Canticle tor Unaccompanied Tuba Dedicated to, and premiered by, Dave Holben. by "Bear" Thomas C. Woodson The main trick to playing these pieces, is to allow your individual breathing patterns to guide the phrasing. Let the rhythms of the longer notes and rests vary, to imply Changing Meters, as Medieval singers would do, during Intonations and Chants. Let each player make this his or her own piece. The breathing and phrasing should be comfortable, and the lyricism soulful. Intonation I 4 = 86 tuba St pap 21 oy oa SSS SSS i =| 7 iV UO By va ? i (about 0" 34") — ef P Library of Congress PAu 2-397-966 © 1998 "Bear" Thomas C. Woodson2 Canticle for Unaccompanied Tuba Intonation I J = 86 cD FI . So a (Pts pee ad ese ———= = ~ be ? —— —=_ fs ~ —? = subito ChantII J = 100 33 2 5 === ys a att pare ie a7 4 . ——_ Fa abe f subito Soto OP 37 on Oa ee See 4 poe ee Rea AG ay k 47 —— = == ; = = (about 1’ 0") PP subite | Library of Congress PAu 2-397-966 © 1998 "Bear" Thomas C. WoodsonCanticle for Unaccompanied Tuba 3 Intonation III ) = 80 t= aor => = » (about 1' 06") Library of Congress PAu 2-397-966 © 1998 "Bear" Thomas C. Woodson4 Canticle for Unaccompanied Tuba Intonation IV J = 76 pS PSS mf 2 F sabito a eb phe a PE he rt ey SF . 7 OP mf subito o nc $ SS P a PP (about 0" 54") Library of Congress PAu 2-397-966 © 1998 "Bear" Thomas C. WoodsonCanticle for Unaccompanied Tuba 5 ChantIV J = 110 109 Saag ge) a ee 2 ee re ” —="r & 123 P f af oto mp? subitg ™? ———————* 17 fe F esno ag fos 5 ° ‘ subito 140 . ae — ofS "0 S 4 ~ ew pe fn al mf aes epee Post subito = w — ‘subito {about 120") Library of Congress PAu 2-397-966 © 1998 "Bear” Thomas C. Woodson6 Canticle for Unaccompanied Tuba Intonation V J = 74 145 P= 9 = BP — = = > 150 PY HES EER ego = — a mp" ie 4 155 ou. “tee = ht 5 SSeS : ll 4 +s 4-4 yj ce = - Roe Fe LF =~ —— bo ee P about’ 44") Library of Congress PAu 2-397-966 © 1998 "Bear" Thomas C. Woodson Total: about 8' 30"