Lip Slurs for Horn

Book excerpt: (Meredith Music Resource). 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