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Whistle smoothly the ascending scale, then chirp each note in the descending scale. Practice in the various keys, i.e.—D♭; D; E♭, E; F, etc.

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Whistle first note staccato, following with a chirped note, and so on; alternating throughout the entire exercise. Practice in the various keys.

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Attack the first note with the sound of “hew”, swinging smoothly to next two notes. Again attack with “hew” sound and continue as before. Swell on last note. Practice in the various keys, ascending only.

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Connect first two notes; whistle a reverse chirp from “e” to “g”; the hewie chirp from “b” to “d”; another reverse chirp from “d” to “f”, and slide smoothly to the following notes. Hold last note and swell.

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Whistle the short chirps on the notes designated, making the reverse chirp from “g” to “c”, and hold two counts. Whistle the first hewie chirp “b” to “d”, the second one “g” to “b”; the reverse chirps having the attacks from a third below in each case; and then slide to last note, and hold. Practice in the various keys, i.e.:—D♭; D; E♭; E; F, etc.

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Keep the time even; four short chirps on first beat; and eight staccato notes on second beat. End with a plain note. Practice in the various keys, both descending and ascending.

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Whistle the two reverse chirps (“g” to“c”) on first beat; the three short staccato notes and the plain note on the second beat; two more reverse chirps (“e” to “g”), and whistle staccato notes as before; two more reverse chirps “d” to “f”, and finish as before. End with mordent on half note. Practice in the various keys, descending only.^[3]

[3] For additional work on chirps turn to page 88.