Course curriculum

  1. 1
    • Beginning French Horn Sheet Music Companion Book

  2. 2
    • Lesson 1: Intro

    • Lesson 2: Parts of the Instrument

    • Lesson 3: Horn Maintenance pt. I

    • Lesson 4: Horn Maintenance pt. II

    • Lesson 5: Horn Maintenance pt. III

    • Lesson 6: Necessary Tools

    • Lesson 7: Maintenance Frequency

    • Lesson 8: Taking Care of Your Horn

    • Lesson 9: Review

  3. 3
    • Lesson 10: Intro

    • Lesson 11: Recap

    • Lesson 12: Embouchure

    • Lesson 13: Air

    • Lesson 14: Mouthpiece Placement

    • Lesson 15: Troubleshooting Embouchure

    • Lesson 16: Sirens

    • Lesson 17: Exercise - Combining Sirens

    • Lesson 18: Articulations

    • Lesson 19: Review

  4. 4
    • Lesson 20: Intro

    • Lesson 21: Recap

    • Lesson 22: Posture

    • Lesson 23: Playing Position

    • Lesson 24: Right Hand Technique

    • Lesson 25: Tuning

    • Lesson 26: The Musical Alphabet

    • Lesson 27: First Notes

    • Lesson 28: Troubleshooting Notes

    • Lesson 29: Home Note

    • Lesson 30: Exercise - Changing Notes

    • Lesson 31: Note G

    • Lesson 32: Note E

    • Lesson 33: Note C

    • Lesson 34: Review

  5. 5
    • Lesson 35: Intro

    • Lesson 36: Recap

    • Lesson 37: Slurs and Skips

    • Lesson 38: Note F

    • Lesson 39: Exercise - Getting to Know F

    • Lesson 40: Note D

    • Lesson 41: Exercise - Getting to Know D

    • Lesson 42: Exercise - Expanded Range

    • Lesson 43: Melody - 'Mary Had a Little Lamb'

    • Lesson 44: Staff

    • Lesson 45: Melody - 'Mary Had a Little Lamb'

    • Lesson 46: Note A

    • Lesson 47: Exercise - Getting to Know A

    • Lesson 48: Review

  6. 6
    • Lesson 49: Intro

    • Lesson 50: Warm Up Routine

    • Lesson 51: Melody - 'London Bridge'

    • Lesson 52: Melody - 'London Bridge Notation'

    • Lesson 53: Melody - 'London Bridge'

    • Lesson 54: Melody - 'Old MacDonald'

    • Lesson 55: Melody - 'Old MacDonald'

    • Lesson 56: Review

  7. 7
    • Lesson 57: Intro

    • Lesson 58: Recap

    • Lesson 59: Note F#

    • Lesson 60: Exercise - Getting to Know F#

    • Lesson 61: Sharps and Naturals

    • Lesson 62: Exercise - Getting to Know F# on the Staff

    • Lesson 63: Melody - 'Mary Had a Little Lamb'

    • Lesson 64: Note Bb

    • Lesson 65: The Flat Sign

    • Lesson 66: Exercise - Getting to Know Bb

    • Lesson 67: Accidentals

    • Lesson 68: Rhythmic Notation

    • Lesson 69: Exercise - Reading Rhythm

    • Lesson 70: Exercise - Reading Rhythm

    • Lesson 71: Key Signatures

    • Lesson 72: Melody - 'Yankee Doodle'

    • Lesson 73: 3-4 Time

    • Lesson 74: Melody - 'German Waltz

    • Lesson 75: Melody - 'German Waltz'

    • Lesson 76: Review

  8. 8
    • Lesson 77: Intro

    • Lesson 78: Recap

    • Lesson 79: Note B

    • Lesson 80: Exercise - Getting to Know B

    • Lesson 81: Melody - 'Mary Had a Little Lamb'

    • Lesson 82: Note C

    • Lesson 83: Exercise - Getting to Know C

    • Lesson 84: Intro to Scales

    • Lesson 85: Scale C Major

    • Lesson 86: Note Low B

    • Lesson 87: Exercise - Getting to Know Low B

    • Lesson 88: Note Low A

    • Lesson 89: Exercise - Getting to Know Low A

    • Lesson 90: Note Low G

    • Lesson 91: Exercise - Getting to Know Low G

    • Lesson 92: Troubleshooting Low Notes

    • Lesson 93: Scale G Major

    • Lesson 94: Melody - 'Camptown Races'

    • Lesson 95: Melody - Camptown Races

    • Lesson 96: Review

  9. 9
    • Lesson 97: Intro

    • Lesson 98: Recap

    • Lecture 99: Introducing Lip Slurs

    • Lesson 100: Harmonic Series Fingerings

    • Lesson 101: The Way Things Work

    • Lesson 102: Exercise - Lip Slurs Descending

    • Lesson 103: Exercise - Lip Slurs Ascending

    • Lesson 104: Exercise - Lip Slurs Up and Down

    • Lesson 105: Exercise - Lip Slurs in Octaves

    • Lesson 106: Exercise - Lip Slurs in Octaves Up and Down

    • Lecture 107: Exercise - Extending the Low Register

    • Lesson 108: Bath Time Intro

    • Lesson 109: Taking the Horn Apart

    • Lesson 110: Next Steps

    • Lesson 111: Cleaning the Small Parts

    • Lesson 112: Putting it Back Together

    • Lesson 113: Charge!

  10. 10
    • Lesson 114: Intro

    • Lesson 115: Recap

    • Lesson 116: Note C#

    • Lesson 117: Note D#

    • Lesson 118: Exercise - Intro to the Chromatic Scale

    • Lesson 119: Note G#

    • Lesson 120: Note A#

    • Lesson 121: Enharmonics

    • Lesson 122: Exercise - Intro to the Chromatic Scale

    • Lesson 123: Exercise - Intro to the Chromatic Scale

    • Lesson 124: Chromatic Scale

    • Lesson 125: Exercise - Eighth Notes

    • Lesson 126: Exercise - Reading Eighth Notes

    • Lesson 127: Exercise - Reading Eighth Notes

    • Lesson 128: Exercise - Chromatic Eighth Notes

    • Lesson 129: Melody - 'Humoresque'

    • Lesson 130: Review

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Instructor

TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

Heather Test

Heather Test is an active freelance horn player and educator in the North Texas area. She is the Lecturer in Horn at Texas Christian University and maintains a small studio of private students from across the Dallas/Fort Worth area.