Shelfari Book Activity

Tags: french horn

• 

  

  • plan to read
  • reading now
  • I’ve read it
  • favorite
  • want to own
  • own it
  • remove book

  Notes from an Accidental Band Geek

  by Erin Dionne

  Elsie Wyatt is a born French horn player, just like her father and her grandfather before her. In order to qualify for the prestigious summer music camp of her dreams, she must expand her musical horizons and join - gasp! - the marching band . There are no French horns in marching band (what the heck is a mellophone??), but there are some cute boys. And marching band is very different from orchestra: they march,... (more)
• 

  

  • plan to read
  • reading now
  • I’ve read it
  • favorite
  • want to own
  • own it
  • remove book

  A Devil to Play

  One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument

  by Jasper Rees

  In the days before his fortieth birthday, London-based journalist Jasper Rees trades his pen for a French horn that has been gathering dust in the attic for more than twenty-two years, and, on a lark, plays it at the annual festival of the British Horn Society. Despite an embarrassingly poor performance, the experience inspires Rees to embark on a daunting, bizarre, and ultimately winning journey: to return to... (more)
• 

  

  • plan to read
  • reading now
  • I’ve read it
  • favorite
  • want to own
  • own it
  • remove book
  Standard of Excellence: Book 2

  Standard of Excellence, Book 2

  Comprehensive Band Method

  by Chuck Elledge, Bruce Pearson

  The Standard of Excellence Comprehensive Band Method Books 1 and 2 combine a strong performance-centered approach with music theory, music history, ear training, listening composition, improvisation, and interdisciplinary and multicultural studies. The result is the most complete band method available anywhere.
• 

  

  • plan to read
  • reading now
  • I’ve read it
  • favorite
  • want to own
  • own it
  • remove book

  Disney Solos for Violin w/CD

  12 Disney favorites with a CD that lets you play along with a full band! Titles include: Be Our Guest * Can You Feel the Love Tonight * Colors of the Wind * Friend like Me * Let's Get Together * Under the Sea * You've Got a Friend in Me * Zero to Hero * and more.
• 

  

  • plan to read
  • reading now
  • I’ve read it
  • favorite
  • want to own
  • own it
  • remove book

  The Art of French Horn Playing

  by Phillip Farkas

  First to be published in the series was THE ART OF FRENCH HORN PLAYING by Philip Farkas, now Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Music at Indiana University. In 1956, when Summy-Birchard published Farkas's book, he was a solo horn player for the Chicago Symphony and had similar positions with other orchestras, including the Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, and... (more)
• Days and nights of a French horn playerMurray Schisgal

  

  • plan to read
  • reading now
  • I’ve read it
  • favorite
  • want to own
  • own it
  • remove book

  Days and nights of a French horn player

  by Murray Schisgal

• 

  

  • plan to read
  • reading now
  • I’ve read it
  • favorite
  • want to own
  • own it
  • remove book

  The Best of the Beatles

  by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr

  A great collection of over 80 Beatles tunes, including: All You Need Is Love * Eight Days a Week * Eleanor Rigby * A Hard Day's Night * Help! * Here Comes the Sun * Hey Jude * I Want to Hold Your Hand * In My Life * Let It Be * The Long and Winding Road * Revolution * Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band * Ticket to Ride * Twist and Shout * Yellow Submarine * Yesterday * and more.
• Bach and Before for BandDavid Newell

  

  • plan to read
  • reading now
  • I’ve read it
  • favorite
  • want to own
  • own it
  • remove book

  Bach and Before for Band

  by David Newell

• 

  

  • plan to read
  • reading now
  • I’ve read it
  • favorite
  • want to own
  • own it
  • remove book

  Tons of Tunes for the Holidays for Fhorn BK/CD

  by Mike Hannickel, Amy Adam

  This collection of the easiest holiday melodies allows your beginning students to have fun playing their favorite seasonal music! Any combination of solo instruments can play together. Organized by order of difficulty, these familiar songs and the included accompaniment are sure to motivate your students. Practice and perform with the CD accompaniment or buy the separately available piano part. Your students will... (more)
• Jubilee! Play-Along Spirituals: F/Eb HornStephen Bulla

  

  • plan to read
  • reading now
  • I’ve read it
  • favorite
  • want to own
  • own it
  • remove book

  Jubilee! Play-Along Spirituals: F/Eb Horn

  by Stephen Bulla

• 

  

  • plan to read
  • reading now
  • I’ve read it
  • favorite
  • want to own
  • own it
  • remove book

  Accent on Achievement, Book 3

  by John O'Reilly, Mark Williams

  Accent on Achievement is a revolutionary, best-selling band method that will excite and stimulate your students through full-color pages and the most complete collection of classics and world music in any band method. The comprehensive review cycle in books 1 & 2 will ensure that students remember what they learn and progress quickly. Also included are rhythm and rest exercises, chorales, scale exercises,... (more)
• 

  

  • plan to read
  • reading now
  • I’ve read it
  • favorite
  • want to own
  • own it
  • remove book
  Basic Training Course: Book 2

  Basic Training Course, Book 2

  by John Kinyon

  A unique beginning band method which is equally effective for individual instruction, classes of like instruments, and mixed ensembles.
• 

  

  • plan to read
  • reading now
  • I’ve read it
  • favorite
  • want to own
  • own it
  • remove book

  rubank advanced method french horn vol 1.

  An outlined course of study designed to follow the elementary and intermediate levels of any instructional method, the Rubank Advanced Methods are considered to be one of the gold standards of advanced instrumental study. The specially designed units provide a a complete pedagogy: * Scales and Arpeggios All of the major and minor keys are covered in the complete two-book course * Melodic Interpretation Including... (more)
• 

  

  • plan to read
  • reading now
  • I’ve read it
  • favorite
  • want to own
  • own it
  • remove book

  Songs of the '70s (The Decade Series)

  Over 65 super '70s hits arranged for solo instruments. Includes: ABC * Copacabana * Dust in the Wind * Fire and Rain * How Deep Is Your Love * I'll Be There * Imagine * Joy to the World * Let It Be * She's Always a Woman * Wonderful Tonight * You Are So Beautiful * and more.
• 

  

  • plan to read
  • reading now
  • I’ve read it
  • favorite
  • want to own
  • own it
  • remove book

  Essential Elements 2000, Book 1 Plus DVD: F Horn

  Essential Elements was the major breakthrough for beginning band methods in the Õ90s. Now Essential Elements 2000 will take band programs into the next millennium! EE2000 features:Â¥ A CD featuring a professional soloist in every Student Book 1 Â¥ Great performance music with planned first concert. Â¥ Even more great tunes, motivating students to practice and stay in band. Â¥ Special Rubank¨ Studies Â¥ Better... (more)
• 

  

  • plan to read
  • reading now
  • I’ve read it
  • favorite
  • want to own
  • own it
  • remove book

  Pottag-Hovey Method for French Horn, Book Two

  by Max Pottag & Nilo Hovey

• 

  

  • plan to read
  • reading now
  • I’ve read it
  • favorite
  • want to own
  • own it
  • remove book

  48 Etudes for French Horn

  by Verne Reynolds

  48 Etudes for French Horn are designed to explore beyond the present limits of horn technique and are meant to form a contemporary extension to the older studies of Kopprasch, Gallay, Maxime-Aphonse, etc.
• 

  

  • plan to read
  • reading now
  • I’ve read it
  • favorite
  • want to own
  • own it
  • remove book
  Standard of Excellence: Book 1

  Standard of Excellence, Book 1

  Comprehensive Band Method

  by Bruce Pearson

  The Standard of Excellence Comprehensive Band Method Books 1 and 2 combine a strong performance-centered approach with music theory, music history, ear training, listening composition, improvisation, and interdisciplinary and multicultural studies. The result is the most complete band method available anywhere.
• 

  

  • plan to read
  • reading now
  • I’ve read it
  • favorite
  • want to own
  • own it
  • remove book

  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Instrumental Solos

  Selected Themes from the Motion Picture

  by John Williams, Victor Lopez

  This instrumental series contains selected themes from the box office sensation Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Playable by any combination of instruments -- large ensembles, small ensembles, or solos -- the arrangements capture the wonderful sounds from the movie. Fingering charts are included. Titles are: Hedwig's Theme * Diagon Alley * Hogwarts Forever * Nimbus 2000 * Cast a Christmas Spell * Harry's... (more)
• 

  

  • plan to read
  • reading now
  • I’ve read it
  • favorite
  • want to own
  • own it
  • remove book

  The Horn Handbook

  by Verne Reynolds

  This immensely practical handbook is the work of a musician, composer, and teacher at the Eastman School of Music. The first book to cover the topic, it presents a broad introduction to horn study, practice, and performance.