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Mailbag: The Top 3 Horn Concertos

A question came in earlier this year asking generally what are the top 3 horn concertos. With the end of the semester for my...

Ultrasonic Cleaning and your Horn

You know that you need to keep your horn clean. If you are proactive about maintenance you will hardly ever need to have your...

Geyer Update: Engravings, Serial Numbers, and More

I could also have titled this article “Things I got wrong” in the Geyer Dreaming series (which starts here), or the related article published...

Revisiting the Art of French Horn on LP Records

The past year the vast majority of my actual classical music listening has been to LP records. With the recent passing of Hermann Baumann...
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Horn Etudes by Female Composers

Many Horn Matters readers will be familiar with the Works with Horn by Female Composers website by Dr. Lin Foulk. If not, this is...

Julius Watkins, jazz French horn pioneer

Talking with colleagues recently, a topic that came up was how some great players of the recent past are unjustly neglected today. In terms...

Overview of Trusted Brands in French Horns

A survey titled "What Brand Names Do You Trust?" collected the opinions of 392 participants. The results are in and while it may take...

Choosing a French Horn Mouthpiece (I): The Basic Parts

Part I: The Rim and Preliminary Thoughts Part II: Cup, Throat and Bore Part III: Weight, Plating and Shopping Tips For the past decade...

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...

Farkas on Stagefright (and more)

In the world of horn there have been few that made as much impact as Philip Farkas (1914-1992). The Art of French Horn Playing...

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Video: The Horn Solo on “For No One”

On the hornlist recently a most interesting video has been noted, the recording session for the Beatles song “For No One” as depicted in...

Halloween Finale; Monster Horn Players

A monster of a different kind. The final creature-feature in this week's "Monster Mash" enjoyed an illustrious second career after retiring from horn playing. As...

“Tut” for a Short, Crisp Staccato? Yes

Scott Whitener in A Complete Guide to Brass notes that The so-called tongued release does have its place…. Professional players often make use of it...

Pre-Holiday Flood: It’s Raining Memes!

Click on any image to enlarge.                                                                                             More Memes, Say You? If you enjoyed these, you might browse the entire Photoshop & Memes category and look around. Below are...

Horns as Stage Props, III (The Blue French Horn)

On the American television romantic comedy How I Met Your Mother, a horn has been a regular prop for many seasons. The infamous 'blue...

News Flash from 1990: The Mozart Concert Rondo now has Sixty...

Several times recently I have noted that it is not widely enough known that the Concert Rondo of Mozart, K. 371, is actually sixty...
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