Gail Williams on Free Buzzing and Right Hand Position
A topic in a number of lessons this week has been right hand position. Something I referenced in these lessons was the quote in the following post,...
The “Right” Fingering (II)
Continuing from Part I.
To recap the general rule-of-thumb for tuning pitches within a chord:
The tonic or root note should be relatively "on pitch."
The third...
One Cause of Focal Dystonia in Brass Players
One of the most serious problems a brass player can face is that of an embouchure dystonia. Why it is such a hard problem...
A Study on Hand Position: A More Stable High Range and...
I found the link in Random Monday this week to a recent (2009) study very interesting, on the topic of hand position.
The title of...
Epstein on the Horn and Summer Vacation
Eli Epstein, besides publishing a new book on horn playing, also has started answering reader questions on his Facebook page. His first post was...
Best Invention Ever: Pencil Clips
One of my younger students was fascinated by my pencil clip. This is really a must have item for the horn player. It is...
Before Farkas: Anton Horner on Tonguing
Kendall Betts in a recent post to the “Ask the Pros” section of the IHS website pointed out a great quotation on tonguing from...
Using the Horn Harmonics device to Find Custom Stopped Horn Fingerings
Several years ago I was given a sample of a wheel-like device for finding alternate fingerings called Horn Harmonics . At the time I...
Mailbag: On Oral Cavity Shape and Pitch Level
Recently on the Horn People group a question was posted that related to pitch centering, and what it was getting at I believe was...
The “Tut Tut” Style of Tonguing in Horn Articulation
Clean articulations using tongue-stopping.
With my very first baby steps on the French horn, my big brother gave me the Dennis Brain Mozart concertos album...