The French Horn.net - A great site with a little bit of everything!
The Horn Goddess.com - Another great site with lots of information
Julia's Horn Page - A great FAQ section, links, and more
Horn articles - Check out the getting "Getting Started" section if you're new to the horn
The Philharmonia's Horn site - Articles, videos, sounds, and more. Use the menu on the left to explore
SoundJunction.org - Tons of neat stuff here covering all aspects of music. Go! Explore! Enjoy!
Sound Junction's Horn page - When you're done you can explore the other instruments too!
Fingering Chart (single horn) - Because wrong notes turn your director's hair gray!
Fingering Chart (double horn) - Use this if you have a double horn (one with a thumb valve)
How to play the Horn - A complete video series from eduslide.net
Horn Warm-ups - Accept the "terms" and download - A great routine for developing players
Horn Scale Sheet - For young horn players (.pdf)
What's the difference between a single (F) horn and a double (F/Bb) Horn? - Click on "The Double Horn"
Basic Horn care (video) - Keep your instrument ship-shape
How to properly clean and care for your Horn - Instruments shouldn't double as science experiments!
Give your horn a bath - A great tutorial with pictures (this is a .pdf/powerpoint file)
Mouthpieces explained - Note: ALWAYS consult with your private teacher/director before switching anything!
General
Use a metronome while you practice / Like this one better? - Online Metronome
Practice sight reading rhythms to become a better rhythm reader - PracticeSightReading.com
Staying Motivated - Good advice for everyone (not just trombonists) (.pdf file)
You play a wind instrument, not a breeze instrument! - Build your breathing abilities (.pdf file)
Notes and key signatures
Name your notes - Musictheory.net's Note Name Trainer
Finger your fingerings - Musictheory.net's Brass Trainer (set Instrument/Range/etc. on the right hand side)
Speed up your note naming and fingering abilities - Music Racer
Practice naming key signatures - Musictheory.net's Key Signature Trainer
Learn key signatures using the Circle of Fifths - Circle of Fifths lessons
Intervals
What are intervals? - Learn about intervals
Practice identifing the intervals - Musictheory.net's Interval Trainer
Scales
Learn how to build a major scale - Musictheory.net's Major Scale Tutorial
Terms
What does that word mean? - Virgina Tech's Multimedia Dictionary
Compose (write) your own music
Using the computer - Free Finale Notepad Software
Using staff paper - Print your own staff paper
Horn History
The History of the Horn - From Horn Tutor.com
Additional Horn History - Thinkquest
A short history of all the instruments - Thinkquest (usually takes awhile to load)
Science
The Science of Music - Check out their questions, movies, and exhibits! Exploratorium.edu
Watch an experimental instrument builder - Exploratorium video
Other
All about the orchestra, instruments, composers, and more! - New York Philharmonic Kids Site
Perfect Pitch - Baseball meets band and orchestra!
Famous Horn Players - A list of some famous horn players with links
Great, How about some famous Horn players I've heard of??!! - See this article
Brass players in the movies - Find out which brass players can be heard in your favorite movies
Artist and Composer Biographies - From 8notes.com
Music Professions - Read about some of the jobs you might enjoy
Multimedia Audio and Video
Horn Videos - An excellent, well organized collection hosted by David Werden
What's happening inside my mouthpiece? (video) - One word: Freakycool
Jokes
Horn jokes - A nice collecton of some popular horn jokes
Instrument Jokes - A collection of jokes for all the instruments
Dr. Duck's Music Jokes - Another collection of music jokes (Notice: This is LARGE and takes time to load)
Miscellaneous
Horn related quotes - "God made some people Horn players; others are not so fortunate"
The Vegetable Orchestra - Yes, I said the Vegetable Orchestra...





