Warm-Up and Daily Regimen for the Horn

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    Dennis Abelson is the horn professor at Carnegie Mellon University anda member of Pittsburgh's Opera and Ballet Orchestras. is !arm"Upand Daily #egimen for the orn begins$ after a helpful %able ofContents$ &ith !hat to Do and !hat to %hin($ &herein heimmediately emphasi)es the critical balance bet&een the mental andphysical aspects of the daily drill$ as &ell as the basic principles upon&hich the drill is based. %his introduction is very straightfor&ard* hedoesn't &aste a lot of verbiage$ and students can highlight (ey phrasesli(e$ Al&ays use a metronome$ and #est ade+uately bet&eenroutines. e covers a lot of topics +uite e,ectively in a very fe&pages.

    %he !arm"Up section has virtually every note &ritten out$ &ith thee-ception of the nal chromatic e-ercises. /n this section he maintainsa very moderate range and dynamic level through four basic dailyroutines$ starting &ith 0ong %ones$ More 0ong %ones$ continuing&ith Diatonic /ntervals$ Chromatic /ntervals$ Arpeggios 1on both

    the 2 and B"3at sides4$ and concluding &ith Chromatics$ and MoreChromatics. One of the strengths of this &arm"up is that the pre"scribed order of e-ercises moves e5ciently through the di,erentaspects of the routine.

    %he ne-t section$ %he #egimen$ features daily e-ercises to bee-ecuted in all (eys 1i.e.$ t&o (eys per day in each e-ercise4. erecommends a total of thirty minutes$ allo&ing for rest after eache-ercise* t&o minutes on %hirds 1in (ey and style option of choice4$ve minutes of %hree patterns 1in all (eys4$ four minutes of %riads1in t&o (eys of choice4$ four minutes of Arpeggios 1in t&o (eys ofchoice4$ four minutes of ma6or and minor Diatonic 7cales 1again$ t&o(eys4$ and four minutes of 7cale8 Arpeggio Combinations 1t&o (eys4.Many of the e-ercises provide a choice of articulations.

    %he third section$ 7pecic Problems$ features a broad variety ofe-ercises for the development and maintenance of many othertechnical aspects of playing$ including a fe& that don't typically turn upin other routines$ and some in rather original designs. 7ome even havesome&hat thought"provo(ing titles* #ange /mprovement 8 9conomy of9mbouchure Movement$ #egister /mprovement 8 %onguing$9nunciation 8 Clarity$ 0o& #egister 7trength$ %he Brea( 82le-ibility$ %rills$ Double %onguing$ %riple %onguing$ 9ntrance

    Accuracy 8 Pitch 7ense$ Centering 8 Pitch Bending$ and 2le-ibility.%he last pages o,er 7ome Practical orn Player's Philosophy$ 7omeOther elpful 7uggestions$ And a nal thought. . . /n this section$Abelson addresses some of the myriad of con3icting informationreadily volunteered$ emphasi)es the personal and individualuni+ueness of each player and his or her specic needs$ and o,erssome practical generali)ations and &ords of &isdom.

    Abelson's !underhorn Press publication is a &ell"organi)ed$ thorough$and practical addition to the drill boo(s currently available. / am stillal&ays ama)ed at ho& a slightly di,erent s(e& to any typical e-ercisecan often give someone a &hole ne& perspective on &hat they aretrying to accomplish and ho& it may be attained. / guess that's &hy

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    there is al&ays room for yet another player's &or(out in my o&ncollection of drills. """:%