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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...
Anatomical Update: Summer 2011
Since I am taking time off from playing the French horn, the practice space in my home office has morphed quite a bit since...
Brief Reviews: Improv Games, Scarlatti Etudes, and Jazzy Etudes
Back in 2009 I noted that Jeffrey Agrell had out a new publication, Improv Games for One Player. This year at the Midsouth Workshop...
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...
Review: Etudes for Horn by Paul Basler
Back almost a year ago I was describing my teaching materials and the final article of that series was devoted to noting what materials...
A Brief Look at the Dauprat Méthode
Louis-François Dauprat (1787-1868) was professor of horn at the Paris Conservatory from 1816 until 1842. His monumental three-volume Méthode de Cor alto et Cor...
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....
Of horns past, wistfully
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A short story from Lou "Gluefish" Wilson.
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I used to love the 6D's I played with in high school. ...
Technical Materials II: Standard Materials I Teach From
As mentioned in my previous post, in terms of materials I started out as I was taught but over the years began to experiment...
Technical Materials I: What I Studied From
Horn teachers tend to teach out of materials that they used as students with their own students up to the point that they find...