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French Horn: Basics 2 (non-credit)
This is a non-credit course and will not provide high school credit or instructor feedback/communication.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: French Horn: Basics 2 continues to lay a solid foundation for growth on the instrument. Students improve their music reading skills as they learn new keys. They develop their improvisation and composition skills. Students observe professional horn players, inspiring their creativity and deepening their understanding of their instrument’s capabilities. Students can expect to encounter a variety of listening and playing assignments, as well as lesson quizzes and exams, and will create a portfolio of recordings that reflect the progress they make.
Price: $95.00
Subjects: French Horn, Music
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COURSE OVERVIEW:
Lesson 1: Go Tell Aunt Rhody
- Introduction to dynamics
- New keys: C major and A minor
- Performance piece: Go Tell Aunt Rhody
- Performance review piece
Lesson 2: Lightly Row
- Horn history
- Introduction to mutes
- Performance piece: Lightly Row
- Lightly Row inner voice lines
Lesson 3: Long, Long Ago
- C major scale
- Performance piece: Long, Long Ago
- Inner voice lines
- E-flat and F major scale
Lesson 4: Long, Long Ago in A Minor
- Tuning
- Long, Long Ago in A Minor
- Chromatic scale
- Problem solving
Lesson 5: Preparing for the Final Exam
- Improvising melodic phrases
- Improvisation on Long, Long Ago in A Minor
- Improvisation on inner voice lines
- Performance Review