Lesson Plan - First French Horn Lesson
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Lesson Plan – First French Horn Lesson
Context:
• Young student with minimal musical background
• This is the student’s first lesson
• The student has never played horn before
Goal:
• The goal is for students to become more familiar with the horn
• The student will have some time to play around with the instrument
• They will learn:
o Correct breathing
o A correct embouchure
o How to buzz with and without the mouthpiece
o How to hold the instrument
o A few basic notes
Objectives:
• At the end of the lesson students will be expected to be able to:
o Put the instrument together and show the teacher
o Explain the steps for a correct embouchure and how to recognize an incorrect
embouchure
o Demonstrate a correct embouchure for their teacher
o Play the different notes they have learned
Materials:
• Yamaha Horn
• Mouthpiece
• Fingering chart
Time
Sequencing
Assessment
2
- Emphasize the importance of breathing correctly in
Make sure students are
min.
playing horn.
breathing deeply; their
- Have the student stand. Ask him or her take a deep
abdomen is rising and falling.
breath for you. Watch their breath and analyze what
There is no excessive shoulder
they do.
lifting, etc. Correct if any of
- Demonstrate how to breathe deeply -> placing your
this occurs.
hands on your stomach so that they can see them
rise/fall.
- Ask them to do the same. Again watch their breathing.
3
- Once the student knows how to breathe well teach
Make sure the student’s
min.
them how to form a horn embouchure and buzz (without
corners are tight. Ensure that
the mouthpiece).
they are not puffing out their
- The corners of the mouth should be tight, like
cheeks. Make sure they can
when eating a lemon.
buzz
- Air flows through a small opening at the center
of your mouth (shouldn’t leak out the sides when
using the mouthpiece).
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