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    Play along CD options?

    Hi all,
    I've been practicing with some drone CDs to work on my intonation. I'd like to get a book of music with accompanying orchestration (e.g. play along with a recorded band, etc.). Something like this -->

    Play the 1st Trumpet with the Philharmonic Wind Orchestra (with CD)

    Has anyone purchased items like this and do you have any recommendations? Late high school / early college skill level would be ideal.
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    Now that you have me thinking about it, I'm not aware of too many music-minus-one sets that use band, but that would be cool, wouldn't it? I'm thinking a set that has the euphonium parts that are most frequently found on auditions, for example, with a nice band accompaniment. But that would be an expensive task!
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    I have several "music-minus-one" things for tuba and have used them a little bit. One is a Canadian Brass book and CD, one is a New Orleans trad jazz CD. There are some (very nice) editions of the Bordogni (ala Rochut)vocalises transcribed and edited by David Schwartz for bass trombone and piano accompaniment. They come with a CD of the piano for you to play along with, and you can also get the piano sheet music for them.

    As for playing along with band, I don't know what there is. The 1st trombone player in the section I currently play bass in somehow grabs recordings of bands off Youtube, and then mildly edits them in some way so they can be played (and played along with) at different tempos. I don't know what technology he used to do this (I think it's mostly Audacity for the editing, but I don't know about the recording), nor am I sure of the legality in this case. But I will ask him for some more details. You don't get music-minus-one out of that, but you do get a band that you can play along with.
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    Try SmartMusic. If you are a Finale user, you can create your own in addition to using the existing
    accompaniments.

    https://www.smartmusic.com/
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    Quote Originally Posted by davewerden View Post
    Now that you have me thinking about it, I'm not aware of too many music-minus-one sets that use band, but that would be cool, wouldn't it? I'm thinking a set that has the euphonium parts that are most frequently found on auditions, for example, with a nice band accompaniment. But that would be an expensive task!
    Yep. Even if the full band (+ euph) were playing it would still be fun to match the existing Euph section.

    Having pre-recorded accompaniments for solos would be awesome but as you said, an expensive undertaking.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ghmerrill View Post
    I have several "music-minus-one" things for tuba and have used them a little bit. One is a Canadian Brass book and CD, one is a New Orleans trad jazz CD. There are some (very nice) editions of the Bordogni (ala Rochut)vocalises transcribed and edited by David Schwartz for bass trombone and piano accompaniment. They come with a CD of the piano for you to play along with, and you can also get the piano sheet music for them.
    Sounds good! I've played some of the the duet arrangements for the Rochut studies and those are fun.

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    The only thing I know that's remotely like this is the Peter Graham collection available for Cornet, Tenor Horn or Euphonium called the Gramercy Practice Pad
    http://www.gramercymusic.com/usolosrow.htm#GPS

    Basically it's a collection of parts for various Peter Graham pieces, which you can play along with various recordings on YouTube. It's not exactly what you describe but comes close as the parts are full parts I believe and it's relatively inexpensive.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Snorlax View Post
    Try SmartMusic. If you are a Finale user, you can create your own in addition to using the existing
    accompaniments.

    https://www.smartmusic.com/
    Jim-

    I've thought about smart music, but it seems geared toward a studio setting. What version would an individual with no school affiliation buy?

    Don

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