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Two Recent Works for Horn by Aliyah Danielle
With the graduation of two DMA students this semester I wanted to feature here the works associated with their projects. First up is Dr....
Does your horn spark joy?
Very recently I went through a round of testing various horns in a nice space. One had come in that I was testing for...
Fundamentals 18A. Bass clef: old (and new) notation bass clef
Number 18 on the list of fundamentals in the Douglas Hill book, which I have used to guide this series, to my mind involves...
My Mellophonium Mood
This 2008 article, very slightly updated here, originally appeared in the Horn Articles Online website
One thing I became very interested in during the summer...
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Horn Etudes by Women Composers
Many Horn Matters readers will be familiar with the Works with Horn by Women 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...
Random Articles
Double Horn Fingerings Above High C
The topic of fingerings above high C for standard double horn came up for me last week in one of the master classes in...
Hornmasters: Farkas and Reynolds on Sforzando
For those following this series on tonguing closely, while many fine horn players do play with the tongue at the bottom of the teeth...
Warm-Up with Drone > Tuner
Which is better, warming up with drone pitches from a pitch generator or watching a tuner? If you have the time and location to...
Photos of Lots and Lots of Antique Horns
The Horn-U-Copia site was recently redesigned, and as a part of their updates they now have databases of photos of all sorts of antique...
14 books published on the horn, 2013-18
A question I recently needed to research was that of what books on the horn (and middle brass) have been published in the past...
Hornmasters: Cousins and Reynolds on Conductors
For this final post in the entire "Hornmasters" series we have two perspectives on the conductors we will be working with.
Three categories of conductors?
Farquharson...
