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Hornmasters on the Geometry of the Lips and Corners

PUBLISHED: August 1, 2010, John Ericson

In this series of posts I have quoted from classic horn texts following along the topics as presented in The Art of French Horn Playing. Of all the chapters of this classic book the chapter on the embouchure is one of the most controversial. In fact I have heard experienced horn teachers say that everything [...]

Hornmasters: Schuller, Yancich, Robinson, and Fox on Holding the Horn and Left Hand Position

PUBLISHED: April 18, 2010, John Ericson

Today we have a four-pack of quotes from classic horn texts on holding the horn and left hand position, with two keys for fast finger technique the end of the post. Gunther Schuller in Horn Technique addresses further the topic of the left hand. While on the topic of playing position, I would like to [...]

Farewell to Blogging about the Embouchure (for a while)

PUBLISHED: October 19, 2008, John Ericson

The last few weeks of teaching and playing have been very interesting, as I have arrived at several key insights into my own playing with practical applications to my students. What are they? I don’t want to get too specific at this time but they have to do with tonguing and high range On tonguing, [...]

Quote of the Week–Fox on Tongue Position

PUBLISHED: November 26, 2006, John Ericson

Here is a topic that is very important to horn players but little discussed, tongue position changes by register. We have discussed the fact that the tongue position goes gradually to the “eee” sound in the higher registers. However, when playing in the highest possible range of the instrument, that “eee” tongue position tends to [...]

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Quote of the Week–Fox on High Range

PUBLISHED: November 19, 2006, John Ericson

I find this a very interesting description of how the muscles work, especially compared to the typical Farkas-oriented approach. The embouchure consists of two pairs of separate control muscles. The corner pair, the ones used when pronouncing “eeeeee,” and the middle pair, the ones used to pronounce “mmmmmmmmmmm.” It is possible to tighten the corner [...]

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