The 1 to 7 Arban Challenge

Recently I’ve found that my practice regime has been lacking (to put it mildly) and as a consequence my progress is flat lining.

So in an effort to re-inspire and pick myself back up I will be trying a 30 day run of a new technique inspired by a fantastic trumpet player (to be named in an up and coming post).

It may be great. It may be crap. But in my experience you can always walk away with something valuable by exploring the techniques and mind sets of trumpet players you admire.

The flaw in this plan is that the technique book I need is currently in Liverpool and I am not. So rather than waste time I want to get my chops back on track, hence; The 1 to 7 Arban Challenge.

I have set myself the first of 2 Arban challenges. That means over the next 2 weeks I’ll be hammering out the first 7 Arban studies with a view to record them for the site in the near future. Not the most difficult of studies to play, but I think they’re some of the hardest to play well.