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Hornmasters on Double and Triple Tonguing. Part I: Schuller and Farkas
While long considered an essential skill for the trumpet player, double and triple tonguing was not so essential that it was included in The...
Hornmasters on Staccato, Part II: Fox, Berv, and Hill
Staccato tonguing is a problem for many horn students. In part I of this article Farkas and Schuller laid out their approaches to teaching...
Hornmasters on Staccato, Part I: Farkas and Schuller
Continuing on the topic of tonguing, we finally turn officially to staccato tonguing.
Two approaches
There are speaking broadly two approaches to staccato presented in horn...
Foulk on Sexism and Things to Not Say in a Master Class
In updating the Events page recently I noted in the website for the 2012 International Women's Brass Conference an article by co-host Lin Foulk...
Spheres of Influence and a Survey: Have you Heard of this Horn Player?
Within the realm of Hollywood and famous movie actors, fame and influence boil down to a popularity contest of who is the "hottest" or most...
Hornmasters on How Much to Practice
There are a variety of approaches to the question of how much to practice on a French horn.
Practicing to your breaking point is not...
10 Things I Learned From Verne Reynolds
Those that follow Horn Matters on Facebook already know that Verne Reynolds, Professor Emeritus at the Eastman School of Music, passed away last week....
Hornmasters: What Etudes to Practice
Etude practice has long been a standard way to train and cross-train horn technique. The thing to think about though is the topic of...
Hornmasters: More Recent Thoughts on the Warm-Up
While to this point this series has focused on older published sources on the horn, at this time we turn a corner toward three...
Random thoughts on ‘natural’ technique, embouchure study and sports analogies
Over the weekend I wrote a fairly lengthy response to comments posted on "‘Radical’ Embouchure Experiments, IV – Using a Visualizer" and thought that...