Horn Thoughts

One of my passions is music, I play the french horn in a number of amateur ensembles. I've been contributing to a couple of horn mailing lists for several years. In that time, I've written reams of advice and comment, and I think it is about time I tried to put it all together. So starting from today I'm going to put together some of my better pieces on this blog so that I can more easily refer to them and so you can comment on them.

Friday, 19 March 2010

Playing in groups - interpreting dynamic markings

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When you are playing a solo with piano, you do the written dynamics, scaled to whatever size of room or hall you are playing in. Fitting in ...
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Thursday, 18 March 2010

Playing in groups - obvious starting points

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I'll start with some obvious points - ones which ought to be self-evident, but often aren't. Practice your part You'll play bett...
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010

Playing in groups

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Looking back on my musical education, it seems to me that there is a very important aspect that was not taught me by any of my teachers, but...

Fast pieces and difficult rhythms

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Some pieces are just plain hard to play. Too many notes! Too many awkward rhythms. Amongst amateur players, it is (incorrectly) assumed that...
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010

You have to watch and listen!

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At orchestra yesterday evening, we were rehearsing 3 pieces, all of which are very tricky in terms of rhythms and changes of speed. In Tchai...
Tuesday, 2 March 2010

Raising the tone 3 - Fitting your tone to the music

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The most immaculate control over your tone quality is no use to you unless you have an idea as to what sorts of tone should be used and when...
Sunday, 28 February 2010

Raising the tone 2 - controlling and changing tone colour

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Changing the "tone colour" can greatly increase the expressive range of your playing. Here, I'm going to concentrate on the me...
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