Hornmasters on Double and Triple Tonguing. Part III: Brophy, Tuckwell, and Reynolds

‘Tis the season At Bennett’s Tenets, we see an example of how busy this season can get for musicians. Musicians in black A point I never thought about – audiences at symphony concerts can sometimes be seeing the orchestra at “shoe level.” But can an orchestra musician still be stylish within the constraints of a [...]

James asks: I recently purchased an old 1960′s Contempora online. However, both the horn and the case look like they haven’t been touched since the 1960′s; even the valve oil, slide grease, and rag that came with it looked like they popped out of another era. Unfortunately, all aspects (horn, case) smelled like really bad [...]

In addition to searching for orchestra musicians via the online service Craigslist, the Louisville Orchestra Inc. (LOI) has created and is distributing an advertisement calling for replacement musicians. The line in the sand, according to an LO press release, was drawn last month when the LOI management unilaterally declared that the protracted contract dispute and [...]

David Wilken has put together a superb 50-minute video on embouchure basics that should be required watching for both teachers and players. The topic of embouchure can be a hot-button topic among horn players especially, one than can ignite passionate opinion. Mr. Wilken does an excellent job of myth-busting; he separates the fact from fiction [...]

In part I Schuller and Farkas ultimately come across as not being big advocates of multiple tonguing. Today we turn a corner however and arrive at sources a bit more committed to learning the skill. Milan Yancich in A Practical Guide to French Horn Playing has a section of exercises to develop triple and double [...]

Way back on 7/13/06 I had a short article in reference to playing jazz on my original HTML blog under the title, “Not Like Kopprasch.” The thought comes back periodically, and came back recently as there are some great jazz arrangements on the brass band Christmas concert I am playing this weekend with the Salt [...]