Dr. L. Curtis Hammond

Associate Professor of Music – MSU Horn Studio

Course Materials

MUSH 600-301 Graduate Music History Survey

Course Syllabus
MUSH 600-301

MUSG 214 Advanced Brasswinds (Horn Unit)

Course Syllabi
MUSG 214-001
Hammond Supplemental Syllabus
Horn Unit Topical Outline

Course Handouts
Scales for Horn Unit Performance Exam
Right Hand Position
Guidelines for Tuning the Horn
Double Horn Fingering Chart
Single F Horn Fingering Chart
Single B flat Horn Fingering Chart
Stopped Horn Fingering Chart
Selected Discography of Horn Recordings
Parts of the Horn
Parts of the Mouthpiece and Mouthpiece Care
Parts of the Rotary Valve
Oiling the Rotary Valve
Restringing the Rotary Valve
Miscellaneous Horn Care
List of Selected Horn Solos
List of Selected Horn Quartets
Selected Horn Methods and Etude Books

Assigned Readings from Course Text
Read the Following for the Horn Unit:
Chapter 1: pp. 3 - 9
Chapter 2: pp. 10 - 23
Chapter 4: pp. 46 - 67
Chapter 11: pp. 155 - 159
Appendix B: pp. 345 - 346
Exercises for Daily and In-class Practice: pp. 310 - 313

Review the following:
Chapter 9: pp. 117 - 129
Chapter 10: pp. 133 - 151
Chapter 12: pp. 165 - 176
Chapter 13: pp. 322 - 328
Chapter 14: pp. 329 - 333

Supplemental Assigned Reading Links
History of the Horn from the Cyberhorn Museum
Notes on Breathing and Use of Air
Horn Embouchure 101
Holding the Horn
Left Hand Position

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