FOR BEGINNERS oy’ WARD O. FEARN "RENGH HORNFRENCH HORN FOR BEGINNGRE by WARD O. FEARN Word Fearn received degrees from the Cunis Institute of Music. where he studied with Anton Homer, and the University of Michigan, Upon joining the Philadelphia Orchestra, he was the youngest member and remained with the orchestra for 24 years, In 1953 he was invited to participate in the Pablo Casals Music Festival in Prades, France and again in 961 and 1963 in San Juan, Puerto Rice. {Al ihe present time he is Associate Professor of French Horn at the Univer sity of South Florida. His former students are associatea with the major o- chestras in the United States, Australia and New Zealand 1973 by Elkan-Vogel. IncPRELIMINARY INSTRUCTIONS MOUTHPIECE PLACEMENT Place mouthpiece in center of lips, 2/3 on upper lip, 1/3 on lower lip. Keep space between teeth about the thickness of relaxed tongue. Pucker lips as in modified whistle position and make duezing sound through mouthpiece, HOW TO HOLD HORN Rest bell on right leg with bell nearly touching belt line. Lay right hand against side away from body. Cup hand slightly and feel weight of horn on thumb knuckle. Make sure that approximately 1/2 of bell is open, HOW TO BREATHE AND START TONE Cough and see how air-pyessure comes from the diaphragm, ‘Take a big, deep breath and make the same air-pressure as “coughing” before sounding the tone. Spit with tongue, placing pointed tip of tongue where upper teeth and upper lip meet. Pull tongue back quickly as if saying "too", 464 -00042HOW TO FIND YOUR PITCH oF oe es on the piano "G" on the horn is the same as middle " STARTING WITH "G"' ON HORN FIND OPEN NOTES (NO VALVES) of 0 0 = ° : 0 © etc, PLAY LONG TONES ON THESE FOUR OPEN NOTES Slowly Repeat many times to Count 4 beats, Breathe every two bars. get "feel" of notes. A — — os PF 2 pf —— p—f— pf Sp =f pp =f —p =f—p HORN "C" SCALE FINGERINGS IN ONE OCTAVE (F Horn) Slowly Count 4 beats, Breathe when necessary, taking big breath. Blow all the way through horn, = ° f Slowly Count 3 beats. f Slowly Open tones, Count three, f 197 by Elkan-Vogel, Inc, syn Mawt, Pa, AL! Rights Reserved International Copyright Secured 34-0004 Printed in U.S. A.6 STACCATO EXERCISES Vi Staccato ~ as short as possible. Slowly (d = 80) _ ‘Spit with tongue, Pull tongue back quickly as in saying (“toé", Let air stop note. F Stop notes quickly. F stace. Play shorter than you think! “Spit with tongue 464 -90048Slowly (d =80) Staccato. Count 4 beats, Let air stop notes. 1234 f Short! 1234 1294: 3 A little faster than Nos. 1 & 2 (J =90) Staccato. * ‘ _ a Short! SF Spit See = * Sf (alwaye 1wea00 > AF Stop notes with air. 464 -00042Same tempo as No. 3 (J =90) Staccato. Play short and loudly. Keep air pressure between notes. Sf Sf (always stacc.) 1620904210 (d = 100) ‘Staccato, open tones. Tf short! * ee Always ff and stacc. with tongue 4464-00042,6 11 ADD——+B---- 4 -AND——+ D é& e z 4 (Bb Horn thumb valve) [> Go 0 (F Horn) \ Not fast (J =90) 9 [~_, Staccato. All short, Stop notes’ quickly. Bb Horn12 7 (d = 100) Keep short and loud, flow,through horn, Stop nots with air, Sf staccato (always staccato) 484-0042+ we “ 8 13 A * ADD——+A- - - -- AND——+ E a 3 — ny Ss. 2 (Bb Horn) 4 © (F Horn) Same tempo (d = 100) Pf staccato”14 9 Always ff and short. S ¢ ‘eep air pressure between notes. 4464-0004210 5 ADD—~+ G- - - - AND——+F ¢ zs é © (Bb Horn) ° 1 (F Horn) (Py 100) Stadeiato.. Think in 6. 12 5 4 5 6 12 3 45 6 Sf Short * FF ?16 SLURS Use this formula: D = Down beat - Say)"dew" with U = Up beat - Use air, for energy on "U". Up beat, i oN Up beats are notes that “pull” against gravity. Down beats are notes that "sit" with gravity, no space ) = lighter “feeling” (softer) U = stronger “feeling” (ouder) Each succeeding U {6 stronger. For each D say “dewt' with tongue. For each U us¢ air pressure. There should be no-spage between U and D. (This is 2 "general feeling" that does not apply to all music.) 400042SLUR EXERCISES B Be sure to read the directions on the previous page before commencing this exercise. il Slowly (4 =60) oru[p.u bp ubpu pubpu »D DuDU DU DU DuUupwv puwubU puoue oD TRS f A Cys Equal dengih piu bpp "dew" pupdu pvpuUodY DUBU D DpuUuDU DUDUYB pu pU»D DUpw pupv puov op F-0004218 2 Slowly in 6 (f = 10) Take a breath at places marked ', if necessary. Say "dew" on each "D". bpuupuv puuvovgd bdDUUDUU D puuouvgs , Wo 1 space F Each succeeding “U" is stronger. puupduv,ou UU DUU >D DU U etc. f Use air pressure. puvuopuy ouy duu, 464-0002B 19 Slowly (J = 100) D Dou Dou D D wu etc, Use air pressure on downward as well as upward slurs, Keep air "going" on slurs, b-v004220 @@ & 14 Slowly (/ = 100) yp oe pv uo a LB BH 5 & Sete. 4 Bach succeeding,"U" is stronger. iu pip u opp w-p uu pu uo 464-008221 Barely touch with tongue. 1364-000422 COMBINATION SLURRED AND STACCATO NOTES Play the slurred and staccato notes exactly as before: Staccato - very short, Slurs - very even Play staccato notes as short as possible, Be sure to give full value to each slurred note. Avoid the tendency to “chop off" the last slurred note. Also make certain that the last slurred note in cach group’ is played at the same dynamic level as the first note (in other words, avoid a diminuendo), Observe the "D" and "U", 464-0042.23 SLURRED AND STACCATO EXERCISES Slowly (d = 80) 2th 15 Use air pressufe for slurs, Keep air pressure on stacc, Be ash not to “chop off" the second of the slurred notes, ‘uv puuvypuuv puvuu vuuy pet. "Let the up beat notes (U) lead into down beat (D). uo puuu puvy puou Each succeeding "U" is stronger. Even lengths on slurred notes. Dou uu oo» 34-00042.24 16 Slowly (4 =80) Duu puv duu pvuvu puv puu wp J Light down beat. Avoid any accents. LT eA 484-00027 25 Slowly (d =90) puuupuuy vuuu o 7 JS Short stacc, notes, Even slurs, f Succeeding U's stronger. puuvU DU UU Det, oo uuu puuwU D puvvu puuu D Use air pressure on downward slurs, uuu oD uuu op puuuop 484 -0004226 puvu * 2 * Lead 4th beat into the "lighter feeling" down beat. Duuu opSOLO PIECES a LULLABY JOHANNES BRAHMS Sweetly Op. 49, No. 4 vou oo vgs od uu bd opdv up pd vu Attributed to Maestoso ADESTE FIDELES JOHN F. WADE u D vuiou > dp *, p u vive > D 4U AMERICA Reverently DD U D uD,D DU DUP VuDY dD puu ag cain ‘Traditional 9 = breath Fe-o0asebs LONG, LONG AGO THOMAS H. BAYLY Nostalgically DpDuuD up D uuUD D uuU»D D UuuU»>D Slowly FRANZ GRUBER Dp uu ow puu»D pou Dp , DU oD MINUET Like with a wig from "Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach" pDouv uv dp uv typo Vu op viu29 BACCHANALE DANCE CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS Allegro moderato DuwvUuve uD op pu uu up »D puu dt -0004230 ANGELUS (from SUITE No. 4) JULES MASSENET Like bells = FP play all accents with diminuendo (no other inflections of "U' or "D'"). > > > >= SSS => T2948 6 780i0n1 1 2 39 45 8 (Count twelve 8th notes) (Count six 8th notes) >>> > ae — > = oe = —— —— —— : (Continue counting 8th notes) ———_ >>>> >> f : =— SCHICKSALSLIED Adagio (sweetly) JOHANNES BRAHMS, Op.5+ > Du yD uUuU op unuuv Buyuunody ETIENNE MEHU uo op vuopiou Allegro Dou u op Up vu oD DU wt Dp puu bd vo s ° Je c ° < ° le . Repeat 2 times Ist repeat - PAP 4404-00042 Doak rane = BEE31 Theme . (from SERENADE) Adagio JOHANNES BRAHMS, Op. 11 Count in four - 8th note gets one beat. D DuU_U D Du vu D u uou D u u mp dolce (singingly, sweetly ae > ou Dll 5 Andantino GIOACCHINO ROSSINI D op pUuUU pb »vD»D pp ovuuvui op Opening Theme ™ ns (from SYMPHONY No. 3) SOSTAV MALE u Dou oy > > ou > uu Dp oo > = > = > > > ss> > Sf marcatoTheme (from SEMIRAMIDE) GIOACCHINO ROSSINI Andante in 6 Poupvuu ob »D D uD wvwU bD oU»D 3 @ Finale Theme (from SYMPHONY No. 4) ANTON BRUCKNER ee P bo Theme (from SYMPHONY No. 5) Allegro con brio (in one) LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN : viuviwv D u D — if sf of ——— 464-0042