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This collection: Solo Studies for the Healthy Hornist contains ten solos of varying styles. Specifically written for the younger student in mind, the studies in this book will be interesting and challenging to more advanced players as well. When I retired from Western Illinois University in 2018, the focus of my teaching changed. No longer was I working with graduate students-or even undergraduate students who were doing more advanced projects on Wagner Tuba or the Natural Horn; many of my students, then, were in the younger years of high school or junior high school. So, even though I was older, I was spending more time with younger students. So, as I was spending more time teaching these younger students, I became more attuned to their activities in band, dance, and various athletic pursuits. As a result, let me give special thanks to these students who provided inspiration and test runs of these solo studies: Noah, Ernesto, Jack, Elena, Emily, Anabelle, Lorelei, Brooks, and Carter. Their energy and imagination have been an inspiration for these Solo Studies. Learn More

Intermediate to Advanced Studies continuing the style of Marvin Howe's Method for French Horn. Contents include Long-tone Duets, Descending Scale Studies, Articulation Studies, Lip Slurs in a variety of Registers and Rhythms, Smooth Melodies and Duets in Major, Minor, and Modal Scales, studies in Transposition, and Marvin Howe's previously unpublished paper presented at the 1991 International Horn Symposium: The Refinement of Tone Production. Grade: 4-6

Audio for Long Tone Duets:

Track 1: F Major 

Track 2: D minor 

Additional Long Tone Duets

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New and accessible studies based on each of the intervals from the Minor Second through the Major Seventh. Grade: 4 Learn More

Angels’ Fanfare is a festive variation on the traditional Christmas Carol: Angels We Have Heard on High. It has been used at a variety of events including but not limited to Christmas Services and Holiday Celebrations - such as Madrigal Dinners! Learn More