The Arban Complete Method for Tuba—334 pages in length—is the premier publication for tubists. It is used at virtually every University and Conservatory and it is at the core of every tubist's library. It is the largest selling tuba book in the world.
This book contains all of the original material from Arban's Trumpet Method plus extensive text by Dr. Jerry Young, Professor Emeritus, The University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire.
EXCLUSIVE: This book (and all earlier editions) offers access to the e-magazine for tuba players Arban.ZONE .
The new Fourth Edition includes:
- Updates inside the book
- Archival Quality Paper
- Recycled Material
- Strong Full-Spiral Coil Binding sits FLAT on the music stand
The Arban Complete Method for Tuba is essential for all tubists.
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Excellent
Excellent service, and the best book for study.
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Arban complete method for tuba 4th ed.
Spiral binding is wonderful for page turning and lying flat. Not all the section first pages consistently show Roman numerals as per the table of contents.
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Arbans compared
This review compares the Encore Arban tuba book with the Carl Fisher Arban tuba book. Since I have not seen a comparison review and because I own both books, I will offer the info. The big differences in these books are the text and the binding. The text is better in the Encore version (my opinion), but the Fisher version is still of some value. The big difference (and this is very important) is that the Encore version is spiral bound. Without spiral binding, a 300+ page book will not stay open on your music stand and therefore is useless. The short answer is simply to purchase the Encore (Young) Arban Method to avoid huge frustration. More details: It seems that the music is the same in both books. I did not check every page, but I am pretty sure they are the same. The text is completely different in these two versions. The Fisher book has some funny errors such as using the word “trumpet” instead of “tuba”. This makes me think that all of the text may not really be written for tuba but simply taken from an old trumpet Arban. The text is not bad, it is just not as complete and focused on the tuba as the text by Dr. Young in the Encore version. As I said above, the binding is a huge issue. A book like the Fisher Arban would be good at a library as it sits flat on the SHELF. But, on a music stand it is USELESS. As soon as I open it up to practice it quickly slams shut! USELESS. So, I give five stars to this Encore version of Arban. I do not know how to rate the Fisher book fairly because of the binding issues.
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Looks great!!!
Book looks great, nice bindings to it and affordable price point.
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Really good book
i truly agree on the arban complete method it is a great book.it has great exercises to build up your sound and technique.
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One of the necessary texts
This is one of the compulsory texts for tuba! Along with the Blazhevich and Bordogni (spelling) for etudes. But the arbans is better. spiral bound, it has everything! Etudes, scales, great info about breathing and playing. The authors have really improved upon the trumpet Arbans.
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Fenominal
This book is amazing. Defiantly worth every penny. Should be the core of every tuba player's library
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Best tuba book I have seen
I bought this book for my son in high school. It is very complete. I don't know what else could be said about playing the tuba!
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Thanks for great customer service!
My daughter has wanted this book for awhile and it comes highly recommended by her Tuba instructor. She will be very surprised for Christmas! :)
