French Horn: Basics 2 (non-credit)

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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

ENROLL

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

REQUIRED MATERIALS:

Working instrument (single or double)
Reliable access to a computer and internet
Recording device for recording assignments (phone, tablet, camera, computer, etc.)
Horn care packet from Amazon likethis or this which contains valve oil, slide grease, mouthpiece brush, and horn cleaning snake.

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Monday-Thursday 9-5:15 & Friday 8:45-12:45

1850 Sidewinder Drive Suite 310
Park City, Utah 84060

435-649-3933

EA SCHOOL OF MUSIC

Monday-Thursday 11-7:00 & Friday 11-6:00

1850 Sidewinder Drive Suite 315
Park City, Utah 84060

435-200-8244

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