Lip Slurs for Horn

Lip Slurs for Horn. (A Progressive Method of Flexibility Exercises). Meredith Music Resource. Softcover. 48 pages. Published by Meredith Music (HL.317237).

ISBN 157463108X. 9x12 inches.

Revised and updated! Lip Slurs for Horn provides a comprehensive collection of essential slurring skills for the first year student as well as exercises that challenge the most advanced professional. A balance between variety and accessibility is used to challenge the ear and combat the monotony of typical lip slur exercises while maintaining a logical and musical shape to the phrase.¦Special areas included are:

• Large intervals within a modest range

• Exercises designed to eliminate or minimize breaks between registers

• Memorizable warm-ups

• Techniques that exploit out-of-tune harmonics

• Innovative ways to increase range both high and low

• Exercises that provide an extreme challenge to the ear

• Lip slur hybrids combined with lip trill precursors.