123’s, just like ABC’s
On just about every valved brass instrument, the combination fingerings of first and third valves or all three valves together are horrifically out-of-tune.
Trumpet players...
Improvise your Cadenza
One thing that students hate to do is write their own cadenza. Once they get going they usually find it is not that hard...
Horn Secrets: Putting Conventional Wisdom to the Test
A week from today I will present a session at the 2012 Southwest Horn Conference with the title “Horn Secrets: Putting Conventional Wisdom to...
A Horn Right Hand Position Survey
A great new resource has been posted in The IHS Online, “Two Surveys of European Horn Playing Styles.” What you will find there are...
Daydreaming in the Rests; Breathing and Blowing
A bit of free association.
During rehearsals of Verdi's Rigoletto this past weekend, I had a stream of free-associative thought during a long period of...
Secrets to setting your French horn slides correctly
An article from the original HTML Horn Notes Blog, dated 2/3/05, on a timeless topic.
One of the advantages of studying with a competent horn...
Taking Time Off from the Horn
As suggested by the pictorial piece last Friday of a horn case going into a closet, I am taking some time off from the...
Understanding Stopped Horn
Tucked away in a corner of Horn Articles Online for many years was an article on Understanding Stopped and Muted Horn and Right-Hand Position....
The “Right” Fingering (I)
The whole vs. the sum of its parts.
The French horn's valve and tuning slides work together as a comprehensive system. Small tweaks and compensations...
Cramped quarters, decibels and organ bells
Between a rock and a hard place
Easter weekend is a good payday for many brass players. Mine gig was in the choir loft...