In Arban's Method for Cornet, Should I skip over the easy stuff or should I go through the whole book?

Question

I'm a Euphonium player and I just started looking at the Arban book for Cornet, Trumpet, Euphonium T.C. Etc. and I was wondering if it would be wise to skip some parts of the method and only work on things that I really need to work on or should I just start at the beginning. Any Suggestions?

Answer 1

play through the whole book. from beginning to end. i had that book. i play trumpet. i use it at my lessons and u have no idea how hard the easy stuff can be if u are playing it correctly. make sure that you are using the right arrticulation and accents. it will make your tone a whole lot better too if you just go through from the beginning to the end. hope i helped.

Answer 2

Just because something is not technically challenging does not mean it's not hard. Read the book, figure out what each exercise is meant to do. If there is one that is simply a series of whole notes it may be an exercise in breath control (which is very important), or even practiceing controlled crescendos and decrescendos. It might sound like an easy thing to do, play soft, then loud, then soft, but doing that while producing an even, beautiful sound is far from easy.
Work on those things as much as you work on technique, if not more. No one will care how many notes you can play if none of them sound good. Every note you play should have a purpose, and every note should sound as good as it possibly can. Even if you are are playing scales, make every note count!

Answer 3

The beginning exercises technically look easy. There's more to it than notes and rhythms. Listen for pitch accuracy, tone, phrasing, ect. Get picky and strive for perfection.

Answer 4

at least read through everything a couple of times, he put each exercise in there for a reason, though it may look easy, if you play it exactly the way it is intended to be played, it will probably become a lot harder