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Horn Methods

Tuneup.jpg Tuneup: Basic Training Intonation System
With a timbre engineered to expose pitch discrepancy immediately, the Basic Training audio CD provides the player with three crucial exercises per Key. The player first sings, then plays against the CD, listening for the “beats of pitch discrepancy. As the player moves his or her pitch to correct the beats, perfect placement is found and held, establishing a “groove” where the perfect, pure interval is easily recognized in context.

The first exercise, the Tonic Track Exercise, is a drone using a complex timbre quick to expose the “beats” of pitch discrepancy. By following the provided studies, the player learns the location of each Major and minor interval per key, places the interval in both scales and arpeggios, and uses the exercise for excerpt, solo and etude development. However, Basic Training does not stop there!

The second exercise extends the intervals learned in the Tonic Track Exercises to full, perfectly tuned chords . The Interval Study provides the player with eight separate patterns that focus on the Root, Dominant and Third of the chord and on movement within the chord. Here the player learns to apply the intervals within the context of the chord.

Finally, the difficult skill of playing minor intervals is honed in the Minor Interval Study. Two patterns are provided to ease the player into mastering major and minor intervals.

The Basic Training Text lays an ample foundation for musical acoustics as it applies to intonation and also provides step by step guidance on developing the ear and using the audio CD. Included in the text is a Note Tendency Chart to track your instruments' tendencies and alternate tuning methods to compensate for them.

The Basic Training Workbook is available for instruments in C, Bb, Eb, F and Bass Clef.
Tuneup: Basic Training for Bass Cleff instruments in C $54.00
Tuneup: Basic Training for Horn in F $54.00
Tuneup: Basic Training for Trumpet in Bb $54.00
200new.jpg Alphonse / Maxime -- 200 New Melodic and Gradual Studies for Horn, Book 1
$29.99
Very Easy and Easy Studies
200new.jpg Alphonse / Maxime -- 200 New Melodic and Gradual Studies for Horn, Book 2
$29.99
Easy Studies
200new.jpg Alphonse / Maxime -- 200 New Melodic and Gradual Studies for Horn, Book 3
$29.99
Studies of Medium Difficulty
200new.jpg Alphonse / Maxime -- 200 New Melodic and Gradual Studies for Horn, Book 4
$29.99
Difficult Studies
200new.jpg Alphonse / Maxime -- 200 New Melodic and Gradual Studies for Horn, Book 5
$29.99
Very Difficult Studies
200new.jpg Alphonse / Maxime -- 200 New Melodic and Gradual Studies for Horn, Book 6
$29.99
Grand New Melodic Studies for Virtuosity
Pottagstudies1.jpg Andraud / Pottag -- 335 Selected Melodious Progressive and Technical Studies for French Horn, Book 1
$28.50
by Max Pottag & Albert Andraud. The most selective collection of the best and most efficient studies written by the famous teachers and virtuosos on the French horn. A complete and progressive course that will enable the student to build and develop a solid technique.
Pottagstudies2.jpg Andraud / Pottag -- 335 Selected Melodious Progressive and Technical Studies for French Horn, Book 2
$20.00
by Max Pottag & Albert Andraud. The most selective collection of the best and most efficient studies written by the famous teachers and virtuosos on the French horn. A complete and progressive course that will enable the student to build and develop a solid technique.
concone.jpg Concone Lyrical Studies for Trumpet or Horn
$19.95
Transcribed by John F. Sawyer, published by the Brass Press.
photostudy.gif Farkas, Philip -- A Photo Study of 40 Virtuoso Horn Players Embouchres
$10.00
Included in this study by Philip Farkas are life-size, highly detailed photographs of some of the great horn players’ embouchures of the 20th century from all over the world. They show each embouchure in high, middle and low registers. A diagram at the side of each photo shows the direction of the air-column.
artofbrass.gif Farkas, Philip -- The Art of Brass Playing
$15.00
The Art of Brass playing is a treatise on the formation and use of the brass player’s embouchure. It includes sections on the embouchure’s function, mouthpiece placement, moist versus dry lips, the lip aperture, articulation, mouthpiece pressure and breath control. A must for all brass players, this includes photos of the embouchures of Adolph Herseth, Philip Farkas, Edward Kleinhammer, and Arnold Jacobs, among others. This book has become a standard in brass technique classes and at conservatories everywhere.
artofmusicianship.gif Farkas, Philip -- The Art of Musicianship
$12.00
The Art of Musicianship explores the skills, knowledge and sensitivity needed by the mature musician to perform in an artistic and professional manner. It has been used since 1976 in brass classes and music appreciation courses across the country. Topics of discussions include; Musicianship, phrasing, dynamics, tempo, rhythm, articulation, intonation, ensemble playing and stagefright, to name a few.
kling.jpg Kling, H. -- 40 Characteristic Etudes for Horn
$10.00
edited and revised by Lorenzo Sansone, published by the Southern Music Company
kling.gif Kling, H. -- Kling Horn
$15.00
This is a “classic reprint” of H. Kling’s original method for the natural and the valve horn. Kling says he begins with the Natural or Stop-Horn in order to help students obtain a thorough mastery in horn playing for the purpose of acquiring the true quality of tone characteristic of the instrument.
Koppraschhorn1.jpg Kopprasch -- Sixty Selected Studies for French Horn, Book 1
$8.50
revised by Fr. Gumbert, Albin Frehse
Koppraschhorn2.jpg Kopprasch -- Sixty Selected Studies for French Horn, Book 2
$8.95
revised by Fr. Gumbert, Albin Frehse
robinson.gif Robinson, Willam -- An Illustrated Advanced Method for French Horn Playing; ed. Philip Farkas
$6.00
This method is intended as a guide for advanced students of the horn with materials included to help students establish a good direction in their efforts and also to serve as a helpful guide in the avoidance or correction of faulty fundamental playing habits.
rubankhorn.jpg Rubank Elementary Method -- French Horn in F
$5.50
rubankintermediatehorn.jpg Rubank Intermediate Method -- French Horn in F
$5.50
rubankadvancedhorn.jpg Rubank Advanced Method -- French Horn in F
$6.95
schantl.gif Schantl, Joseph -- Grand Theoretical & Practical Method for the Valve Horn
$15.00
Here’s Schantl’s original method for valve horn which fulfills the requirements necessary for proper development of the rudiments of sound French Horn playing. The exercises are written to thoroughly acquaint the student with all the major and minor keys. Special exercises are written for each interval of the scale and each study further develops the performer’s skill in rhythm and phrasing. The student is also exposed to the low register where he learns to play with surprising facility.
methodfrenchhorn1.gif Yancich, Milan -- Method for French Horn Playing, Book I
$6.00
Yancich’s beginning method starts french horn players out right! Simple and tested by time, this method has been used by educators successfully since the early 1960’s. Ideal for the beginning French Horn student and especially useful for teaching college students who are enrolled in Music Education horn classes.
yancich2.gif Yancich, Milan -- Method for French Horn Playing, Book II
$6.00
Yancich’s second method seamlessly continues where Vol. I leaves off, taking the student horn player through more exercises and new techniques at an appropriate pace and in a logical order.