Horn

The horn is a brass instrument that consists of tubing wrapped into a coiled form. The instrument was first developed in France (?) from the cor de chasse, or hunting horn in about 1650. Since 1750, when the instrument was refined and improved in England, it has been known as the French horn, mainly in the United States (musicians, particularly players of the instrument, generally refer to it simply as the horn).  In the 1960s the International Horn Society declared the official name of this instrument to be the “Horn.”

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Missouri All-State Etudes for French Horn
– Performed by Professor Ellen Campbell.
Scales: All scales are to be MEMORIZED.
Prepare them all slurred and all tongued in sixteenth notes at quarter note = 88, a minimum of two octaves, three when possible. Scales should be performed ascending and descending. Scales given are the starting tone. Do not transpose.

Chromatic: full range of the instrument
Major Scales: C G D A E F Bb Eb Ab
Melodic Minor Scales: a e b f# c# d g c f
Books: Pottag-Hovey Method for French Horn, Book 2 – Warner Brothers
60 Selected Studies for French Horn, Book 1 – C. Kopprasch/Carl Fischer Publication
Preparatory Melodies to Solo Work for French Horn – Pottag (edited)/Belwin Publication

Set I Pottag-Hovey p. 31 #128
60 Selected Studies p. 6 #8
p. 20-21 #30 – all
Preparatory Melodies p. 22 #56
Set II Pottag-Hovey p. 11 #40
60 Selected Studies p. 10 #14
p. 12 #17
Preparatory Melodies p. 17 #43
Set III Pottag-Hovey p. 39 #162
60 Selected Studies p. 4 #3
p. 8-9 #12 – all
Preparatory Melodies p. 3 #5
Set IV Pottag-Hovey p. 24 #92
60 Selected Studies p. 5 #6
p. 13 #19
Preparatory Melodies p. 27 #67

Etude information reprinted from http://www.missouribandmasters.org; All-State Band audition list.