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Short and Long Tuning Slides, and Seasonal Intonation Issues

Some readers may have noticed that with the change of seasons you have to move your slides around a bit, especially the main slide....

The Stopping Valve: The Best Invention Ever

In the United States horns with a stopping valve are not common. The most recent recital I gave is probably the first that I...

Understanding the Performing Acoustic in Relation to Your Horn Playing

The way we perform is related to the physical space we play in and the mental space we play in. First, let us consider the...

Farkas and Accuracy and Gustatory Synesthesia

Philip Farkas was one of the few authors of a horn method to tackle the topic of accuracy head on. In his chapter on that...

Tips to Consider to Improve Your Auditions

I judged two concerto competitions on Thursday, which reminded me of this post full of tips on taking all types of auditions from the original...

Using the Horn Harmonics device to Find Custom Stopped Horn Fingerings

Several years ago I was given a sample of a wheel-like device for finding alternate fingerings called Horn Harmonics . At the time I...

The Audience Thought You Were Nervous

About this time of year I always find some students are getting rather stiff in the chops, which leads to a discussion of how...

The Rosetti Horn Concertos

A good question you can ask a “horn expert” if you want to totally stump them is “how many horn concertos did Rosetti write?” This...

Videos from BlackJack Mouthpieces, and the Ultimate Mellophone Mouthpiece

One great series of videos on YouTube are Trumpet Tips from Jeffrey Curnow, Associate Principal Trumpet of the Philadelphia Orchestra. A good introduction generally...

Download the Original Kopprasch Etudes

Perhaps the oldest of the "old standard" horn etudes are the Kopprasch etudes. Back in 1997 my article on the history of the Kopprasch...