Method for the Horn

From the preface by Henri Kling:

\"The present Method is intended both for the Natural or Stop-Horn and for the Valve or Ventil-Horn. In order to obtain a thorough mastery in horn playing, it is extremely advisable to begin with the study of the Natural Horn, for the purpose of acquiring the true quality of tone characteristic of the instrument and which is attained by but few hornists. They generally treat the instrument as though it were a Cornet a pistons or a trombone, thereby depriving it of its genuine character.

Some of the pieces contained in this work are written for two horns, to enable pupils to play both parts alternately and thus become acquainted with the entire compass of the instrument; the reasonable compass, that is, as it has been established by the most

eminent professors.

The pupil should only attempt those pieces which are proportionate to his powers and study the exercises contained in the present \"School\" consecutively, in the order in which they are presented.

\"Short practices often repeated\" - the maxim of the celebrated hornist Dauprat - shall also be our own motto. \"As soon as the lips are getting fatigued and the tone becomes uncertain\", practice should be discontinued.\"

Contents of this Method for the Horn:

3 Designs: The manner of holding the horn

Preparatory Exercises on tone production

The Tongue-Stroke

Short Exercises on the Tongue-Stroke

Duets

The \"stopped\" or closed Notes

The tones of the Ventil-horn

Easy Popular Airs (Volkslieder) for the development of taste and expression

Transposition

Major and minor Scales

Exercises for Natural horn, on the diatonic scale

Exercises on the lntervals

Exercises on the chromatic Intervals

Exercises on the chromatic scale

Slurred Notes

Duets

The Embellishments in Music

Easy and Progressive Exercises

Exercise for sustaining the tone

Exercises on the scale of C major

Scales in different Keys

Divided chords

Thirty Exercises for Articulation

Simultaneous Production of double and triple Tones

The Production of the Echo

Practical Hints to the Orchestral Artist

Six Characteristic Studies

Six grand Preludes

Supplement: Difficult orchestral passages to be met with in Symphonies and Operas