Arban's Complete Conservatory Method for Trumpet (Dover Books On Music: Instruction)

Arban's Complete Conservatory Method for Trumpet (Dover Books On Music: Instruction)

<DIV>"The trumpeter's bible" for over 150 years, this complete pedagogical method contains hundreds of exercises, beginning with basics and progressing to advanced compositions, including the author's famous arrangement of <I>Carnival in Venice. </I>J. B. Arban discusses every aspect of playing — including articulation, tonguing, slurs, tone, and range — sharing the knowledge he acquired from many years of experience as a teacher and performer.<B> </B>He offers an appreciation of all the instrument's inherent difficulties as well as instructive points that touch upon all possible musical questions.<BR>The Paris Conservatory's Committee on Music Study noted, "This work is rich in instructive advice, is based upon the best of fundamental principles, and omits not a single instructive point which might be needed for the development and gradual technical perfection of a player." This edition features an Introduction and expert commentary by an instructor well versed in the Arban Method. </DIV>