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A series of articles featuring quotations from famous masters of the French horn.

Hornmasters on Trills, Part II: Various Tips

As it is a problem for so many players, basically every book on the horn has some thoughts on the topic of lip trills....

Hornmasters on Trills, Part I: Farkas

One skill that for many horn players is a source of fear is lip trilling. A great trill is an absolute requirement for artistic...

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...

Hornmasters on Accuracy, Some Final Notes

In short, in this series we have seen that there is no shortage of advice with respect to the critical topic of accuracy.  To...

Hornmasters on Accuracy, Part IV: Perfection and Beyond!

The quest for accuracy is in a sense a quest for perfection. It is a mission taken on by many horn players, and is...

Hornmasters on Accuracy, Part III: Some Shorter Quotations

We now turn to some shorter quotations, several of which are very useful ideas. Self care is part of it Harry Berv in A Creative Approach...

Hornmasters on Accuracy, Part II: Schuller and Fox

Some accuracy issues are related to outside forces... Conductors are part of the problem All horn players recognize that conductors are a part of the accuracy...

Hornmasters on Accuracy, an Introduction and Part I

With this topic we get to one that we all care about a lot, accuracy. Who does not want to play more accurately? And...

Hornmasters on Mouthpiece Pressure, Part III: Yet More

To close this series on mouthpiece pressure we have notes from four more recent sources. As in parts I and II, there are some...

Hornmasters on Mouthpiece Pressure, Part II: Cousins and Wekre

Continuing our look at mouthpiece pressure, as time passes we can see authors react to the approaches of part I. Lips are tough Farquharson Cousins expresses...
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