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Warm Up Packet Horn Workshop Copy 1
Warm Up Packet Horn Workshop Copy 1
Amy Laursen
University of South Dakota
adlaursen@gmail.com
Horn Warm-Up Session
Northwest College Brass Day - Fall 2017
Definition of a Warm-up:
“Preparing for physical exertion or a performance by exercising or practicing gently beforehand.”1
Purpose of a Warm-up:
- Ifor James and others - routine is a standard set of fixed exercises
- Barry Tuckwell stressed that the “warm up” will differ daily depending on the level of the player, time of day,
state of the embouchure, general health, and what is to be played today, tomorrow, next week, etc.2
- Thompson emphasized the importance of the individual coming up with his or her own routine
“Warm up.” Oxford Dictionaries. April 2010. Oxford University Press. 1 May 2011. http://oxforddictionaries.com/view/entry/m_en_us1305102.
1
Barry Tuckwell, Playing the Horn, London: Oxford University Press, 1978: 30.
2
Berv, Harry. A Creative Approach to the French Horn . Bryn Mawr: Theodore Presser Company, 1977.
Boldin, James. “A Guide to Daily Routines.” The Horn Call, 2011: 47-52.
Clark, H.L. Technical Studies for the Cornet. New York: Carl Fischer, 1984.
Coscia, Silvio. Twelve Modern Studies; In Different Styles for French horn in F. New York: Baron Co., 1953.
Dufranse, Louis. Dufranse Rountine for Horn in F. Edited by Thomas Bacon. San Antonio: Southern Music Company,
2005.
Farkas, Phillip. The Art of French Horn Playing. Miami: Summy-Birchard Inc., 1956.
Hill, Douglas. Collected Thoughts on Teaching and Learning, Creativity, and Horn Performance. Miami: Warner Bros.
Publications, 2001.
James, Ifor. Warming Up. Editions Marc Reift, 1999.
LaMonaca, Caesar. Daily Studies for the Horn.
Taffanel, Paul and Philippe Gaubert. 17 Daily Exercises. Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 1923.
Thompson, David. Daily Warm-up and Workout. Rock Hill: Thompson Edition, Inc., 1994.
Tuckwell, Barry. Playing the Horn. London: Oxford University Press, 1978.
Yancich, Milan. A Practical Guide to French Horn Playing. Altanta, Georgia: Wind Music Inc., 1971.
Long Tones/Turns - Pick one to do each day
a. James Stamp Warm-Up
b. Pilafian/Sheridan Smooth Air Warm-Up
c. Moore Turns
Stamp Warm-Up
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Arpeggios
a. Diatonic Triads (Major keys)
b. Coscia Arpeggios (VI, vi, I - for example CM, cm, AbM)
c. Scharnberg Triad Qualities
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William Scharnberg - Triad Qualities
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Additional Ideas for the Warm-Up
a. Thompson Glissando Octaves
b. Lip Trills
c. Pilafian/Sheridan Lip Flips
d. Tunes in all Twelve keys - figure out solfege and apply to each key area
Begin on a lower note (i.e. Ab) and continue ascending as high as you can. Strive to “touch” every note in the
harmonic series as you slur up and down.
Score
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3 3 3 3
0-2-1-12-23-13-123
4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ U
& œ4œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ# œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ œwœ
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& 3 3 3 3
T00-2-1-12-23-13-123 T1
Pilafian/Sheridan - The Brass Gym
T2 - Lip Flips
b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ b œ œb œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ# œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
& T12 T23
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T0
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&
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&
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!! ! ! !
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Tunes Check-Off Sheet
List #1 List #2
Hot Cross Buns Itsy Bitsy Spider
Mary Had A Little Lamb Old MacDonald
Row, Row, Row Your Boat This Old Man
Ode to Joy Here Comes a Bluebird
Are You Sleeping Rocky Mountain
Kumbayah Happy Birthday
London Bridge Red Wing
Farmer in the Dell My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
How Dry I Am Looby Loo
Jingle Bells SheMll Be Coming NRound the Mountain
Joy to the World Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
The First Noel Scarborough Fair
List #3 List #4
Three Blind Mice If YouMre Happy and You Know It
Saints Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree
Do, a Deer (Sound of Music) Donkeys Are in Love With Carrots (round)
Yankee Doodle Camptown Races
America the Beautiful Here Comes the Bride
IMve Been Working on the Railroad Can Can (Offenbach)
Take Me Out to the Ballgame Star Wars (Main Theme)
Home on the Range Meet the Flinstones
When Johnny Comes Marching Home John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
Good King Wendeslas Ah, Poor Bird
Oh Christmas Tree Hey, Ho Nobody Home
Deck the Halls Shalom Chaverim
List #5 List #6
Marines Hymn Old Man River
Caissons Go Rolling Along Edelweiss
Star Spangled Banner Let It Go
Turkey in the Straw I Got Rhythm
William Tell Can You Feel The Love Tonight
Waltz from Sleeping Beauty Lady Be Good
Finlandia X Sibelius Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Largo from Dvo ák Symphony No. 9 Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Brahms Symphony No. 4, IV Bewitched
Danny Boy Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
Dona Nobis Pacem Arabian Nights
Wayfaring Stranger White Christmas
HARMONIC SERIES French Horn
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
T2
T1
T12
T23
(T13)
0
(T123)
2
12
23
13
123
Partials 1, 2, 3, 8 in tune (fundamental and its octaves. Partials 3 & 6 slightly sharp (5ths).
Partial 5, 10 slightly flat (3rd). Partial 7 very flat.