The best French horn fingerings in the low range
A topic that comes up pretty often teaching is that of what fingerings to use in the low range, specifically in the range from...
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...
Echo Horn and the Villanelle
The second of two posts on performing Dukas Villanelle, posted on 10/7/05 in the original Horn Notes Blog. The first article is here.
A couple...
On Playing Perfect Intervals and Horn Fifths in Tune
To a certain degree a principal horn is only as good as the second player that supports him or her. A key element in...
On Holding the Horn and Tendinitis
Bruce Richards posted an article very recently to Living the Dream on the topic of horn player tendinitis. Richards and I go way back...
From the Mailbag: What is the Full Range of a Descant...
A question came in that wondered if the descant horn can play an octave higher than a standard double horn, with the implication that...
Extreme Tonguing Techniques
One overall thought from recent auditions and horn performances I have heard is that tonguing is one of the most important technical areas to...
“Tut” for a Short, Crisp Staccato? Yes
Scott Whitener in A Complete Guide to Brass notes that
The so-called tongued release does have its place…. Professional players often make use of it...
On Phrasing in Mozart
Clues to look for in plotting an interpretation.
In planning out a performance of a Mozart horn concerto, some theoretical knowledge of musical forms is...
Reinhardt on the Eight Tongue Types
Working on my session that I will present next week at the Mid-South Horn Workshop I saw a reference to a discussion of tongue...