A chromatic scale exercise from Arban's Method.

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 cornet is a Brass instrument very similar to the Trumpet, distinguished by its conical bore, compact shape and mellower tone quality A brass instrument is a Musical instrument whose tone is produced by vibration of the lips as the player blows into a tubular Resonator. The original edition was published by Jean-Baptiste Arban in 1864 and it has never been out of print since. Joseph Jean Baptist Laurent Arban ( 28 February 1825 - 9 April 1889) was a Cornetist, conductor, pedagogue and the 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. The Carnival of Venice, is a folk tune popularly associated with the words "My hat it has three corners

External links

• First six etudes (Characteristic Studies) played on 100 year old cornet
• Sound samples of some solos and exercises
• Free sheet music of Characteristic Studies
• Scanned images of 1879 edition from Library of Congress Archives (Click on "View this item")