Arban, Saint-Jacome, and O'Hara's rule of three: An analysis of the methods of Arban and Saint-Jacome and an updated approach to trumpet pedagogy

O'Hara, Christopher J.

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Title

Arban, Saint-Jacome, and O'Hara's rule of three: An analysis of the methods of Arban and Saint-Jacome and an updated approach to trumpet pedagogy

Author(s)

O'Hara, Christopher J.

Issue Date

2023

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

Romm, Ronald

Doctoral Committee Chair(s)

Carrillo, Teofilo

Committee Member(s)

• Magee, Gayle Sherwood
• Tharp, Reynold

Department of Study

School of Music

Discipline

Music

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

A.Mus.D. (doctoral)

Keyword(s)

• Trumpet
• Pedagogy
• Arban
• Saint-Jacome
• Method
• Analysis

Language

en

Abstract

Historical trumpet methodologies differ greatly from one another, yet most method books contain a standard learning process. Method books typically begin with a brief informational section, which includes information about the author, fingering charts, and/or descriptions of how to make the instrument sound. From there, method books tend to provide relatively simple exercises that gradually increase in difficulty. Whether the method book is from the 1630s, the 1860s, or the 2020s, this basic structure remains the same. While many of these method books are based on the exercises present in historical methods some exercises need to be more thorough, other exercises need to be re-introduced, and still others are missing entirely. I contend that these omissions, while not necessarily intentional oversights on the part of method book authors, must be addressed. Foremost of these omissions is a clear method for the learning of a piece of music. Throughout this paper, I will discuss the pedagogical history of the trumpet including a very detailed analysis of Jean-Baptiste Arban’s Grande Méthode Complète pour Cornet à Pistons et de Saxhorn and Louis Saint Jacome’s Grand Method for the Cornet. With that information, I will propose a new method book that will contain elements of the existing books that work, while expanding those areas and adding elements that are missing. Trumpet and the Rule of Three, the proposed method book, is the culmination of this research, and pedagogical exploration.

Graduation Semester

2023-04-14T14:41:14-05:00

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• text
• still image

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Copyright 2023 Christopher J. O'Hara

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