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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...

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...

The Provocative Teacher

I don't particularly like to do this, but occasionally I encounter a student that absolutely needs to be poked with a stick. Repeatedly. The...

Interview with Darin Sorley: The Making of a Horn Maker

Darin Sorley and I go way back to junior high school and I have embedded a few newspaper clippings in this article from that...

Hornmasters: Schuller on Mouthpieces

Gunther Schuller was certainly aware of The Art of French Horn Playing, and also chose to start his 1962 publication Horn Technique with the...

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...

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 Too Much Pressure? There’s a Device for That

Anyone who has read Farkas knows he was quite concerned with pressure and not using too much pressure into the high range. As a...

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