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.

COURSE OVERVIEW:

Lesson 1: Frère Jacques in B-flat Major

• Revisiting Basics 1
• Frère Jacques
• Frère Jacques improvisation
• B-flat major scale
• History—studio horn playing in Los Angeles

Lesson 2: Mahler 1 in B-flat Major

• Minor Frère Jacques
• B-flat minor scale
• Style markings
• Improvisation
• History

Lesson 3: Mussorgsky in E-flat Major

• Mussorgsky
• Additional instrumental lines
• Historical context
• Listening assignment
• E-flat major scale

Lesson 4: Dvořák in D Major

• Dvořák in D Major
• Dvořák surrounding parts
• Accents
• Volume

Lesson 5: Simple Gifts in F Major

• Simple Gifts
• Sustaining through long phrases
• Simple Gifts improvisation
• Transcription assignment

 

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 likethis or this which contains valve oil, slide grease, mouthpiece brush, and horn cleaning snake.

COURSE OVERVIEW:

Lesson 1: Getting Started—Holding the Horn, Breathing, and Embouchure

• Parts of the horn
• Assembling and holding the horn
• Breathing
• Embouchure and creating sound
• Maintaining the horn

Lesson 2: Hot Cross Buns

• Embouchure work
• Breathing exercises
• Playing in E-flat major
• Articulation
• Performance Piece: Hot Cross Buns

Lesson 3: More on Hot Cross Buns

• History of horn
• Flexibility exercise
• Playing in F major
• Breathing exercise
• Gaining musical literacy

Lesson 4: Pierrot

• Breathing exercise
• Introduction to the metronome
• Flexibility exercise
• Performance piece: Pierrot
• Gaining musical literacy

Lesson 5: Major Duple

• Range exercise
• Introduction to solfège
• Solfège exercise
• Finger chart
• Performance Piece: Major Duple

 

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.