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OpenStax

Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: An Example Intermediate Horn Home Practice

For Students 9th - 10th
If you are a French horn player, you may get a good idea of how to practice from this resource. It provides general ideas of what your practice routine should include.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Blowing Bottletops: Making Music With Glass Bottles

For Students 6th - 8th
This is a musical project about the resonance of closed-end air columns. Organ pipes, flutes, and brass instruments are examples of musical instruments of this type. In this project, you'll learn how the pitch of the note produced...
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Saxophone

For Students 3rd - 5th
Read more about the saxophone, and the characteristics of the woodwind family. Use RealAudio or Windows Media Player to hear the saxophone play with the orchestra.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Cornu

For Students 9th - 10th
Roman Cornu. Brass instrument used by the Roman Armies to give orders in battle.
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Other

History of Taps

For Students 9th - 10th
Many questions are answered concerning the history of Taps at this site. A wealth of information covers everything from the origins of Taps to performance guidelines.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Cornu

For Students 9th - 10th
A wind instrument, anciently made of horn, but afterwards of brass. Like the tuba, it differed from the tibia in being a larger and more powerful instrument, and from the tuba itself, in being curved nearly in the shape of a C, with a...
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University of Michigan

University of Michigan: Mike Schmidt's Trombone Studio

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a brief overview of the trombone. It describes a little bit of its history and references known trombone players.
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Curated OER

Pay the Piper: The Trumpet & the Cornet

For Students 9th - 10th
This website, intended for young students wishing to play a musical instrument, discusses the "pros and cons" of playing the trumpet or cornet. The site provides background information on these brass instruments.
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Curated OER

Pay the Piper: The Trumpet & the Cornet

For Students 9th - 10th
This website, intended for young students wishing to play a musical instrument, discusses the "pros and cons" of playing the trumpet or cornet. The site provides background information on these brass instruments.
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For Students 9th - 10th
Dr. Ericson holds firm to his beliefs that the valve was not invented as "a mere crook changing device." Dr. Ericson embraces the idea that the "co-inventors of the valve clearly intended to perfect the brass instruments by making them...

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