January 6, 2009 by John Ericson
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New video resources on tuning the horn
I am presenting a session on tuning the horn at AMEA on Saturday. In preparation I was looking online for any new resources on the topic and discovered a series of 23 short videos for young hornists and music educators by Katherine Liesener. The whole series is interesting but in particular “Adjusting French Horn Intonation with the Hand-in-Bell” and “How to Adjust French Horn Intonation With Slides” get at topics that are important and somewhat hard for non-hornists to grasp. I will mention these videos in my session and it is great to see new resources of this type on the Internet.
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