Famous Method for Slide and Valve Trombone ( and Euphonium ) in Bass Clef.
Includes piano accompaniment CD for Arban's Celebrated Fantasies and Aires Varies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I
Introductory Remarks 6
Personal Notes, Regarding Author and Editors 7
Rudiments of Music 8
Instructive Comments 11
Table of Harmonics 13
Diagram of Trombone 14
Diagram of Baritone and Valve Trombone 15
Correction Positions of Holding the
Slide Trombone and Baritone—with Lip Illustrations 16
First Studies 17
Syncopation 30
Studies in Dotted-Eighth and Sixteenth Notes 33
Studies for the Slur 44
General Instructions for Position and Movement of the Slide 62
Directions of the Study of the Scales 62
Major Scales 63
Minor Scales 79
Chromatic Scales 80
Chromatic Exercises 84
Part II
Studies for Graces Notes 91
Preparatory Studies for the Gruppetto 93
The Gruppetto (consisting of three or four notes) 101
Double Appoggiatura 106
Tone Studies 108
The Short Appoggiatura 110
The Portamento 112
The Trill 113
The Mordent 123
Intervals 126
Octaves and Tenths 135
Triplets 136
Studies for Sixteenth Notes 143
Studies for the Perfect Chord in Major and Minor Keys 151
Studies for the Chord of the Dominant Seventh 156
Studies for the Chord of the Diminished Seventh 158
Cadences 161
Triple and Double Tonguing 162
Studies for Triple Staccato 162
Studies for Double Staccato 185
Studies for Slur in Double Staccato 194
Tonguing as Applied to the Trombone (with Studies) 200
Characteristic Studies 203
12 Celebrated Fantasies and Aires Varies
No. 1: Fantaisie and Variations 225
on a Cavatina from the Opera Beatrice di Tenda by Vincenzo Bellini
No. 2: Fantaisie and Variations 230
on a Theme from the Opera Acteon by Daniel Auber
No. 3: Fantaisie Brillante 234
No. 4: Variations on a Tyrolean Song 238
No. 5: Variations on a French Melody Vois—tu Ia neige qui brille
(The Beautiful Snow) 242
No. 6: Cavatina and Variations 245
No. 7: Air Vane on a Folk Song The Little Swiss Boy 248
No. 8: Caprice and Variations 252
No. 9: Fantaisie and Variations on a German Song 256
No. 10: Variations on a Favorite Theme by Carl Maria von Weber 260
No. 11: Fantaisie and Variations on The Carnival of Venice 264
No. 12: Variations on a Theme from the Opera Norma by Vincenzo Bellini 270
