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Brief Review: The GigBag Horn Mute Bag

PUBLISHED: December 4, 2011, John Ericson

A new product I was sent recently for review is the GigBag horn mute bag. As the website states, “The GigBag is a carrying case for multiple horn mutes and music accessories, designed specifically for horn players’ needs.” In short the product is very nicely made and comfortably has room for two horn mutes and [...]

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Brief Review: The Dämpfer Mitt

PUBLISHED: June 5, 2011, John Ericson

Recently we had coverage on Horn Matters of a video of a presentation by Dr. Peter Iltis on embouchure dystonia. Iltis it turns out is not only a hornist and a Professor of Kinesiology but also an inventor! During the 1990s he had out a product called the Dämpfer Mitt. It went off the market, [...]

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Long Before Farkas: Horn Mutes and Other Advice for Brass Players from 1813

PUBLISHED: June 3, 2010, John Ericson

Way back in 1813 a comprehensive method book with sections on all the instruments was published, the Vollständige Theoretisch-pracktische Musikschule [Complete Theoretical-practical Music Method] of Joseph Fröhlich. The various instrument methods published inside this work are reasonably well known to scholars (they were also published separately from the full Musikschule), but as described in the [...]

Recent Innovations in Stop Mutes, and Notes on Stopping on the B-flat and High F Sides

PUBLISHED: November 12, 2009, John Ericson
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New products are always of interest at Horn Matters. Recently I heard of a new type of stop mute made of wood, the Woodstop, and Ion Balu has also introduced a new stop mute with a unique bell design. Both are very innovative designs about which we have not yet posted. Stop Mutes in General [...]

Review: E-Brass Whisper System

PUBLISHED: October 14, 2009, Bruce Hembd
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This past weekend a colleague in the Arizona Opera orchestra showed me a new horn product. At first glance I honestly thought it was a coffee travel cup. It’s aluminum exterior and shape was almost identical to my coffee thermos. After seeing him put it inside his bell, I realized my mistake – this was [...]

Muted or Open (or Stopped?) in Symphonie Fantastique?

PUBLISHED: September 11, 2009, John Ericson

Following up on the topic of stopped horn in Brahms, there is a related issue in the famous “March to the Scaffold” movement of the Symphonie Fantastique of Hector Berlioz. In some editions the part is marked Con Sordino. In some recordings it is played muted, in others it is open. What did Berlioz want? [...]

Muting in Beethoven

PUBLISHED: November 4, 2008, Bruce Hembd

A gem for woodwind octet with odd mute changes. John Ericson recently wrote a post at the Horn Notes Blog about playing a stopped passage in Gershwin’s American in Paris with mutes. I ran into a similar situation. Beethoven’s Rondino (1792) is written for two oboes, two clarinets, two horns and two bassoons. It was [...]

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