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Review: Horn Harmonics, and Finding Custom Stopped Horn Fingerings

PUBLISHED: October 28, 2009, John Ericson

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 [...]

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Stopped Horn: Up or Down? Does it Matter?

PUBLISHED: October 8, 2009, Bruce Hembd
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In a past tongue-in-cheek article — “How to Provoke a Horn Geek” — I poked a little fun a some hot button issues in the horn world. One of those is the ongoing debate of stopped horn and whether the pitch actually raises or lowers upon closing the bell with the hand. Archived discussions at [...]

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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? [...]

Stopped Horn Notations in Academic Festival Overture by Brahms

PUBLISHED: September 10, 2009, John Ericson
Stopped horn passage, horn 1, Brahms Academic Festival Overture

One major work with notations in the horn part that have confused many are the unusual stopped horn notations in the Academic Festival Overture of Brahms. There are two big issues to consider in relation to this writing. The first is Brahms intentions as notated in the parts. In this case, the intention is clearly [...]

Echo Horn and the Villanelle

PUBLISHED: May 11, 2008, John Ericson

The second of two posts on performing Dukas Villanelle, posted on 10/7/05 in the original Horn Notes Blog A couple posts ago I wrote about the Villanelle and the natural horn request found in the International/Chambers edition of this work. Another spot that has an element of “controversy” about it is the echo horn effect [...]

How to Stop a Horn DVD

PUBLISHED: April 13, 2008, John Ericson

The post a couple days ago about the horn event in Illinois featuring Michael Hatfield reminded me that I had been meaning to note a new DVD that was recently released by the event host Randall Faust. It is titled How to Stop a Horn and would certainly be a product I would recommend to [...]

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