SubCategory Archive (tags): ‘Stopped horn & other effects’
See the complete archive.9 Ways We can Tell that a Composer or Arranger Does Not Know how to Write for the Horn
Periodically we at Horn matters have touched on the topic of bad horn writing. Horn players reading this already have a good idea, intuitively, what is characteristic for the horn (especially heroic lines) but it is something that is not necessarily intuitively understood by composers and arrangers. In this article I brought up these topics: [...]
Composers, Stopped horn & other effects
A Study on Hand Position: Notes on the High Range and Hand Stopping
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 the project is “Spectral Analysis of the French Horn and the Hand-in-Bell Effect” and author Adam Watts wrote the paper as a Senior Thesis in the Department of Physics, University [...]
Hand position & holding, Stopped horn & other effects
Understanding Stopped Horn
Tucked away in a corner of Horn Articles Online for many years was an article on Understanding Stopped and Muted Horn and Right-Hand Position. It went online over ten years ago and was intended as a supplemental material for a brass methods (techniques) class, but was removed from the site a couple summers ago as part of [...]
Two More Horn Player Tricks
Following up on the post from Bruce yesterday (on playing notes out the valve slides–check that video) I have two more horn player “tricks” that may or may not mean much but mean something. One is about the “pop frequency” of mouthpieces. Take a mouthpiece and “pop” it against the palm of your hand as [...]
Recent Innovations in Stop Mutes, and Notes on Stopping on the B-flat and High F Sides
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 [...]
Descants & Triples, Ion Balu, Mutes & muting, Stopped horn & other effects
The Stopping Valve: The Best Invention Ever
In the United States horns with a stopping valve are not common. The most recent recital I gave is probably the first that I actually made much use of my stopping valve (on passages in Alla Caccia by Alan Abbott) and I must say it is just about the best invention ever. A stopping valve [...]
Review: Horn Harmonics, and Finding 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 thought it honestly to be somewhat useless, as most alternates are pretty obvious. However, last year, I started using the device somewhat regularly in lessons to find a specific type of alternate fingering [...]
Random Articles
‘Radical’ Embouchure Experiments, II - Lip Rolling and Debunking the Farkas 'Bible':My decision to change my embouchure and try some new things as described in Part I was not a blind or reckless choice. I was not driven by a mad d...
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Thoughts on Using a Mirror in Practice Sessions: Ever since my college days I have always used a mirror in my practice. When warming-up especially I like to stare into it and just observe what is goi...
Recent sale Items
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February 7, 2012 - 10:43 - Conn 8D Elkhart Double
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January 27, 2012 - 13:23 - Syst. Prof. Döhler 1 mouthpiece
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January 20, 2012 - 11:35 - Herco mouthpiece
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Random Hornmasters
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- Hornmasters: Tuckwell and Bushhouse on Right Hand Position
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- Hornmasters on Double and Triple Tonguing. Part I: Schuller and Farkas
- Hornmasters on How Much to Practice
- Hornmasters on Rapid Tonguing, Part II: Brophy
- Hornmasters on Legato Tonguing
- Hornmasters: The Exhale and Points of Resistance, Part I
- Hornmasters on Average Tonguing, Part IV: Tuckwell and Cousins
- Hornmasters: Merewether, Tuckwell, and Bushhouse on Care and Maintenance
- Hornmasters on Staccato, Part I: Farkas and Schuller
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Random Humor
- Horns as Stage Props, IV (M*A*S*H*)
- Lateral Tongue Technique
- 9 Ways We can Tell that a Composer or Arranger Does Not Know how to Write for the Horn
- Anatomy of a Mouthpiece Pouch
- Beadle Gets a Clam
- Archibald Noodlefish on Listening to Live Concerts and Pre-Recorded Music
- The Most Insane and Crazy Carmen Story Ever – Part I
- A Trumpeter’s Revenge
- Late Night Visitor; A Variation on Nighthawks
- Memories of Horn Calls Past: My First Issue of The Horn Call, Part II–Reports on the 1979 Workshop and the Bass Horn
- Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra; By Indirections Find Directions Out
- Horndog Fun and Humor in Review
- Humor: The Farkas Photo
