French Horn MR. DICKSON'S METHOD FOR BAND Book To.JustinDickson.com/Band revised January 21, 2019 "Strategies That Work When Learning Ne Music" Read before you play ---------------------- - Before you play, read through the music and say the letter names of the notes out loud. - Before you play, tizzle the rhythms. Tap your foot hile you do it, to keep a steady beat. Set up for a good first note ---------------------------- - Finger the first note before you start to play the song, before you breathe. - Breathe on the beat before you start. Breathe together to play together. While you are playing ----------------------- - Tap your foot gently ith the beat hile you play, and count your rests. - Look ahead hile you play, so you are ready for the next thing you have to play. Use technology to help you learn ----------------------------------- - When practicing at home, use a tuner app like Bandmate Chromatic Tuner (free version) to check if you are playing the right notes. - When practicing at home, use a metronome app like Tempo by Frozen Ape (free version) to make sure you are keeping a steady beat. When you get stuck on a hard part ------------------------------------ - First of all, it's not hard, it's ust ne. Keep trying, you'll get better. - Find the notes that are difficult for you, and ust play them over and over. Break it don to ust 2 or 3 notes at a time, and play them as much as you can. Don't try to play the hole song yet if you really ust need to ork on a fe tricky notes in the middle. - Slo donnnnnnnn. Play it really, really, really sloly. Speed ill come later. - Say the letter names of the notes out loud. Don't ust think it, you have to say it out loud or it does not help. - Tizzle the rhythms, or say the rhythms using a "dah" syllable. - It's not about trying hard enough, it's about trying often enough. Don't try it 2 or 3 times and then give up. Your body needs more reps to learn ne things. Try it 10-15 times, then move on to something else and come back to it later. - Ask for help! Your teacher gets paid the big bucks to help you. Use them!
10.01 "Back To School Blues" & bb b 4 4 & b b b Ó Œ & bb b Œ Œ.. 10.02 Ne note for clarinets only & bb 10.03 Clarinet pinky poer! & b b 4. 10.04 Five note scale & bb 4. 10.05 "Jingle Bells" & bb 4 4 & bb
10.06 "Four Note Blues" -Dickson & bb 4 4. & b b. & bb Œ Ó Œ Ó 10.07 "Happy Birthday" & bb 4 3 Œ Œ & b b U.. play top or bottom notes, hich ever is easier 10.08 "Banana Boat Song" & bb 4 4 Fine & b b D.C. al Fine
11.01 Dynamics & bb 4 4 p P F f 11.02 Crescendo & bb 4 4 p P F f 11.03 Decrescendo & b b 4 4 f F P p 11.04 Etude & b b 4 4 P ḟ P 12.01 Dotted-quarter notes & b. 12.02 Etude & b 4 4...
12.03 "Ode To Joy" by Ludig Van Beethoven & bb 4 4 & bb.. Fine % D.S. al Fine 12.04 "Deck The Halls" & bb 4.. A 12.05 "U.S. Marine Corps Hymn" & b 4 4 Ó Œ. J J.. & b. & b. J J.... & b. J J.
12.06 "Dotted-Quarter Blues" (sing) - Dickson & b 4. J J b. J & b. J b. J J & b. J #. J C # 13.01 Ne note! & b G 13.02 Going up & 13.03 Five-note scale & 4 4 13.04 "Jingle Bells" & 4 4 &
13.05 "This Old Man" & bb & b b 14.01 Clarinet high C & bb 4 4 14.02 Clarinet high D & 4 14.03 Clarinet pinky poer & 4 4 14.04 Ne note! & A 14.05 Going up & b 4 4
14.06 "Mary Had A Little Lamb" & b 4 4 14.07 One more ne note for clarinets & b n E 14.08 Other pinky poer! & b 4 4 14.09 Four-note scale & b 4 4 E F G A G F E 14.10 Crossing the break & b 4. 14.11 Crossing the break & b 4. 14.12 Take it sloly & b 4 4 Ó
14.13 You can do it & b 4 4 Ó 15.01 "Tinkle Tinkle" & 4 4 & 15.02 "London Bridge" & 4 4 &. 15.03 "Jesus Loves Me" & b 4 4 & b F & b.. & b
15.04 "This Old Man" & & 15.05 "Amazing Grace" & 4 3 Œ Œ. &... 15.06 Ne note! & Œ Œ n B 15.07 "Yankee Doodle" & 4 4 15.08 "Head Shoulders Knees And Toes" & b 4 n Œ n Œ & b Œ Œ
15.09 "My Country 'Tis Of Thee" & 4 3... &.. &.. 15.10 "America The Beautiful" & b 4 4 Ó Œ... & b.. #. F # & b... & b.. 15.11 Etude & 4 4.. &..
15.12 "Auld Lang Syne" & 4 4 Ó Œ... &... 15.13 "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" melody, W.A. Mozart & 4. f. Œ.. J J Œ & &........ Œ p &... Œ... Œ 15.14 "Anchors Aeigh" (U.S. Navy Song) & b 4 4. & b n. & b n
15.15 Chapter Fifteen Blues (sing) & b. -.. & b. -.. & b... b 16.01 Etude: Phrasing & bb. P. Π& bb. 16.02 Etude: Phrasing Sloly & b b P & bb. J
16.03 Etude: Phrasing and Articulation &. f &. Ó. Œ 16.04 Etude: Articulation & b....... 16.05 Etude: Ostinato & b Œ & b Œ