If you have the opportunity it is suggested that you try out different instruments to get an idea of how well the instrument works for you. What may be a good instrument for one player may not work well for another.

MOUTHPIECES:

• Holton - Farkas MDC

• Dennis Wick - 7N

• Denis Wick - 6N

• Schalke - 30

BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE:

Purchasing a beginner french horn is not suggested, the school has horns for students to use, please ask Mr. Gromis.

• Hilton 378

ADVANCED:

• Holton - H181 (Farkas)

• Conn - 8D

• Yamaha - YHR - 6670 (Removable Bell)

MUTES:

H.S. French Horn players should own their own Straight Mute!

The following mutes are listed in order of importance:

1. Straight Mute

2. Stopped Mute

SUGGESTED BRANDS

• Denis Wick (Best Choice)

• Humes and Berg

METHODS:

• Rubank Intermediate Method

• Rubank Supplementary Studies

• Melodious Studies - Miersch

• Preparatory Melodies - Schantl

• Rubank Pares Scales

• Rubank Duet Book No. 1 and No. 2

• 60 Studies - Kopprasch

• The Art of French Horn Playing - Farkas

• 335 Selected Melodious Progressive Studies - Pottag

• Practical Studies - Getchell

• Lyrical Studies for French Horn or Trumpet - Concone

• Book No.2 & Book No.3 - Alphonse

• Lyrical Studies - Concone /Sawyer

• 40 Characteristic Etudes - Kling/Sansone

• 200 New Studies for Horn in Six Books - Alphonse

SOLO LITERATURE:

• First Solos for the Horn Player - Jones

• Solos for the Horn Player - Jones

• Horn Concertos No.1-4 - Mozart

• Horn Concerto No. 1 op. 11 & -Concerto No. 2 - Strauss

• Horn Sonata - Beethoven

• Concerto - Goedeke

• En Irlande - Bozza

• Abendlied - Schumann - Fischer