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...


Middle School Horn

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