Book
Horn technique: a new approach to an old instrument
Wildwind Editions
2017
Abstract
The horn (AKA the French horn) is a captivating concatenation of curving copper that is renowned for being perhaps the most beautiful of musical instruments in its shape and sound, but also the scariest and most unpredictable to play. This book (fifteen years in the making) is a new look at how this beautiful beast really works. Horn players are blessed for the quantity and quality of repertoire and pedagogical materials in their tradition, but cursed at the same time for letting that tradition mute curiosity about what is still missing and what should be part of horn study in this new millennium. Horn Technique is a detailed, thoughtful (and occasionally tongue-in-cheek) look at ways old and new to get from one note to another, plus many musical examples and exercises detailing the most efficient ways to teach the instrument to students at any level. It is a comprehensive resource for teachers, and a combination road map and gold mine of information for serious students. Above all, it encourages the reader/player to combine the book's approach with what they already do, and, fueled by curiosity and imagination, to use the book as a springboard to make new discoveries about the best ways to master this ancient and amazing instrument.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Horn technique: a new approach to an old instrument
- Creators
- Jeffrey Agrell - University of Iowa, Music
- Resource Type
- Book
- Publisher
- Wildwind Editions; Lexington, Kentucky?
- ISBN
- 1544966431; 9781544966434
- Number of pages
- 447 pages
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2017
- Academic Unit
- Music
- Record Identifier
- 9983935500302771
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