Bruce Hembd
Mind the Gap
Interesting comments from Yo Mama .At the Butts in the Seats blog, the author writes about recent comments by Yo Yo Ma as televised...
Monster Mash Wednesday
The truth that Hollywood tried to hide!
Today's monster horn player had to overcome both physical and mental setbacks, most notably a lower jaw overbite...
Monster Mash Tuesday
The studio stills that Hollywood tried to hide!
Tuesday's classic Hollywood monster was an avid horn player trained in the finest old-school European tradition. He...
Monster Mash Horn Section Week Begins
Hallowed Ween Humor
Believe it or not...when not terrorizing innocent villagers with their wild antics, the classic Hollywood monsters we know and love played the...
The “Right” Fingering (II)
Continuing from Part I.
To recap the general rule-of-thumb for tuning pitches within a chord:
The tonic or root note should be relatively "on pitch."
The third...
The “Right” Fingering (I)
The whole vs. the sum of its parts.
The French horn's valve and tuning slides work together as a comprehensive system. Small tweaks and compensations...
Sunday in the Park – Hunting Horn or Bugle?
Georges Seurat's A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1884-6) depicts a busy park filled with visitors. A masterpiece of Pointillist...
French Horn Transposition Chart
A complete reference.
Transposition Chart (PDF) (updated 2012)
Over the past few months, I have been posting various transposition tricks, including how to transpose:
A and...
An Operatic Horn Resource
Resources for opera excerpts are scarce.
I just found a resource - new to me - for operatic horn excerpts:
http://thehorninopera.com/
This is a CD (no sheet...
Fun With Scales; The Building Blocks of All Western Music
The Art of Practice, Part III.
Not much is known about the ancient philosopher, mathematician and cult leader Pythagoras but we do have him...