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- Page 1 Play It Today! jHorn FREE DOWNLOAD METHOD BOOK BACKING TRACKS & VIDEOS www.nuvo-instrumental.com...
- Page 2 Dropbox folder or on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@NuvoInstrumental Don’t forget that NUVO instruments are pitched in the key of C (concert pitch). This makes it easy to add other instruments like piano, guitar and ukulele to create a mixed ensemble.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
First and Second Endings................41-42 Note F # ........................ Note High E and High F..................Notes A and E ....................Congratulations! - Play It Today Certificate............jHorn Fingering Chart..................53-54 Copyright © 2016 Nuvo Instrumental (Asia) Ltd. All rights reserved. 2023 Edition. - Page 4 This book is written to be used either on your own or as part of a larger group or class. You can play these tunes with other C instruments such as recorders, xylophones and ukuleles. NUVO Superstars & Certificate Look out for the stars as you progress through the book.
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Page 5: Introducing The Jhorn
jHorn Introducing the jHorn Silicone Mouthpiece Bell Mouthpiece Valves Lead Pipe Lock for Valve Compartment Water Valve To use this book, make sure your jHorn is set up in B-flat tuning Your jHorn will be in B-flat out of the box so unless you have moved any- thing around, it is ready to go! Check the leaflet that came with your jHorn if you are unsure which key your jHorn is currently in. -
Page 6: Assembly And Mouthpieces
jHorn jHorn Assembly 1. Attach a silicone mouthpiece cup to the mouthpiece with a slight twist. 2. Insert the mouthpiece into the lead pipe. 3. Make sure the mouthpiece is connected securely but not too tight. Mouthpiece Options: Your jHorn comes with three different sized silicone mouthpiece covers. They correspond to different members of the brass family. -
Page 7: Holding The Jhorn
jHorn Holding the jHorn Make sure the mouthpiece is facing you. Create a cup shape with your left hand and place it on the bottom or side of the jHorn. Your right hand rests on top of the instrument. Good Posture If sitting, the posture of the upper half of the body should be the same as the images above. -
Page 8: Playing The Jhorn
jHorn Playing Your jHorn 1. Lick your lips. Then keep your lips together and try to blow them apart with only your air to create a buzz. 2. Try to create a buzz with high and low sounds. 3. Bring the mouthpiece to your lips gently, don’t press it too hard. 4. -
Page 9: Articulation
jHorn Articulation Once you can create a consistent tone on the jHorn, you can begin to introduce articulation which is the separation of notes by using the tongue to interrupt the airflow. Start by saying “Too” without the instrument. Notice how the top part of the tongue moves up and down. Next, bring the instrument to the mouth and trying playing notes B, A, and G making sure to start each note with the tongue. -
Page 10: Introducing The Staff Or Stave
jHorn Introducing the Staff or Stave Musical notation is written out using lines called the staff, or stave. The notes are placed either in the spaces between the lines, or on the lines depending on which notes they are. Time signatures tell us how many Bar lines divide the music staff beats per measure. -
Page 11: Let's Play Some Notes: B, A And G
jHorn Let’s Play Some Notes: B, A and G The first notes we are going to learn on the jHorn are B, A and G. Remember how to hold your instrument (refer to page 6 if needed). Notice that the fingering is the same for notes G and B. Use a tuner or piano to double check your pitches as you are starting out. - Page 12 jHorn Let’s Play Some Tunes The first tune we are going to play only uses one note – B. First try to clap out the rhythm of the tune, then have a listen to the demonstration track while clapping along to the tune whilst looking at the music.
- Page 13 jHorn Now try the same with this tune which uses just the note A. Remember to try NOTE clapping the rhythm of the tune first. A Tune A Tune Graham Lyons Graham Lyons œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙...
- Page 14 jHorn If we want the music to sound more interesting we need to use more than one note in a tune. Try playing these 4 tunes that use B, A and G. Notice the repeat sign at the end of some pieces - this means you repeat the tune again from the start.
- Page 15 jHorn More B, A, G Tunes Baggy Pants 1 Baggy Pants 1 Graham Lyons Graham Lyons ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ Œ ™ ™ Baggy Pants 2 Baggy Pants 2 Graham Lyons Graham Lyons œ ˙ œ œ œ œ...
- Page 16 jHorn When you play “Time Traveller” first listen to the backing track, then try to play with the music. Find a friend to play the other part! Time Traveller Time Traveller Graham Lyons Graham Lyons Group A Group A œ œ œ œ œ...
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Page 17: Duets
jHorn Playing Duets Music is usually played by more than one instrument at a time. A duet is a piece written for two players or groups. Sometimes the two players/groups have similar sounding lines, other times they have very different lines but they always sound great when played together. Rock Duo Rock Duo Paul Barker... -
Page 18: Eighth Notes
jHorn Eighth Introducing Notes eighth When we need notes that are shorter than quarter notes, we can use notes. Each eight note is worth half a quarter note. A Single eighth Eighth notes beamed together note equal 1 quarter note See if you can spot the eighth notes in “Donkeys.”... - Page 19 jHorn Eighth Note Workout! Eighth Note Workout! Bruce Hunnisett Bruce Hunnisett œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Disco Duet Disco Duet Paul Barker...
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Page 20: Note C And F
jHorn Let’s Learn More Notes: C and F NOTE NOTE C Freeze! C Freeze! Bruce Hunnisett Bruce Hunnisett œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ... -
Page 21: Slurs
jHorn Slurs If there are notes in a tune which should not be tongued, we connect the notes with a slur. These notes are played in one breath but are not separated with the tongue. Move your fingers smoothly to change the note. Try playing “Merrily”... -
Page 22: Note B
jHorn The Flat Sign NOTE A flat sign can be placed in front of any note. It lowers the note by a half-step. The next note we are learning is a B . It sounds slightly lower than B. Try playing this note; it should sound half way between A and B. -
Page 23: Dotted Half Note
jHorn Introducing the Dotted Half Note A dot after a note adds half the value of the original note. The dotted half note will be worth counts in time signatures. Look out for the dotted half notes in this tune. When The Saints When The Saints Trad. -
Page 24: Note High D/Key Signature
jHorn NOTE Key Signatures If you look at the start of “Twinkle Twinkle”, you will notice a flat sign on the B line at the start of every line. This is called the key signature, and it means all the B notes in the tune should be played as B . Twinkle Twinkle Twinkle Twinkle Trad. -
Page 25: Notes Low E, D, C
jHorn Let’s Learn Three More Notes: E, Low D and Low C. NOTE NOTE NOTE Now try playing these notes. The low notes can be hard at first. If you are struggling to get the correct sound, try using the #1 mouthpiece cup which is the largest/deepest. Let’... - Page 26 jHorn Suo-Gan Suo-Gan Trad. Welsh trad. Welsh ˙ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Up and Down Up and Down Bruce Hunnisett Bruce Hunnisett œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ...
- Page 27 jHorn London Bridge is Falling Down Trad. Now that you have learned to play more notes, it is possible to play more interesting tunes. Take your time with each tune. Start slowly and gradually practice the tunes a little faster each time. You will also see breath marks which show you where to take a breath.
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Page 28: Time Signature/Dotted Quarter Note
jHorn Introducing Time Signatures All of the music we have played so far has been in , meaning it has quarter note beats in each measure. This is called the time signature. ‘‘ C ountry Waltz’’ and ‘‘Morning’’ have a time signature of , meaning they only have quarter note beats in each measure. - Page 29 jHorn Introducing the Dotted Quarter Note beats in time signatures. The dotted quarter note is worth It is often paired with ½ an eighth note, to make complete beats as in “Michael Row the Boat Ashore” and “Ode to Joy.” Michael Row the Boat Ashore Michael Row The Boat Ashore Trad.
- Page 30 jHorn Don’t forget to check the key signature before playing the next tune. Ode To Joy Ode To Joy Beethoven 1770-1827 Beethoven 1 770-1 827 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ™ œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ...
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Page 31: Ties
jHorn This Old Man This Old Man Trad. Trad. œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ This old man. played one, played knick knack drum. With a This old man, he played one, he played knick knack my drum. - Page 32 jHorn Flashlight Flashlight Flashlight See if you can spot the ties in “Flashlight” before you try playing it. Flashlight Flashlight Flashlight Paul Barker Flashlight Paul Barker Flashlight Paul Barker Introduction Paul Barker Introduction Paul Barker Flashlight Paul Barker Introduction Paul Barker ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ Paul Barker Introduction ∑...
- Page 33 jHorn Jingle Bells Jingle Bells Trad. Arr. Paul Barker Trad. Arr. Paul Barker œ œ œ ™ ˙ ™ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ ° œ Part 1 Œ Part 1 œ œ œ ™ ˙ ™ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ...
- Page 34 jHorn Chinese Whispers Chinese Whispers Paul Barker Paul Barker œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ Œ œ ˙ Ó œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ...
- Page 35 jHorn Good King Wenceslas Good King Wenceslas Trad. Trad. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ ˙ œ Œ œ œ œ œ feast Ste - phen. Good king Wen-ces las looked out, Good king Wen ces looked out, the feast phen.
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Page 36: Staccato
jHorn In the tune “Donkeys”, you can see dots below some of the notes. These tell us that these notes should be played staccato. Staccato notes should be played short and detached so each note is clearly separate from the note that follows it. - Page 37 jHorn Play “The Chase” with staccato quarter notes. When playing a duet, work with your partner to match each other’ s style so your staccato notes sound the same. The Chase The Chase Paul Barker Paul Barker ° œ œ œ œ œ...
- Page 38 jHorn OK C Means 4 measures of rest in the beginning. ∑ œ œ œ Œ ™ ™ Forever Disco ∑ Œ ∑ œ œ œ œ œ Forever Disco Paul Barker OK C OK C Paul Barker Paul Barker OK C OK C œ w ° Œ œ œ œ œ w Œ...
- Page 39 jHorn Molly Malone Molly Malone Trad. Trad. œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó œ - lin’ s fair ci - ty, where grils lin's fair where girls œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ...
- Page 40 jHorn We Three Kings We Three Kings Trad. Trad. London Bridge is Falling Down ˙ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Œ œ Trad. three kings O - ri - ent are. Bear - ing gifts tra-verse three kinds are.
- Page 41 jHorn The Elephant Can Can The Elephant Can Can Offenbach 1 81 9-1 880 Offenbach 1819 - 1880 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ...
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Page 42: First And Second Endings
jHorn First and Second Endings 2 towards the end In “Smooth Trax” and “Reggae Trax”you can see sections marked 1 and . These are called first and second endings. The first time you play the measures marked 1 and when you repeat, you skip the first ending and play the ending marked 2. -
Page 43: Note F
jHorn Reggae Trax Reggae Trax Paul Barker Paul Barker Introduction Introduction ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ œ œ œ œ œ J œ œ œ œ œ œ œ J œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ Ó Ó ™ ™ œ œ œ œ œ J œ œ œ... - Page 44 jHorn Reggae Land Reggae Land Paul Barker Paul Barker Introduction Introduction œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ° œ œ Part 1 ™ ™ ∑ Ó ‰ œ Ó Ó ‰ Part 1 œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó œ...
- Page 45 jHorn In the tune Wonderland, there is no key signature, but if you look at bar 16 you can see an F , we call this an “accidental”. All the other F notes are normal or “natural” as we call them in music. Wonderland Wonderland Paul Barker...
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Page 46: Note High E And High F
jHorn New Note High E NOTE New Note High F NOTE Now you can play the high E and F, you know all the notes in the F major scale; have a go at playing the F major scale below. You will probably need the #3 mouthpiece cup to play notes this high. - Page 47 jHorn RAP Trax RAP Trax Paul Barker Paul Barker Coming through! Coming through! œ œ œ œ œ ˙™ œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ Œ Ó What you wanna What you wanna do - it’s on you? do - it's on you? œ ˙™ œ œ œ œ...
- Page 48 jHorn Rock Steady Rock Steady Paul Barker Paul Barker Introduction Introduction œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó ∑ ∑ ™ ™ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ...
- Page 49 jHorn Mexican Wave Mexican Wave Paul Barker Paul Barker ™ ™ Ó œ œ Audience Clap! ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ Audience Clap! Introduction Introduction ° œ œ Ó œ œ œ œ œ œ ∑ ∑ ™ ™ ∑ Part 1 Part 1 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ™...
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Page 50: Notes A And E
jHorn There is blank staff paper below if you want to compose your own music! NOTE NOTE... - Page 51 jHorn Funky Monkey Funky Monkey Bruce Hunnisett Paul Barker œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ ∑ ∑ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ n œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰...
- Page 52 If you want to learn even more great tunes, you can check out the WindStars website. When you set up a free online account, you can search for new music by instrument and specific notes. www.nuvo-windstars.com Visit our website for more details about this, and other NUVO products. www.nuvo-instrumental.com Recorder...
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Page 54: Jhorn Fingering Chart
jHorn The fingering chart here is comprehensive. In the Student Books, they will see only the notes they have learned in WindStars 2. jHorn Fingering Chart Bass Clef Release Press Down This fingering chart can be used when the jHorn is in B-flat. The thumb rests comfortably against the silicone on the first valve. - Page 55 jHorn...
- Page 56 The “Play It Today” series has been prepared and edited by 4 widely experienced music educators to provide a basis for learning the fundamentals of any NUVO instrument. This book introduces basic technique and enough notes to play simple fun tunes solo or in a group. This is the perfect method for developing the necessary skills to further explore the wealth of music available to download from the WindStars website.