Every type of articulation is covered, followed by ornaments, cadenzas, and more in every tonality. Volume 2: Advanced Technique (Tonguing). This is a thorough study of articulation and fingering for more advanced players. This is what everyone needs to get started, and what established players need to keep their fundamentals sharp. Volume 1: The Elements of Technique (General Technique). The result is a method which proceeds much more gradually than its predecessor, and one which is much more systematically organized.”Ĭlifford Lillya wrote that this edition is “doubtless the most extensive and definitive single work on trumpet and cornet playing.” Mary Rasmussen wrote that “The order of the original Arban studies has been considerably rearranged. These shortcomings have been addressed, and much much more. and that it provides few, if any, studies containing diversity or complexity of rhythm. Two of the criticisms of the original heard most often are that “.it got too hard too fast.

Maire’s edition is far more comprehensive, with inclusion of contemporary performance practice and pedagogic thought his reworking of Arban’s Méthode comes much closer to standing on its own as a “complete” method for today than does the original. While preserving much of Arban’s technical exercises. This incredible, 490 page, 3 Volume edition of Arban’s Complete Method for Trumpet sought to bring the original material up to date for modern usage through careful editing of the original exercises, inclusion of new studies (exercises, etudes, solos and excerpts) and by providing a more complete and accurate instructional text.

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