A new video looks at the differences in playability, right hand position, and sound between Geyer and Kruspe style instruments.
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Eli Epstein’s Horn Playing from the Inside Out is a must-have resource for all brass players and teachers. And a new eBook version got even better!
A bit of musical humor, courtesy of the Youtube channel 2SetViolin.
It’s mid-August in Kentucky, which means two things: Marching band is gearing up, and that means school isn’t far around the corner! The All-State music is out, which means those are auditions are just around the corner The two All-State etudes for this year are from the same books as […]
Masterclasses are a great and underrated resource. I went to my first master classes when I went to my first horn workshop (a pretty awesome experience in and of itself) and I still enjoy going whenever I get the chance. I feel like watching a great teacher work with a […]
It’s almost August, which means that it’s time to start preparing for All-State (once band camp is finished, that is)! To make things a bit easier, hopefully, I’ve made recordings of the two French horn All-State/All-District etudes at their recommended tempos with some practice tips! The two etudes this year […]
This Horn Hangout was recorded the day after the Tony Halstead video, again at Paxman’s horn shop in London. This video features the members of the London Symphony Orchestra horn section: Timothy Jones – Principal horn Angela Barnes – 2nd horn Alexander Edmundson – Co-principal/3rd Jonathan Lipton – 4th Hugh […]
For many horn players (me included) French horn tonguing was a mystery. One of my biggest personal struggles in learning to play the horn and one that I notice a lot in students and younger players is a lack of consistent and strong tonguing or articulation. Since the tongue stroke sets […]