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Tuba pedagogues have long recognized that the Arban exercises, particularly those focusing on:

– The etudes still have extreme high range (written G above the staff, which sounds like low G on tuba – fine) but also very low passages that go below pedal range on a 4-valve tuba. You’ll need to skip or octave-shift about 5% of the notes.