John Ericson
Hornmasters: Schuller on Right Hand Position
The second chapter of Horn Technique by Gunther Schuller is on the topic of tone production and the first aspect of tone production discussed...
Hornmasters: Farkas on Right Hand Position
Most active horn teachers have read the Farkas book at some point but mostly not recently. One thing that you may have missed was...
European [Alexander] Shank Mouthpieces and the French Horn [updated]
Several mouthpiece makers catering to the North American market produce mouthpieces with a European shank. It is a topic a lot of horn players...
Ascending Third Valve Horns Past and Present
The Mellocast for this week is on a topic not often discussed, that of ascending third valve horns. In short, this is a French...
Gottlob Benedikt Bierey: Excited about Valves
Bruce sent me a link to a very interesting post yesterday from the site Wired.com. The title of the post was “May 3, 1815:...
Hornmasters: Tuckwell on Holding the Horn and Left Hand Position
In our series of quotes from classic horn texts we will close out this part of the series with Barry Tuckwell.
On playing standing and...
Appel Interstellaire [Interstellar Call] for Solo Horn by Messiaen
Recently I heard the Appel Interstellaire of Olivier Messiaen performed by Patrick Hughes at the Northwest Horn Symposium. This is a work that...
Hornmasters: Berv on Holding the Horn and Left Hand Position
Harry Berv has a number of thoughts on proper playing position in his classic book A Creative Approach to the French Horn.
Some words...
Hornmasters: Schuller, Yancich, Robinson, and Fox on Holding the Horn and Left Hand Position
Today we have a four-pack of quotes from classic horn texts on holding the horn and left hand position.
Curve those fingers
Gunther Schuller in Horn...
Hornmasters: Farkas on Holding the Horn and the Left Hand
Continuing in our series of quotes from classic publications on the the horn, now that we have our horn selected and in working order...