Horn Sight-Reading Vol. 1 A Fresh Approach
Instrument: horn
Publisher: Schott Music
Song List:
To the pupil: why sight-reading? - Section 1: Notes C and D - Solos - Duets - Accompanied pieces - Section 2: Notes C-G, 4/4 und 2/4 time, introducting slurs - Solos - Duets - Accompanied pieces - Section 3: Notes E and F, new keys G major, C und E minors. Introducing 3/4 time and the dotted rhythm - Solos - Duets - Accompanied pieces - Section 4: Range A-A, new keys E and D minor, D major, introducting, 3-time, quavers and dotted rhythms - Solos - Duets - Accompanied pieces - Section 5: Range A-C. New Notes C and D. Keys of A minor, A major, F major and B major - Solos - Duets - Accompanied pieces - Section 6: New Keys: E and A major. New time signatures of 3/8, 6/8 and 9/8 - Solos - Duets - Accompanied pieces - Section 7: All keys up to 4's and 4's. Triplets in simple time. 5/4, 5/8, 7/4 and 3/2 - Solos - Duets - Accompanied pieces - Section 8: Transposing down a tone as for Horn in E. Semiquavers and some chromatic movement - Solos - Duets - Accompanied pieces - Section 9: Further transposition. Syncopation - Solos - Duets - Accompanied pieces - Section 10: Transpositons of a minor 3rd and perfect 5th. Chromatic and modal tonalities - Solos - Duets Accompanied pieces - Section 11: Baroque to Atonal. Double sharps abd double flats - Solos - Duets - Accompanied pieces - Glossary
This collection of original tunes presents 193 carefully graded sight-reading pieces and exercises in a range of musical styles. Taking an approach based on self-learning, the 11 sections of the book focus on developing different key technical skills as well as introducing the student to a plethora of musical terms.Each section of the book contains solos, as well as horn duets and pieces with piano accompaniment for practising ensemble sight-reading. Suitable for preliminary, to advanced level students. Part of the comprehensive Sight-Reading series published by Schott and edited by John Kember.