Archive by tag 'Low range'

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Breaking the Embouchure

09/07/2010

A topic I recently promised to return to and expand upon was that of breaking the embouchure. It is another of those hot topics of horn playing. There are two overall trains of thought on this in the horn playing community. I am not going to quote it all out today but Frøydis Ree Wekre [...]

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The Low C Video

04/06/2010

I am asked occasionally about the videos on the left hand side of the current site design. Bruce picks these videos. One he recently posted I was very interested to see, a video of how the lips actually move playing a low C. The lip motion recorded is very similar to the motion seen in [...]

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Tip of the Month: Fingerings in the Low Range

06/16/2009

One interesting corner of The IHS Online, the website of the International Horn Society, is a section of tips of the month. I was recently asked to supply some new content for this area similar to some of the tips found in this site (for example my post on fingerings above high C). The first [...]

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Homogenize Your Low Range

03/19/2009

In The Brass Gym authors and tuba virtuosi Sam Pilafian and Patrick Sheridan speak of the exercise they call “Schwarmaaaaaa!” as being excellent to “homogenize the sound you produce on your instrument.” It is a low range exercise, and in lessons this week I have found myself using this same term, as one big key [...]

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Bordogni (“Rochut”) Etudes for Horn

10/30/2008

The Bordogni/Rochut etudes have long been a standard used by low brass players. Joannes Rochut was a trombonist in the Boston Symphony in the early 19th century; most commonly these are called the Rochut etudes, but actually they are his version of the vocalises of Bordogni. These are great study materials. Some horn teachers use [...]

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Hermann Neuling

05/26/2008

I love the low horn etudes by Hermann Neuling; I feel certain that these made a big difference in my playing. I have had most of my students work out at least a few of the 30 Spezial-Etuden fur tiefes Horn [30 Special Etudes for Low Horn] published by Pro Musica Verlag, and a couple [...]

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Two Things from a Trumpet Class

04/18/2008

I often say that you can pick up a lot from other brass players. Soloist and Arizona State University Regents Professor of trumpet David Hickman gave on Wednesday a version of his presentation/demonstration for the ITG conference this summer for our Brass Area. In it there were two points that stood out for me. 1. [...]

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