(Artist Books). With this three-volume series of method books, world-renowned trumpeter Arturo Sandoval presents a comprehensive approach to trumpet playing and basic musicianship. He incorporates traditional exercises and routines and shares his own unique, creative style of teaching, using a careful blend of warm-ups, technique builders, stylistic etudes and duets to present an exciting and effective approach for trumpet students. Each volume comes complete with a play-along recording featuring Arturo Sandoval performing selected exercises from the book.
Don't have many trumpet books to compare it. I'm a clarinetist married to a trumpet player and decided it was about time to learn the instrument. It helped me get what I wanted and my neighbors didn't suffer too badly.