Trombone SKU: BT.EMBZ14143 By Makovecz Pál. Studies & Exercises. Book ...(+)
Trombone
SKU:
BT.EMBZ14143
By
Makovecz Pál. Studies
& Exercises. Book Only.
Composed 1997. 52 pages.
Editio Musica Budapest
#EMBZ14143. Published by
Editio Musica Budapest
(BT.EMBZ14143).
English-German-Hungari
an.
The collection
of 130 studies published
in two volumes was
compiled with the aim in
mind to meet the demands
of trombone instruction
from the highest classes
of the music schools to
the Academy of Music. lt
was selected from those
'traditional' studies
which played a decisive
role in trombone playing
and instruction at the
turn of the century and
have become the most
frequently performed
studies since then.
However old-fashioned
these studies may seem,
they belong to the best
ones with regard to safe,
smooth technique and the
elaboration of a nice
sound and will definitely
serve their purÂpose
in the future as well. On
compiling the volumes, I
have attempted to observe
not only asequence
according to grade of
difficulty but the
variety of characters as
well. I am convinced that
these studies are both
useful and, when
performed sufficiently
colorfully, may
contribute to overcoming
the monotony of technical
exercises. The
articulation sings and
markings of dynamics,
which often differ from
the original, try to meet
this aim.I had already
used this collection of
studies before it was
printed. 1 had to realize
soon that the technical
level of the first pieces
was too high to assure a
smooth transition from
the trombone tutors
written for beginners. As
a result, I found it
necessary to start the
first volume with a
shortened and facilitated
version of some studies.
Since these pieces in
question have been
changed considerably, a *
beside the composer's
name refers to the fact
in each case that they
are arrangements.I
recommend my work to my
past, present and future
pupilsPál
Makovecz.
Chamber Music trombone SKU: CF.W2687 For Trombone. Composed by Jea...(+)
Chamber Music trombone
SKU: CF.W2687
For Trombone.
Composed by Jean-Baptiste
Arban. Edited by Alan
Raph. SWS. Collection -
Performance. With
Standard notation. 32
pages. Carl Fischer Music
#W2687. Published by Carl
Fischer Music (CF.W2687).
ISBN 9781491150955.
UPC: 680160908455. 9x12
inches.
This new
edition of Jean Baptiste
Arban's Fourteen
Characteristic Studies
for Trombone, edited by
Alan Raph, was
specifically written to
provide the student with
suitable material with
which to test his powers
of endurance, according
to Arban himself. The
following fourteen
studies have been
specifically written to
provide the student
withsuitable material
with which to test his
powers of endurance. In
taking up these studies,
he willdoubtless be
fatigued, especially at
the outset, by those
numbers requiring an
unusual length ofbreath.
However, through careful
study and experience he
will learn to overcome
the difficultiesand will
acquire the resources
which will enable him to
master this particular
phase of playingwith
ease. As a means to this
end, attention is drawn
to cantabile passages in
particular, whichshould
be played with the utmost
expression, yet at the
same time with as much
modified toneas possible.
On the cornet, as with
the voice, clear tones
may be obtained by
widening thelips and
veiled tones by
contracting them. This
happy circumstance allows
the performer
anopportunity to rest
while still continuing to
play, and at the same
time enables him to
introduceeffective
contrasts into the
execution. It should be
noted that by little
artifices of this kind,
andby skillfully
conserving his resources,
the player will reach the
end of the longest and
mostfatiguing pieces, not
only without difficulty,
but even with a reserve
of strength and
power,which, when brought
to bear on the final
measures of a
performance, never fails
to impress anaudience.At
this point my task as
professor (using the
written instead of the
spoken word) willend.
There are things which
appear clear enough when
stated verbally but which
when writtendown on paper
cause confusion, seem
obscure, and even
sometimes appear
trivial.There are other
things of such an
elevated and subtle
nature that neither
speech norword can
clearly explain them.
They are felt, they are
conceived, but they are
not to be explained;and
yet these things
constitute the elevated
style, the grand ecole,
which it is my ambition
toestablish for the
cornet, just as they
already exist for singing
and for the various kinds
of otherinstruments.Those
of my readers who are
ambitious and who want to
attain this high level
ofperfection, should
above all things, always
try to hear good music
well interpreted.
Theymust seek out, among
singers and
instrumentalists, the
most illustrious models,
and by doingthis purify
their taste, develop
their sentiments, and
bring themselves as near
as possible tothat which
is beautiful. Perhaps
then the innate spark
which may someday be
destined todemonstrate
their own talent, will
reveal itself and render
them worthy of being, in
their turn,cited and
imitated in the
future.
