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.

Sunday, 23 May 2010

Playing in groups - chamber music

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When you play chamber music, you have to take much more responsibility than when you are in an orchestra or band. There are fewer players an...
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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...
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