[Hornlist] Beginning Horn Methods

2009-06-16 Thread Marc Zyla
Hello All, I am starting a doctoral teaching fellowship at the University of Illinois, and as a part of my fellowship I am responsible for teaching horn methods to music education majors. I have thought up an assignment for my class that will require the students become familiar with

Re: [Hornlist] Beginning Horn Methods

2009-06-16 Thread Ellie Jenkins
I really like the The French Horn Student books (3 volumes) by James Ployhar, along with Robert Getchell's First and Second Book of Practical Studies. The Getchell's make great transposition workbooks later on, too. Ellie Hello All, I am starting a doctoral teaching fellowship at

Re: [Hornlist] Beginning Horn Methods

2009-06-16 Thread daniel . canarutto
Hi, for my daughter I'm using Hornschule by Fritz Huth (I'm not absolutely certain about the name, I can check later at home). I got advise about this method by a top level German hornist. I'm sure that that there are many, many others. Daniel ___

Re: [Hornlist] Beginning Horn Methods

2009-06-16 Thread Howard Sanner
Quoting Marc Zyla: Hello All, I am starting a doctoral teaching fellowship at the University of Illinois, and as a part of my fellowship I am responsible for teaching horn methods to music education majors. I have thought up an assignment for my class that will require the students

RE: [Hornlist] Beginning Horn Methods

2009-06-16 Thread bangs
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Re: [Hornlist] Beginning Horn Methods

2009-06-16 Thread lewhorn9
I concur with the Getchell studies. They are excellent in my opinion. I like the fact that he exposes the student to key signatures they normally don't see in traditional band programs. Getchell also makes good use of changing rhythms within an etude. He first might show a student a pattern

[Hornlist] Beginning Horn Methods

2009-06-16 Thread James Maddrey
Mark, here are a few books that I used many tears ago that I found interesting and challenging. First Book of Practical Studies for French Horn (also Second Bo-) Robert W. Getchell 1961 Belwin Mills publishing Corporation Unisonal Scales Chords Rhythmic Studies for Military Bands William

[Hornlist] Albin Frehse (1878-1973)

2009-06-16 Thread Richard V. West
I'm probably among the thousands of horn players who have worked through the Kopprasch and the Eduard Mueller etudes edited by Albin Frehse. I only recently learned that Frehse himself composed four horn concertos, two of which (according to the German Wikipedia) were published. Has anyone