The Arban's Books

[WoodSheddin]

Hi
I was thinking about getting an Arban's Book. But I'm not sure which one I should get. I was thinking of the Tuba book mainly because it was written for the CC tuba, which is what i play.

I was wondering if someone who knows the trumpet, trombone and tuba books could tell me about the advantages and disadvantages of the different books.

Thanks in advance.

The original is the only one which is complete.

[Steve C]

When I was figuring this out I was told something like this;

the trombone book is missing the 'good stuff', I think its the melody exersises,

The tuba book is WAY too expensive, but is complete

The trumpet book is priced right, as everything, doesn't matter what key tuba you have (C=horns fundumental, that's how treble clef works! but you can still pretend to use other key tubas on the bass clef versions, so it doesn't really matter), and I added, can learn teble clef.
For some strange reason, I felt learning treble clef was important, I mean, who would want to go into the music shop and browse flute, oboe, french horn, or english horn stuff aswell as looking at those bass-clef books (assuming you use C and F tubas, if you like BBb and Eb, then I guess you got Trumpet, saxes (all of them) clarinets (all of them)

Hmm... If you didn't understand that, to some it up, it doesn't hurt to learn teble clef, you have a whole new world of music to pick from, if you can read it. I like to fumble through the Hyden Concerto for Oboe, or Bach Flute sanatas, and don't have to pay way too much for a bass-clef version, or spend hours transposing it, then wondering what I notes I wrote

So get the trumpet book, its worth more than the few bucks and extra stuff

[Chuck(G)]

So get the trumpet book, its worth more than the few bucks and extra stuff

Another reason to get the trumpet book and learn treble clef is that there is a whole bunch of trumpet and horn music out there that isn't published in tuba form (and probably never will be).

If you confine yourself to bass clef, this body of music remains inaccessible to you.