The French Horn

Published on Jul 23, 2017

Lesson 2 - Assembly and sound production

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

The French Horn

Lesson 2

Let's Review

  • Sit at edge of chair
  • With heel on ground, tap foot while counting 1+2+3+4+
  • What note and rest did we learn last week?
  • what parts of your instrument did we learn about last week?
Photo by sweetjessie

Look at all those parts!

Let's learn how to put it together
Photo by Asher Legg

The mouthpiece

Careful not to drop it!

The Body

This is the largest part, with the valves
Photo by Leo Reynolds

The Valves

These are for changing pitches
Photo by lyncaro7389

Sound Production

Embouchure

Let's play!

Photo by slgckgc

How do I take it apart?

Reverse order
Photo by Guy Basabose

Let's Review:

  • What order do you put your horn together?
  • Which parts do our hands hold?
  • Where does our thumb go?
  • Which part creates the sound?
  • How do we take it apart?
Photo by ®DS

Home Practice

  • Practice embouchure with buzzing on mouthpiece only
  • Put together
  • Play F and G
  • Watch horn video on Seesaw!
Photo by R. Millar

JoAnn Apple

Haiku Deck Pro User