Exercise 10

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Exercise 10 develops clean slurs and builds fingering technique and tonal awareness.

To play Exercise 10

• Start with a big deep low breath
• Play the accented notes louder than the tonic note and play them louder until the end of the notes
• Try to have the same tone color as you descend to the lower scales

Exercise 7

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Exercise 7 is a trilling and control exercise.

To play this exercise

• Make sure the eighth notes are very cleanly tongued and short
• Hit the lower notes of the trills hard so they have the same volume and color as the higher notes
• Start by using a hard breath accent to get the notes to change then back off as you get control 

Use the F horn fingerings as indicated. Go slowly at first. When you are proficient you can begin working upwards starting on C#, using Bb horn fingerings.

Exercise 6

Exercise 6 is designed to give you light fast tonguing and to work on the coordination and timing of the air.

To play this exercise

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• All the notes other than C should be louder than C
• The change in dynamics occurs during the change between notes
• Make sure you don't rush off the first note of each beat
• Do the exercise 2 ways; first as written then do the first 13 notes Slow to Fast

Players who habitually stop notes with the tongue may have trouble playing this lightly and quickly. The problem occurs when the notes are both started and stopped with the tongue or the tongue gets 'stuck' and full of tension. The Slow to Fast part of this exercise really reveals this problem and can be used to fix it.

Exercise 6 can also be used to teach transposing and double tonguing.