Extended Techniques Audio Examples

Audio examples to accompany Extended Techniques for the Horn by Douglas Hill. The PDF version of this book is available through IHS Online Music Sales.

Example 1 — Common Playing Range

Example 2 — Possible Playing Range (Extreme)

Example 3 — Straight Mute

Example 3 — Brass Mute

Example 3 — Plunger Mute

Example 3 — Cup Mute

Example 3 — Whisper Mute

Example 3 — Glass Mute

Example 3 — Cloth Mute

Example 4 — Mute Sounds, Degrees

Example 5 — Mute Sounds, Gradual Changes; Unmeasured Rapid Mute Changes

Example 6 — Unmeasured Rapid Mute Changes with Multiple Tonguing

Example 7 — Brass Mute Variations

Example 8 — Stopped Horn

Example 9 — 1/2 to 3/4 Stopped Horn, or Echo

Example 10 — 1/2 Step Hand Glissando

Example 11 — Greater Than Half Step Hand Glissando

Example 12 — Rapid Hand Changes with Multiple Tonguing

Example 13 — Scoop Up, Scoop Down

Example 14 — Tonguing, Punctuated, Aggresive

Example 15 — Tonguing, Smoother, Softer

Example 16 — Tonguing, Miscellaneous, Split Tongue

Example 17 — Releases, Abrupt and Accented

Example 18 — Tonguing, Double (DIDL)

Example 19 — Tonguing, Rapid Irregular

Example 20 — Tonguing, Flutter

Example 21 — Trills

Example 22 — Trills, Flexible Speed

Example 23 — Trills, Irregular

Example 24 — Valve Tremolo

Example 25 — Valve Tremolo, Flexible Speed, Irregular

Example 26 — Tremelo, Like Fingerings

Example 27 — Tremolo Unlike Fingerings

Example 28 — Glissando

Example 29 — Glissando, Harmonic, Chromatic

Example 30 — Glissando, Valve Flutter, Contour

Example 31 — Glissando, Oscillating

Example 32 — Interrupted Glissando

Example 33 — Bend_Dip, Doink_Doit, Fall-Off_Drop, Spill

Example 34 — Flip, Rip_Smear, Lift_Flair, Plop

Example 35 — Half-Valve, Definite Pitch

Example 36 — Half-Valve, Indefinite Pitch

Example 37 — Ghost Tones

Example 38 — Half-Valve, Glissandos

Example 39 — Half-Valve, Oscillation, Tremolo, Harmonic

Example 40 — White Noise_Static, Breathy Tone

Example 41 — Sucked Pitch, Buzz Tone, Kissing Sounds

Example 42 — Vowel Sound Production

Example 43 — Enharmonic Fingerings

Example 44 — Descriptive Sounds (Dog, Bird, Siren, Etc.)

Example 45 — Vibrato, Various Speeds

Example 46 — Vibrato, Various Widths

Example 47 — Vibrato, Various Intensity

Example 48 — Vibrato, Trembling, Machine-Like, Wa-Wa

Example 49a — Quarter Tones, Scale

Example 49b — Quarter Tones, Various

Example 50 — Horn-Chords

Example 51 — Melody And Pedal Point

Example 52 — Unison Singing And Playing, Stationary And Variable Beats

Example 53 — Air Sounds

Example 54 — Air Flutter, Articulated Air Sounds

Example 55 — Mouthpiece Effects_ Hand Pops, Glissando

Example 56 — Mouthpiece, Kissing, Muted

Example 57 — Mouthpiece, Siren, Whistle, Pop, Whoosh

Example 58 — Tubular Tones, Trills, Tremolos, Thop

Example 59 — Sympathetic Vibrations In The Piano

Example 60 — Sympathetic Vibrations, Drum, Cymbal, Bow

Example 61 — Flutter Tongue Glissando

Example 62 — Flutter Tongue Trills And Tremolos

Example 63 — Trilled Glissando

Example 64 — Flutter With Alternating Muted Effects

Example 65 — Flutter With Vocalized Gliss. Or Vibrato