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Peter Marucci Inner circle 5389 Posts |
Magicbarry,
One of the strange things about Tarbell (good or bad, depending on how you look at it) is that it is not organized into section on cards, coins, ropes, silks, apparatus, etc. Each volume has a little of everything so, if you want to zero in on ropes, no one volume alone contains all of the material. And a note to EVERYONE: Go back and re-read Paul Alberstat's post, above. Now, "go thee and do likewise!" |
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rcad Loyal user St-Eustache 211 Posts |
I have already bought and I am currently studying several books, namely, the Karl Fulves series, Bobo's "Modern coin magic", "Now you see it now you don't" and a few others. I realize that I need a complete overview and mastering of all types of magic and heard many great things about the Tarbell series.
However, there is a CD version available at http://www.lybrary.com/books/Tarbell_Course_html_pdf.html and I hear that it is the original mailing course students used to receive rather than the revised editions seen in books. Anybody knows more about it? At 37$ is it worth it or will I eventually have to buy the books anyways? I am inclined to buy this CD but I thought I'd ask here first... Richard
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious." Albert Einstein
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RayBanks Special user Nassau Bay, TX 533 Posts |
I have the original course CD but I got it from the Learned Pig.
In a word it is great. Each lesson was sent about every 10 days so that adds up to about two years to complete the course. You have the benefit of being able to go to any lesson from the index but I am going to read through it from Lesson 1. I think it is a good value for $37-38. There are, of course a lot more information and tricks if you buy the 8 volume set. I plan on continuing to add to my set as I get the chance.
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Pick a card, any card...No. not THAT one...THIS one Ray Banks |
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24312 Posts |
The Tarbell Course in Magic is a great resource, but it is also quite misunderstood. When the original course was acquired by Tannen's, there were some items that were left out of it, because they were not available from Tannen's. For example, any Abbott's products were left out or other material was substituted.
Volumes 1-6 contain most of the same material that was given out in the original course, in a similar order, EXCEPT for a few omissions and some material that was added to pad out the course and fill up some of the extra space. The original course was 60 lessons, and volume 5 contains lessons 59-72, so at least some of that is new material. Volume 6 does contain some original Tarbell material that was left out in the first five volumes. Volume 7 is new material that was contributed to Tannen's in the 1970's, including an item by David Kotkin, now known to us as David Copperfield. The real reconstruction of the old course became possible in 1993 when Richard Kaufman finished the work on Steve Burton's research on the Tarbell Course. Steve had come across a copy of the old course while he was helping a friend move some magic books to a new location. When his friend asked what he could pay him, he asked for the old Tarbell course. This set answered some questions that had puzzled Steve for a long time, concerning some references in the Tannen's version to items that were not present in the other volumes, such as certain illusions and the additional seance work. There was enough omitted material to fill a new volume. So, with Richard Kaufman as editor, mainly to get the book published, Steve finally was able to see his work in print. Steve published three other books that every serious student of magic should own. These are The Tarbell Companion, which covers some of this material, The Tarbell Volume Eight Notebook, which details the material Richard Kaufman chose to leave out of Tarbell 8, and some other items that are of interest, and most importantly, The Tarbell Course Study Guide. With the study guide, you can use the 8 volumes of the Tannen's version of the Tarbell Course to take the original Tarbell Course in Magic.
"The Swatter"
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rcad Loyal user St-Eustache 211 Posts |
So if the CD version is based on the original version of the course, the version that was sent out when it was first published, I guess I'm better off with that... Thanks for the info!
Oh and BTW, I have just read a review of the original Tarbell course on CD in the August 2003 issue of "Genii" if anyone is interested...
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious." Albert Einstein
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
Just a quick note on why reading the Tarbell course is useful...
On another thread, someone found a funny passage by Jules Phifer. If the poster had read the series, they would be all set with the mechanics they sought to realize the effect suggested by the text they found. You never know when something will become 'just the right thing'.
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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Brad Burt Inner circle 2675 Posts |
You pretty much hit it: If you have a basic background in magic pick up the Tarbells as you wish. I bought #4 first...for some reason I no longer recall!
If you were a beginner I would suggest going through them in order as there IS method to how the lessons are organized. Great set of books! Best, Brad Burt
Brad Burt
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harris Inner circle Harris Deutsch 8812 Posts |
There is a lot of gold in Tarbell.
An example is the Osaka Bills which are currently becoming popular again are in Volume????? Volume VI if my memory serves me correctly. A Café Member reminded me on another section of this Café. Harris
Harris Deutsch aka dr laugh
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Reg Rozee Special user Vancouver, Canada 592 Posts |
I absolutely love going back and reading Tarbell in order from time to time. I've read it cover to cover, volumes 1 to 8, at least 6 times now. There is ALWAYS a little something you missed that catches your eye, no matter how many times you open it.
-Reg {*}
Reality is what doesn't go away when you stop believing in it. -Phillip K. Dick
Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes? -Chico Marx |
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Bretigan Regular user Milwaukee 102 Posts |
Hi,
For all of you magicians out there, I am trying to compile a website for my grandfather, Harlan Tarbell (the web site will be http://www.drtarbell.com ). If you have any interesting tidbits, or articles or links you want me to add to the site, please email me, bret@drtarbell.com. Thank you. Yes, I will try to go though some of the newsprint, etc. that I have available. Time is the only thing lacking. |
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magic4545 Inner circle Jimmy Fingers 1159 Posts |
Being brought up without much money, my Tarbell was the Amateur Magician's Handbook by Henry Hay. I have Tarbell, but my favorite performerss all grew up with the AMH, because they never had the money to buy anything more than the $5.95 paperback.
AMH gave you enough to work with, without going to the magic shop, but it also gave you an idea of the basic stuff that you would be picking up when your aunt finally took you there. |
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johnwolfe New user gettysburg, PA 48 Posts |
Tarbell is a wonderful resource. I have been reading and re-reading the set for 35 years. Volumes 7 and 8 were fun to add to the set. There is so much material that you could spend your entire magic career pulling out gems.
Sure, some of the patter is dated. But aren't we, as artists, trying to adapt material to our own style and put that new twist in that makes an old gem a new masterpiece? The other great benefit in the set are the essays which have as much valuable material as the effects themselves. If I were to be stranded on an island with only one magic resource to have, it would be Tarbell. I hope you eventually get the set. Get the first volume and read it cover to cover. Then go back to the beginning and get to work. Take your words of inspiration from the introduction to the course, make your efforts at learning magic as though you were a serious student of the art. That was the goal of Tarbell, to give everyone the resource to be the best they wanted to be. Have fun. |
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ofrmagic Loyal user 202 Posts |
Tarbel is great course get all 8 volumes
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Magicbarry Loyal user Toronto 276 Posts |
Well, thanks guys, for answering a question I posed four years ago. I'm good now, though.
Boy, now I feel obligated to update. I did buy most of the series. (I think I'm missing two volumes ... I'd have to check.) Tarbell is not a "must have" -- but it's a "great to have". I actually enjoy READING Tarbell more than I enjoy taking material directly from it. If someone's looking for a grounding in all aspects of magic, they can get a better "education" by going to other sources in the various magic disciplines. If I were teaching a course in magic, I'd have other texts as primary texts, and would list the Tarbell set as "secondary reading material" or "recommended reading". Or it would be in my magic school's library. However, for easy one-stop shopping, Tarbell is excellent. |
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