Heroic Étude
Wind Band |
Composition |
Grade |
Band:3 Soloist:5 |
Duration |
3.40 |
Keywords |
Instrumental Solo |
- Heroic Étude
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Back in the day I always enjoyed playing the well-known trombone works by Alexandre Guilmant and Ferdinand David and I wanted to return to that type of language and writing in a short concert piece. The music is direct in its expression, mostly exciting but sometimes expressive. The pace of this étude is relentless and requires some deft double tonguing although I stayed away from too many running semiquavers. The last note should ideally be the high D (concert) but a B flat is indicated as a suitable alternative.