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Horn Pedagogy Week 12: Accuracy and Transposition

Accuracy is a big topic. It is easier for some than for other players, and is in short a bane of our existence as...

A Complete Reference for French Horn Transposition (2012)

In a few weeks John will be covering the topic of transposition in Week 12 of the University of Horn Matters pedagogy course. In the...

Tip of the Week: Improving Transposition Skills with ‘I-IV-V-I’ Practice

One of the most popular PDF downloads from the Horn Matters site is a transposition chart, located within our Resources area. Roughly defined, music transposition in performance requires a player...

Hornmasters on Transposition

For younger students of the present day who are handed a copy of The Art of French Horn Playing to help them get a...

I’m in Music Education – Why Do I Need to Know Transposition?

The sentiment behind the question presented in the title is that only performance majors pursuing a career in orchestral playing need to worry about...

French Horn Transposition Chart

A complete reference. Transposition Chart (PDF) (updated 2012) Over the past few months, I have been posting various transposition tricks, including how to transpose: A and...

Transposition Tricks: Old vs. New Notation

A detailed description of bass clef notation for French horn. Since posting a blog on concert-pitch bass clef transposition, I have been getting a lot...

Transposition Tricks: Alto Clef

Sight-reading viola music. At some gigs, you never know what will be put in front of you. Some contractors are either ignorant or care less...

Transposition Tricks: Bass Clef

An old trick for reading concert-pitch bass clef. Many times at freelance gigs, I am expected to play at sight all sorts of music -...

Transposition Tricks: Sometimes Up is Down

The oddball "up" transpositions for the French horn. In the world of Opera there is hardly a dull moment when it comes to the French...