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Hornmasters on Double and Triple Tonguing. Part III: Brophy, Tuckwell, and Reynolds

PUBLISHED: December 20, 2011, John Ericson

To conclude this series on double and triple tonguing, we turn to William R. Brophy, who suggests in his Technical Studies for Solving Special Problems on the Horn to focus on cutting off the ends of the syllables with the tongue as an aid to double tonguing. The first step is to focus on the [...]

Hornmasters: Farkas and Reynolds on Sforzando

PUBLISHED: November 17, 2011, John Ericson

For those following this series on tonguing closely, while many fine horn players do play with the tongue at the bottom of the teeth and near the lip opening at most or all times, Farkas was strongly against that type of approach. However, in The Art of French Horn Playing he does allow for the [...]

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Articulation, Philip Farkas, Verne Reynolds

Hornmasters on Rapid Tonguing, Part I: Quotes and a Video

PUBLISHED: November 8, 2011, John Ericson

We all need speed! To begin this survey on the topic of rapid single tonguing, Farkas in The Art of French Horn Playing advocated a soft “too” or “doo” to make a “much lighter seal that allows very rapid, light tonguing.” Farkas returned to the topic in The Art of Brass Playing with four aids [...]

Hornmasters on Average Tonguing, Part V: Reynolds and Hill

PUBLISHED: November 3, 2011, John Ericson

To conclude our series on tonguing in general we turn to two more recent American horn teachers. Verne Reynolds in The Horn Handbook ties the action of the tongue stroke to the air and that it all must happen in one, uninterrupted and automatic motion. The tongue stroke and air flow must be timed precisely. [...]

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Articulation, Douglas Hill, Verne Reynolds

Hornmasters: Attacks, a Prelude to Tonguing

PUBLISHED: October 11, 2011, John Ericson

Tonguing would seem on the surface to be a fairly uncontroversial topic. We have touched on this topic in this series of quotations from Classic horn methods but now it is time to turn more directly to the topic. Tonguing is a topic that every teacher has tips to offer. Looking at the big picture [...]

Hornmasters on Legato Tonguing

PUBLISHED: September 20, 2011, John Ericson

As a prelude to his general discussion of tonguing in Chapter 9 of The Art of French Horn Playing, at the end of Chapter 8 Philip Farkas kicks things off with a brief discussion of legato tonguing. Legato tonguing involves making a connection between the notes. In a legato phrase the player … must keep [...]

Hornmasters: Berv and Reynolds on Slurs

PUBLISHED: September 11, 2011, John Ericson

For Harry Berv in A Creative Approach to the French Horn the concept of “leverage” was essential to a good slur. In making a slur on the horn, the airflow must be even so that the lips will be in a constant state of vibration. Should the airstream become uneven, the lips will not vibrate [...]

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