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Good music for beginners, these six miniatures, entitled Horns on Parade, Promenade, The Sunday Walk, Tick-Tock March, Pastorale, Song and The Wild Goose Chase, provide the student with plenty of dynamics and a playing range from G below middle C to D, the ninth above middle C. There is a good variety of meters, tempos, rhythmic and melodic content. Students are introduced to note values and their importance in the first movement, while the fourth movement gives the opportunity for the student to experience the classical/natural horn part. Finishing with a wild goose chase in 6/8 time, the beginner also encounters a ‘D.S. al Coda’ – a good example of musical geography.
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Good music for beginners, these six miniatures, entitled Horns on Parade, Promenade, The Sunday Walk, Tick-Tock March, Pastorale, Song and The Wild Goose Chase, provide the student with plenty of dynamics and a playing range from G below middle C to D, the ninth above middle C. There is a good variety of meters, tempos, rhythmic and melodic content. Students are introduced to note values and their importance in the first movement, while the fourth movement gives the opportunity for the student to experience the classical/natural horn part. Finishing with a wild goose chase in 6/8 time, the beginner also encounters a ‘D.S. al Coda’ – a good example of musical geography.
Review: “Alan Danson is a composer, horn player and teacher. He is well aware of the problems encountered by people of all ages who decide to tackle this fiendish instrument. His Just For Starters is aimed at Grade 1 and 2 pupils and consists of six movements for horn quartet. Each movement has a title. Children will be far more interested in playing Tick Tock March and Wild Goose Chase rather than just plain movements 3 and 6. They have time signatures of 2/4, 4/4, 6/8 and Alla Breve to cope with, and plenty of variation in tempo between the six movements. The range covered is from G below middle C for the fourth horn up to D on the fourth line for the first. Each player has to count rests and cope with first and second time bars as well as a D.S. and Coda in the final movement. In fact, all the things that we need to concentrate on for the dreaded sight reading tests are here: dynamics galore, accidentals in abundance and several challenging intervals to develop the sense of pitch. Staccato and legato passages, together with accelerando and rallentando markings could all help with aural tests at a later date.” – Vivian Davies in The Horn September 1994
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| Movement Titles | Horns On Parade – Promenade, The Sunday Walk, Tick-Tock March, Pastorale, Song and Wild-goose Chase |
Biography
Biography
Danson, Alan
Alan Danson's studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London were in Horn, Piano and Orchestration. After leaving college in 1974, he worked as a freelance horn player in West End shows, with Ballet companies, Symphony Orchestras and studios, whilst retaining his interest in composition. He has directed the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in commercial work, worked as an arranger for BBC TV and composed for TV commercials. He is also involved in musical education. His development as a composer was as a result of his work experience in studying scores, observing compositional techniques whilst playing and directing groups, and composing for various musical combinations. See www.sounddimensionsmusic.com
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