Musical Mastery for Band French Horn Book 1

The purpose of this book is to fill in the gaps left by most band method books used in instrumental music classes. This is not intended to be a “stand alone” method, but rather the bulk of what needs to be covered in a beginner band class for students to function independently on instrument specific repertoire and in a performing band situation. The band method book is then used as a supplement to this book, which is more detailed and offers a systematic approach to teaching embouchure, instrument range, alternate fingerings and the correct use of those fingerings, rhythmic reading, and scales. This method of teaching is more chromatic than diatonic based and allows for more in depth study of the tendencies of the individual instruments, embouchure for various ranges, and specific fingering uses. Anyone who teaches beginning band will most likely have a system in place and this book is intended to fit into that system, not to take the place of it. This book explains in detail how to us