Resources for beginners and those with a little experience.
Educational resources for students from beginner level.
Level It Up is a beaut place to start for the total beginner. A multi-level development program for (French) horn players from the very first note. PDF and video links. See the separate page.
French Horn Made Simple shows the important aspects of playing. Harmonics, Valves, Air pressure. Know these 3 well and you can play the french horn well. Video on YouTube:
First Note - C a simple video to play the note C. Whether it is the first note of the day, first note of the year or our very first note. Video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LmpYhVjErO0
French Horn Trios for Developing Playersall three parts are played on the video. Students are encouraged to try all three parts, each trio is repeated enough times so that students don't need to replay the video. Also the pieces are very short:
Part 1 has 7 sessions. Each session has 3 duets. In the first you play the note C as whole notes. In the second you play the note C as half notes. In the third you play C as quarter notes. The pace is very gradual.
Modular Horns - 6 in the series so far. Available on YouTube:
Easy repetitive musical cells for near beginner (French) horn players. Group work supplement. Simple rhythm with variations encouraged. As few as two notes in a musical cell, for those students who don't always remember how to play their notes from one week to the next. A student can play one cell along with the music for the duration or change to another musical cell at will. For single F horns or single B-flat horns or double horns.
