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Playing accurately on the French horn.

“Well, Duh!?!,” a Key to Accuracy

The comments to my recent article on "tut" tonguing are a reminder that tonging is always a good topic to address. You don't want...

“Hey, I Did Not Miss Any Notes”

Ever think this after a concert? The first time that stands out in my memory is a performance of the Gounod Petite Symphonie for...

Tonguing is a big key to everything, especially accuracy

The Public Service Announcement of the weekend is on the topic of tonguing. There is a lot of dogma on tonguing out there to...

Op Ed: A License to Clam

Some critics like to tease that horn players "flub." The Vienna Phil.’s sound was extraordinary, of course: These guys never let you down there....

Optimism/Realism/Pessimism and the Horn Player

Right now I have over thirty posts in various stages of underway. This post when still in progress I initially titled “Abused by the...

Farkas and Accuracy and Gustatory Synesthesia

Philip Farkas was one of the few authors of a horn method to tackle the topic of accuracy head on. In his chapter on that...

Philip Myers on Playing a Triple Horn and Accuracy

I recently noted a link to a 1998 interview with Philip Myers, Principal Horn of the New York Philharmonic. He is a very notable...

A Brain for Clam Control

There is nothing new about clam-xiety. A great deal of attention has been flagged here recently on the issue of cracked notes on the horn...

Chasing Rainbows; On Critiquing Horn Clams

Reaction to a NY Times review, "That Wild Card of the Orchestra." I have read critic Allan Kozinn's odd diatribe in the New York Times...

110% accuracy is the goal?

The horn is, among standard orchestral instruments, perhaps the easiest to miss notes on. I recall Verne Reynolds requesting in lessons 110% accuracy. Reynolds...