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Intonation and Vowel Shapes
Since doing the interviews with Peter Iltis (MRI horn) last summer (more here) I have been pondering a related topic, horn intonation and vowel...
Accuracy, intonation, tone. You need them all, so what type of horn gives you...
In a very recent Horn People discussion there was a topic posted related to triple horns, more specifically to the question of if the...
Change your tuner, change your life — and warming up to improve intonation
There are a number of tuners out there that go beyond the old basic Korg tuner that has been so standard for years. Students...
Horn Pedagogy Week 3: Right Hand Position, Fingerings, and Intonation
Three closely related topics are on the agenda for this week -- related in that all of them impact intonation
Readings this week
Keeping it simple,...
Hornmasters on Intonation
In this series I have generally been starting with a quote from The Art of French Horn Playing. The discussion there on tuning is...
Short and Long Tuning Slides, and Seasonal Intonation Issues
Some readers may have noticed that with the change of seasons you have to move your slides around a bit, especially the main slide....
The Mellophone Intonation Smackdown
I am on episode 40 of The Mellocast, the weekly podcast on all things mellophone. This episode is one of their best, on the...
Vienna Horns, part II: Playing this Vienna Horn
In Part I (here) I mentioned that I only recently have had the opportunity to play a Vienna horn that, to my feeling of...
Memes: Updated Verne Reynolds Memes
Back in 2014 I posted an article (here) comprised of "Hornist Hamster" memes that were all Verne Reynolds quotes. It is kind of a...
3 Main Aspects of Playing Improvement
I have heard it said that we are standing on the shoulders of those that have gone before us. In terms of horn playing,...