Eleven etudes based on the major bass trombone excerpts. East etude serves to drill the most significant technical aspects of its intended excerpt: • Intelligent Design? (Haydn Creation) • Show & Tell (William Tell) • Heldennotes (Ein Heldenleben) • Berlirhythm (Hungarian March) • Drill Ride (Ride of the Walkures) • Golden Tones (Rheingold) • Rossini Riffs (Gazza Ladra) • Lohendrill (Lohengrin prelude) • Franck Melodie (Frank D minor) • Hary Rumination (Hary Janos) • Strauss Strikes Again (Bourgeois Gentilhomme)