French Horn: Foundations 2 (non-credit)
COURSE OVERVIEW:
Lesson 1: Mahler 1 in A Major
- Mahler Symphony No. 1, 1st movement excerpt
- A Major Scale
- Mahler excerpt—1st horn part
- Listening assignment
Lesson 2: Schubert in G Major
- Schubert Symphony No. 9, 1st movement
- Ranger
- Schubert Symphony No. 9, 1st movement improvisation
- Listening assignment
Lesson 3: Weber in G Major
- Weber Overture
- Low range
- Composition assignment
- Listening assignment
Lesson 4: Tchaikovsky 4 in C Minor
- Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
- Chunking rhythm
- History—Tchaikovsky
- Volume and intonation
Lesson 5: Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in B-flat Major
- Beethoven Symphony No. 3, 3rd movement trio
- Articulation
- Transposition
- Listening assignment
- History—Symphony No. 3
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
- Working instrument (single or double)
- Reliable access to a computer and internet
- Recording device for recording assignments (phone, tablet, camera, computer, etc.)
- Required: International Horn Society (https://www.hornsociety.org/)
- Horn care packet from Amazon like this or this which contains valve oil, slide grease, mouthpiece brush, and horn cleaning snake.