Etudes
Solos
Objectives
Promotion
- Getchell: Practical Studies, Book 1
- Pottag-Hovey: Method, Book 1
Solos
- Ohanian: Canadian Brass Book of Easy Horn Solos
- Wilder: Four Easy Pieces
Objectives
- Average 4 hours of weekly practice
- Proper posture, horn carriage and hand position
- Functional embouchure and mouthpiece placement
- Abdominal breathing technique
- Horn maintenance
- Basic practice strategies and goal setting
- G3 to C5
- Steady, relaxed and focused tone
- Basic music theory and ear training
Promotion
- Play all notes G3 to C5 with correct fingerings
- Buzzing: 1 octave siren and simple tunes
- Scales: C, B-flat, G Major Scale, 1 octave slurred and tongued
- Flexibility: 1 octave harmonic series, C4 to C5
- Long Tones: all notes of the C Major Scale, 60 BPM
- Rudimentary ability to read music on sight
- Proficiency on level appropriate etude and solo