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

Hornmasters on Mouthpiece Pressure, Part I: Farkas, Fox, and Berv

While the topic was addressed in other chapters of the book, Farkas felt it to be important enough to emphasize that he expanded his...

Hornmasters on Playing Loud Dynamics

Playing loud involves not just air but letting the air pass through the lips freely. As with the topic of soft playing, there are...

Hornmasters on Soft Dynamics

Any fine horn player or teacher is concerned with the development and control of the full range of orchestral horn dynamics. The quotes below...

Hornmasters on Endurance, Part II

Continuing from the ideas presented in part I of this series, this time we have a few more practical suggestions. Finding the balance of building...

Hornmasters on Endurance, Part I

The topics addressed in this Hornmasters series generally follow in the order of the chapters in The Art of French Horn Playing. Two types of endurance By...

Hornmasters on the Low Range, Part II: More Recent Resources

In part I of this series on the low range, quotations from a number of older horn texts were presented that in brief give...

Hornmasters on the Low Range, Part I: Older Resources

Finally in our Hornmasters series we get to the topic of the low range of the horn and changes in the embouchure from register...

Hornmasters: Even More on the High Range

To close the topic of the high range we have quotes and tips from six more classic horn texts. Two quick tips William R. Brophy in...

Hornmasters: Yancich and Fox on the High Range

Continuing our series, we have more ideas for developing the high range. Breath accents? In A Practical Guide to French Horn Playing Milan Yancich suggested when...

Hornmasters: Farkas and Schuller on the High Range

High range development is nearly universally a major goal of students of the horn. There are a lot of approaches out there to consider...
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