NATURAL HORN CPD COURSE SYLLABUS

WEEK ONE

• Getting the basics right! Including:

  • Working at different pitches.

  • Cor alto v. cor basse.

  • Warm up/down.

  • Open harmonics 101.

WEEK TWO

• Cor solo crooks (D through to G).

• Everything you’ve always wanted to know but were afraid to ask about right hand technique.

• Special focus on the top A.

WEEK THREE

• Cor basse crooks (C basso and below)

• Introduction to interval training.

• Special focus on notes formed by taking the hand out of the bell.

WEEK FOUR

• Cor alto crooks (A alto and above).

• Further interval training.

WEEK FIVE

• Factitious notes below the stave.

• Opening up the high register.

WEEK SIX

• Arpeggios/broken chords.

• Scales.

• Flexibility

WEEK SEVEN

• Minor tonalities.

• Playing in multiple crooks.

WEEK EIGHT

• HIP articulation.

WEEK NINE

• HIP ornamentation.

WEEK TEN

• Improvisation.

• Cadenzas.

• Preludes.