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The recordings of the “New Etudes for Bass and Contrabass Tuba by Blazhevich” are now available on Spotify and can be streamed in full.
The corresponding sheet music edition, including play-along versions, is currently in preparation and will be available soon.
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Very interesting. Can you tell us which etudes these are? Is it the piano accompaniments that are new or are they actually newly found Blazhevich etudes?

York-aholic wrote: Fri Feb 13, 2026 2:40 pm Very interesting. Can you tell us which etudes these are? Is it the piano accompaniments that are new or are they actually newly found Blazhevich etudes?

The etudes come from an old Russian tuba method by Blazhevich. We selected six of them, and my colleague Ola Ness wrote new piano accompaniments. The original tuba parts are from the book, while the piano parts are newly composed. I recorded everything and created a new edition based on this project.
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Are these from the Textbook for Tuba in Bb? I much prefer that book over the 70 trombone studies.

I own the book from when Encore published it (obtained a copy from a local music store that had it on their shelf when dissertation shopping).

russiantuba wrote: Fri Feb 13, 2026 5:58 pm Are these from the Textbook for Tuba in Bb? I much prefer that book over the 70 trombone studies.

I own the book from when Encore published it (obtained a copy from a local music store that had it on their shelf when dissertation shopping).

It is an old book by Blazhevich for tuba in Russian. Great exercises and lots of unaccompanied etudes.
A real treasure

Kontrabasstuba wrote: Sat Feb 14, 2026 2:42 am

russiantuba wrote: Fri Feb 13, 2026 5:58 pm Are these from the Textbook for Tuba in Bb? I much prefer that book over the 70 trombone studies.

I own the book from when Encore published it (obtained a copy from a local music store that had it on their shelf when dissertation shopping).

It is an old book by Blazhevich for tuba in Russian. Great exercises and lots of unaccompanied etudes.
A real treasure

Sounds like the book I have!

Ok, cool. Could you send me a photo from the book by FB messenger?

See here https://clara.imslp.org/work/460722

That's really cool. When I was in school i didnt care for Blazhevich, but now i really enjoy them. I find them really helpful with improving my ability to switch between Bb and Cc tubas. Thank you so much for your hard work.

marccromme wrote: Sat Feb 14, 2026 4:26 pm See here https://clara.imslp.org/work/460722

Thank you, but my etudes are from a different book!
So, you can be curious!

Kontrabasstuba wrote: Sun Feb 15, 2026 5:01 am

marccromme wrote: Sat Feb 14, 2026 4:26 pm See here https://clara.imslp.org/work/460722

Thank you, but my etudes are from a different book!
So, you can be curious!

This is not the one I have. If I can remember I will take a picture. Encore used photocopies of an old book they were given. Probably easier to message me on social media to remind me since it’s easier to upload

The book is now available:

https://www.martin-schmid-blechblaesern ... -Tube.html