Originally Posted by
AlexS
I was teaching a lesson on this and the student pointed out something that I either never noticed, or was covered by a teacher of mine so long ago that I forgot it. Did somebody forget to cancel out the F# in bar 22 in both the Goldman/Smith/ Gordon edition and the Alessi/ Bowman edition of the Arban? Every recording From Tom Hooten to Misa Mead to Paul Mayes has the second arpeggio as Bb major, when according to the sheet music it should be augmented. I've tried it both ways and the augmented version certainly has a charm and a little spice to it, but is a little jarring after hearing it major for so long. They both are dominant chords resolving to the Eb major on the next bar followed by an unambiguous Bb to Eb. The older Goldman Version on Imslp as the F# cancelled out. I'm conflicted and would like more opinions.
Thanks for the help,
Alex S