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Why was the Valve Invented?

A question that comes up periodically is that of why was the valve invented. There is a myth that is repeated often that they...

The Words of the Great Horn Players are not Infallible Words

We have some very thoughtful commentators on Horn Matters. University of Iowa horn professor Jeffrey Agrell wrote a great comment in reply to my...

Tips on Auditioning for a Summer Festival (or anything else)

Yet more very timely insider information on taking auditions, in a post from the original HTML Horn Notes Blog dated 3/25/05. Another little project for...

How to Make All-State — Insider Tips

Lurking in the archive are two posts from my original HTML blog that remain very timely. Written in a period when I heard a...

Bad Page Turns: A Thing of the Past!

Or at least they should be. Over the long weekend I spent quite a bit of time working on Finale files for a new...

Professor Schmutzig and the Schmutzone 19 Valve Horn

One of the classic method books for the horn is the Complete Method für der Waldhorn oder der Ventilhorn by Professor Eric Von Schmutzig....

The Lorenzo Sansone Fan Page

A hornist who was much better known 50 years ago than today is Lorenzo Sansone. I saw on the IHS Facebook page that a...

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”...

Thinking Over the Daily Regime

As you start the New Year it is always a good time to re-evaluate your daily routine. Two recent posts on other blogs caught...

Brief Review: The Efficient Approach by Richard Deane

Richard Deane is Third Horn in the Atlanta Symphony and also teaches at the Brevard Music Center over the summers. He has just released...