GARDNER R. -MASTERING THE HORN´S LOW REGISTER

"Mastering the Horn's Low Register" is written for all horn players, whether high or low hornists, students or professionals, who wish to enjoy the many benefits that come with low register proficiency. Its pages comprehensively and systematically examine production and technique, give detailed insights into the preparation of many commonly required audition excerpts, present effective practice techniques that can be transferred to any arena, and list resources of special value to low register performance and audition psychology. Material in this method can benefit any brass players searching for keys to unlock their own superior low register.



Studies on high and low horn excerpts with challenging low horn passages including:

Dimitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 1, Hn. 2

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9, Mvt. 3, Hn.4

Richard Strauss - Don Quixote, Variations VII and VIII, Hns. 4 and 2

Richard Wagner - Das Rheingold, Introduction, Hn. 8

Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 1, Mvt. 3, Hns. 2 and 4

Richard Strauss - Ein Heldenleben, Hns. 1, 2, 3, and 4

Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Maurice Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition, Hn. 1

Carl Maria von Weber - Der Freischütz, Overture, Hn. 4

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 4, Hn. 2

Richard Wagner - Die Götterdämmerung, Act II, Scene 2, Hn. 2

Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 3, Mvt. 1, Hn. 4

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3, Mvt. 3, Hn. 2

Ludwig van Beethoven - Fidelio, Overture, Hn. 2

Richard Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Hns. 1 and 3

Felix Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo, Hn. 2

Antonin Dvorak - Symphony No. 9, Mvt. 3, Hn. 4

Richard Wagner - Die Walküre, Act II, Scene 2, Hn. 4

Richard Strauss - Don Quixote, Variation 1, Hn. 2

Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 1, Mvt. 4, Hn. 4

Igor Stravinsky - Firebird Suite, Infernal Dance, Hns. 2 and 4

Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 31 "With the Horn Signal", Mvts. 2 and 4, Hn. 2