In my own teaching, I stress the importance of establishing that fundamental core of technique through daily routine practice in Arban's, combined with other technical etudes and studies. While the book is worth the money for these alone, Encore has made a few other improvements as well. Therefore, it is necessary to be clear about what you want to study at each moment and in this way, look for the most suitable exercise.

Raph's exceptional edition also includes a CD of MP3 accompaniments to the 12 Celebrated Fantaisies and Airs Variés, as performed by John Walker, for a complete instructional package for trombone students. Both of these gentlemen bring impeccable credentials to the task, and their comments provide wonderful insights into each of their individual approaches to musical and technical matters. In this way you will be able to create a great personal library, which will allow you one day to rediscover exercises that you had forgotten, lend your family and friends a book from your collection, or simply look at it and make you remember how hard (and at the same time exciting) was interpreting that work that you have overcome today. Arban Method For Trombone And Baritone has been brought up to date to the 21st century, enhancing and expanding the complete Arban text, and addressing new skills and techniques developed up to current times.

In 1989, he was named the British Magazine’s Euphonium Player of the Year, and in 1995 was given the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Tubists Universal Brotherhood Association (now I. The classic edition that has served as the method of choice for generations of trombone players, Arban's Famous Method offers the student a comprehensive system of study for the trombone, including scales, etudes, duets, solos, and extensive exercises designed to develop musicianship and technique. When I am working on a solo or a tuff piece of music, I sometimes visit Arban's and perhaps play some scale and arpeggio work in the key of the solo, or if there is significant double or triple tonguing, I may visit that section in Arban's.

If you want it to read in Bb (like the original Arban for trumpet, but in the Bass Clef, go for the euphonium version).Also, he has taken many of the most relevant and transposed them into different keys to maximize the effectiveness of the most valuable studies. These statements, coming as they do from respected members of the profession, have certainly given me pause, but it seems to me that any of this stuff is as musical as you make it. A more technical first part, made up of individual exercises where one or another technical facet of the instrument is practiced. Prior to joining the New York Philharmonic, he was second trombone of the Philadelphia Orchestra for four seasons and principal trombone of L’Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal for one season. Arban's fundamental method book for trumpet was first published in 1864 and has held a top spot in trumpet studies ever since.