be released soon - stay tuned!
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  Video 25: Rhythm Practice (Sync Up)Count and clap rhythms for tuba using: 
 -Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests, whole notes
 -“C” time signature
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  Video 26: Echo Rhythms (Catch The Groove)Echo rhythms on tuba using: 
 -E-flat only
 -Quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes, whole notes
 -“C” time signature
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  Video 27: Echo Melodies (Play By Ear)Echo melodies on tuba using: 
 -B-flat, D, & F
 -Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes
 -4/4 time signature
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  Video 28: Sight Reading (Mix It Up)Tuba sight-reading using: 
 -B-flat major key signature
 -Quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
 -Ties
 -Dynamics: p & f
 -Repeat signs
 -4/4 time signature
 -Metronome and piano accompaniment
 -Extra challenge: sing the notes
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  Video 29: Improvise Rhythms (Make A Beat)Echo and improvise rhythms on tuba using: 
 -G only
 -Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
 -4/4 time signature
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  Video 30: Technique (Power Up)Tuba technique: 
 -Articulation: tonguing
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  Video 31: Ensemble Practice (All Together Now)Tuba ensemble using: 
 -Duet
 -Round
 -D minor key signature
 -Quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes, whole rests
 -Ties
 -Dynamics: p & f
 -Solo & tutti
 -“C” time signature
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  Video 32: Improvise Melodies (Your Choice)Sight-read and improvise melodies on tuba using: 
 -B-flat, D, & F
 -Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
 -2/4 time signature
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  Video 33: Sight Reading (Bonus Level)Tuba sight-reading using: 
 -B-flat major key signature
 -Quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes, whole notes
 -Ties
 -Dynamics: p & f
 -Breath marks
 -Fermata
 -Repeat signs
 -“C” time signature
 -Piano accompaniment
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  Video 34: Warm-ups (Get Ready)Tuba warm-ups using: 
 -B-flat major scale & arpeggio
 -New notes A & B-flat
 -Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes, whole notes
 -Breath marks
 -4/4 time signature
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  Video 35: Music Theory (Inside Info)Tuba music theory & fundamentals: Eighth notes & rests 
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  Video 36: Rhythm Practice (Sync Up)Count and clap rhythms for tuba using: 
 -Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests
 -2/4 time signature
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  Video 37: Echo Rhythms (Catch The Groove)Echo rhythms on tuba using: 
 -C only
 -Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes
 -Ties
 -2/4 time signature
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  Video 38: Echo Melodies (Play By Ear)Echo melodies on tuba using: 
 -C, E-flat, & G
 -Eighth notes, quarter notes, half notes & rests, dotted half notes
 -4/4 time signature
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  Video 39: Sight Reading (Mix It Up)Tuba sight-reading using: 
 -B-flat major key signature
 -Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
 -Slurs
 -Dynamics: p & f
 -Repeat signs
 -“C” time signature
 -Metronome and piano accompaniment
 -Extra challenge: sing the notes
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  Video 40: Improvise Rhythms (Make A Beat)Echo and improvise rhythms on tuba using: 
 -B-flat only
 -Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
 -“C” time signature
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  Video 41: Technique (Power Up)Tuba technique: 
 -Facility: scale patterns in B-flat major
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  Video 42: Ensemble Practice (All Together Now)Tuba ensemble using: 
 -Duet
 -B-flat major key signature
 -Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes
 -Slurs
 -Divisi
 -Breath marks
 -Dynamics: p & f
 -2/4 time signature
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  Video 43: Improvise Melodies (Your Choice)Sight-read and improvise melodies on tuba using: 
 -C, E-flat, & G
 -Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests
 -4/4 time signature
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  Video 44: Sight Reading (Bonus Level)Tuba sight-reading using: 
 -B-flat major key signature
 -Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes
 -Slurs
 -Dynamics: p & f
 -Repeat sign
 -2/4 time signature
 -Piano accompaniment
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  Video 45: Warm-ups (Get Ready)Tuba warm-ups using: 
 -E-flat, F, G, A-flat, & B-flat
 -New note A-flat
 -Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
 -Breath marks
 -3/4 time signature
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  Video 46: Music Theory (Inside Info)Tuba music theory & fundamentals: Ties & slurs 
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  Video 47: Rhythm Practice (Sync Up)Count and clap rhythms for tuba using: 
 -Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
 -3/4 time signature
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  Video 48: Echo Rhythms (Catch The Groove)Echo rhythms on tuba using: 
 -E-flat only
 -Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
 -3/4 time signature
 
 
               
             
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
          