Back in 2014 I posted an article (here) comprised of “Hornist Hamster” memes that were all Verne Reynolds quotes. It is kind of a niche type of meme, but in any case this fall I got inspired to revisit them and apply the Reynolds quotes to a variety of meme templates. A group of them are below, enjoy! Some were heard from friends or are quotes from his book. When appropriate I’ve added brief notes on them as well.
UPDATE: Added way at the end is one new one, hat tip to Horn People group for a quote from page 71 of his book. It applies really to any etude number 10.
Hey Vern! I mean Verne.
I know he liked my very fast single tonguing.
Very wise words.
This next one is inspired by something he said in a lesson, he considered Strauss 2, Gliere, and Gordon Jacob to be the 3 big concertos for horn.
He said the below in one of my lessons.
Oh, said this too.
And this.
This next one, I’m not sure if he was quoting someone else or not (Farkas said something similar), but it was said in a lesson of mine and probably to other students. It was meant ironically/negatively, not as humor.
Finally, this last one is based on a quote I wrote down in my notes the very first time I met Reynolds. He was giving a master class at Wichita State and I was a senior at Emporia State, I went to Eastman for MM study the following fall. The actual quote is he was listening primarily for “Accuracy, Intonation, and Rhythm.” At the time I wrote in my notes what about musicality? Remember, that is exceedingly important too.
UPDATE: This is in reference to Maxime-Alphonse book 6, but applies to any etude book really.
