Your Favourite Page in Arban?

Bootleg · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 6:34 pm Post subject:

Mine's is 343, cause I love carnival of venice and that variation. The one with the octave jumps.

What's your fav Arban page?

fuzzyjon79 · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 6:39 pm Post subject:

125 is good... I also like the Major and minor scale arpeggio studies.
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shofar · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 9:43 pm Post subject:

125...126...127...etc...

weezintrumpeteer · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 10:24 pm Post subject:

I like pages 285, 286, and 290. Those are my favorite Chacteristic Studies to play. They are so much fun! I also like309-311. Fantasie Brillante is just so awesome.

Patrick

trumpetmike · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 12:23 am Post subject:

I think we could be using different editions of the Arban!
Mine only goes up to 257.
I can easily see why page numbers higher than that could be favourites!!
For me, page 91 is one which I like to play (Preparatory exercises for the Grupetto) and Page 13 (No.11) is the first thing I make any pupil play when they first get their Arban. Not difficult, but you can make music with it.

oj · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 12:56 am Post subject:

There are indeed different versions of this book.

For us "over here" (in Europe where Arban lived and other places outside US) it is rather silly to read comments about certain pages in Arban.

Btw, here is the structure in two Arban edtions that don't match the "US page numbering".

http://abel.hive.no/trumpet/arban/content.html

O.J.

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Please indicate what type of exercise, not only a page number, the next time you try to tell about a special Arban exercise

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trumpetmike · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 12:59 am Post subject:

Why do I see this rapidly turning into a "them and us" situation?
I agree with the idea of a description of the exercises that we like, would help a lot.

oj · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:02 am Post subject:

Sorry, no offense intended.

I guess people outside of US also have the Fischer edition (if that was the one mentioned above, or?).

Btw, I like no. 11 of the First Studies.

If you still don't know which one, here is an image (you can use this simple little thing for different purposes)

http://abel.hive.no/ctg/week1/Melodic-breathing.html

I also like Char. study No. 1 and No. 13 .

Ole

trumpetmike · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:27 am Post subject:

That's the one I was thinking of!
By the time my students have had their Arban a couple of months, this study is usually playable without the book!

Bootleg · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 7:17 am Post subject:

why is that study soo popular? is there some special voodoo magic to it or wut?
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PH · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 8:54 am Post subject:

Cadenzas!!!

tims9999 · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 10:35 am Post subject:

I can't choose! I guess I'll pick 1 through 347

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LeeC · Heavyweight Member Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Posts: 5730

Sorry I'm the odd man out. Never liked the Arban book much. Too old and boring.

Now my 14 year old son is practicing the trumpet on some Beach Boys melodies he bought at the local music store. He's getting very inspired. I can see him practicing the horn endlessly now because he's INTERESTED!

That's what we need is some newer stuff. Of course the Beach Boys aren't exactly new, but a heck of a lot less old than the Arban's material.

I really wish the trumpet playing world would join the 21st Century. We need to motivate younger players to learn to enjoy the trumpet. In my opinion there's nothing of any entertainment value in the Arbans book at all.

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fuzzyjon79 · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 8:48 pm Post subject:

Isn't page 347 where Carnival of Venice is????

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romey1 · Heavyweight Member Joined: 11 Jun 2003 Posts: 797

Tough question!

I like page 91 - play slurs mp, play tongued notes F with strong articulation. Last note up an ocave.

romey

Bootleg · Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2003 8:41 am Post subject:

not in my edition...carnival of venice starts at like 342 or something. lol! there's just so many variations now. i have the authentic edition edited by edwin franko goldman and walter m smith and annotated by claude gordon. published by carl fischer in 1982.
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trumpetmike · Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2003 11:22 am Post subject:

Just found an addition to my copy of the Arban that was made by my university trumpet tutor. At the bottom of one of the pages based on diminished arpeggios (pointless giving a page number - it will be different for everybody, as we are discovering) he wrote, when you have finished this page - have a beer!!!

Suddenly I have a new favourite page!

OldKid · Veteran Member Joined: 04 Sep 2003 Posts: 135

At this point in time it's 286, 287,290, and 285. I can get 286 fine but I can't seem to play all of the 1st 16 measures in one breath like it says. Oh well, think I'll go practice it again......