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Bad Conventional Wisdom, part 2: Tonguing misconceptions
Returning to the story of 2008 and my teaching and playing, I faced a reality that I did not do what I thought I...
Hornmasters extra: Pottag on tonguing in 1947, and an inside look on video
Max Pottag (1876-1970) certainly qualifies as a master hornist, performing for 40 seasons with the Chicago Symphony and having published pedagogical materials still in...
On attention to detail, accuracy, and tonguing problems
This week a legendary figure in the horn/music world passed away, Gunther Schuller. His name has come up in Horn Matters quite a few...
An inside look at tonguing (and more) on the horn
One of the big, important topics of horn playing is tonguing. A new video making the rounds this weekend is the newest episode of Sarah´s Music,...
Horn Pedagogy Week 8: Rapid Tonguing, Staccato, Multiple Tonguing
With the topic of tonguing introduced last week, this week the focus is the more “advanced” forms of tonguing including rapid tonguing, staccato, and...
Horn Pedagogy Week 7: Slurs, Legato, and Average Tonguing
Tonguing is a huge topic. There are a wide range of ways to articulate notes from the most legato to the shortest articulation possible....
Hornmasters on Double and Triple Tonguing. Part III: Brophy, Tuckwell, and Reynolds
To conclude this series on double and triple tonguing, we turn to William R. Brophy, who suggests in his Technical Studies for Solving Special...
Hornmasters on Double and Triple Tonguing. Part II: Yancich, Fox, and Berv
In part I Schuller and Farkas ultimately come across as not being big advocates of multiple tonguing. Today we turn a corner however and...
Hornmasters on Double and Triple Tonguing. Part I: Schuller and Farkas
While long considered an essential skill for the trumpet player, double and triple tonguing was not so essential that it was included in The...
An Inside Look at Double and Triple Tonguing
Over a year ago the focus of an article on breaking the embouchure was an X-ray video of a horn player which showed the...