Arban method

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The Arban Method (La grande méthode complète de cornet à piston et de saxhorn par Arban) is a complete pedagogical method for students of trumpet, cornet, and other valved brass instruments. The original edition was published by Jean-Baptiste Arban in 1864 and it has never been out of print since. The Arban Method is considered by many to be "the brass bible" or "the trumpeter's bible." It contains hundreds of exercises, ranging enormously in difficulty. Many trumpet players will spend hours on an individual exercise in order to gain a complete mastery over it, long after the untrained ear would cease to hear a difference. The method begins with fairly basic exercises and progresses to very advanced compositions, including the famous arrangement of Carnival of Venice.

Many musicians believe that one could spend decades of solitude playing out of the Arban's Book and emerge with a masterly level of skill.