Dayton Heavyweight Member
Joined: 24 Mar 2013 Posts: 2041 Location: USA
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Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2022 1:57 am Post subject: |
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Going back to the original question from 20 years ago, Arban's method is more popular because of how it is organized.
Eric Bolvin's excellent "St. Jacome Manual" and now David Bertie's "The Inspiration of St. Jacome" help to address that, but there isn't anything magical in St. Jacome that isn't addressed, to some degree, in Arban (except, perhaps, the Bugle Sounds flexibility exercises).
What St. Jacome -- and Franquin, Gatti, Williams... -- does offer is variety: Different ways of presenting (largely) similar material. One way may work better for a player than another, and seeing material presented in a variety of ways can improve one's ability to read and interpret music.
From my perspective, any of the grand methods offer a useful foundation. They need to be built on with more contemporary material. |
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