The “Right” Fingering (II)
Continuing from Part I.
To recap the general rule-of-thumb for tuning pitches within a chord:
The tonic or root note should be relatively "on pitch."
The third...
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...
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...
Stopped Horn: Up or Down? Does it Matter?
In a past tongue-in-cheek article -- "How to Provoke a Horn Geek" -- I poked a little fun a some hot button issues in...
From the Mailbag: What is the Full Range of a Descant...
A question came in that wondered if the descant horn can play an octave higher than a standard double horn, with the implication that...
Review: Recent Innovations in Stop Mutes, and Notes on Stopping on...
New products are always of interest at Horn Matters. Recently I heard of a new type of stop mute made of wood, the Woodstop,...
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....
3 horn right hand position topics
Today we have three short topics, all related to right hand position.
The Beauty Queen and the Puppet
In the summers at the Interlochen Arts Camp...
Reinhardt on the Eight Tongue Types
Working on my session that I will present next week at the Mid-South Horn Workshop I saw a reference to a discussion of tongue...
On the Dreaded C on the Third Space, the Best Note...
They have all been off the site for a while, but in the early years of Horn Matters there were a series of articles...