A Progressive Method of Flexibility Exercises |
Series: Meredith Music Resource |
Publisher: Meredith Music |
Format: Softcover |
Author: Howard Hilliard |
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 |