Building Blocks for Tone and Technique
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Done with your beginning book?
Not quite ready for advanced books?
Here’s your answer!
In this book (124 pages) you’ll find:
• Lip Slurs – to refine embouchure control (specific to the horn)
• Pattern-Building – for facility and understanding
• Lyrical Legato – to build a beautiful singing sound
• Varied Articulation – for clarity and technique
• Simple Tunes – for enjoyment and ‘key sense’
Extra elements include:
- Discussion of stopped horn
- Discussion of transposition
- Extra practice with the chromatic scale
- Practice with developing the high range
Duet parts for 100 of these etudes are available to purchase as a download.
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Review:
“This would be a great book to use with a developing horn player, especially one seeking a supplement to the usual band method books utilized in many public school music programs. It’s one a band director could hand to a student with confidence, knowing that much of it is user-friendly and can be used independently, but also within a lesson setting, especially with the addition of the duet parts.”
Horn Call Magazine, April 2026