Howard Hilliard

Lip Slurs For Horn

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