FOREWORD

"In view of the brevity of this text, we hope that students will familiarise themselves with it. The aim of our method is to lead beginners progressively towards the major technical works in use. It seemed to us that these books were too quick to tackle exercises requiring too great a range and lip strength for most students. To reach the notes E and F, above A on the tuning fork, a few exercises are not enough, as teachers have found. In our opinion, it is necessary to present a gra...