Thank goodness I found your channel. I’ve recently moved to Spain and decided to learn to play the French Horn because …Why not? (I left all my instruments back home) I’d never played a wind instrument before. The thrill of having to make the sound yourself is indescribable. Anyway, I just wanted to thank you for explaining all this technical things that I sometimes ask my teacher about but I don’t understand a thing because my spanish is so rusty and he also talks to me in Valencian, which I’m also trying to learn…so…you’ve just saved my life.
the first valve G on the Bb horn tends to be flat, but you can raise it up by playing it 1/3… this makes it slightly sharper, but by pulling out the third tuning slide a bit, it can be lowered so it is in tune… are there any other tuning tricks you know of for double horns?
I think it depends how strong your embouchure is and how controlled your air flow is. For most players I would recommend Gs open on the F side, but more advanced players should be able to use 1 on Bb side and just adjust using their ears. While it’s useful to have a valve combination that is in tune (possibly 1&3 like you suggest) I don’t find this to be a useful fingering in passagework. The one trick that I do like (although rarely use myself) is Ds on 3rd valve if 1&2 is too sharp.
When I was in shape, my ears and hand made a lot of adjustments. The flexibility is incredible! But alas! If you are out of shape/practice that same property becomes an incredible obstacle. Trying to hit and hold the right pitch and tone are nigh impossible.
I started off on french horn at 10 years old, but wanted to play in the brass band and switched to euphonium. Then I wanted to play jazz so i switched to cornet. Years later i bought a horn to earn extra cash doubling in pit orchestras. One of the grwat things about coming back to horn was that i had learned orchestral transposition by that point. It makes everything easier. And as you said, a lot of C and D trumpets have the same alternative fingering issues. To make it easier to double i use one of the Wick horn mouthpieces with the wider rim. I play on big trumpet mouthpieces though, so its easier to accommodate. I dont sound fantastic but i can get by.
Hey love your videos! I would love to start to play the French Horn but I have no clue wich one to buy as a complite beginner. My fisrt tought to buy was a single F Horn. Do you have any recomendations?
Thank goodness I found your channel. I’ve recently moved to Spain and decided to learn to play the French Horn because …Why not? (I left all my instruments back home) I’d never played a wind instrument before. The thrill of having to make the sound yourself is indescribable. Anyway, I just wanted to thank you for explaining all this technical things that I sometimes ask my teacher about but I don’t understand a thing because my spanish is so rusty and he also talks to me in Valencian, which I’m also trying to learn…so…you’ve just saved my life.
the first valve G on the Bb horn tends to be flat, but you can raise it up by playing it 1/3… this makes it slightly sharper, but by pulling out the third tuning slide a bit, it can be lowered so it is in tune… are there any other tuning tricks you know of for double horns?
I think it depends how strong your embouchure is and how controlled your air flow is. For most players I would recommend Gs open on the F side, but more advanced players should be able to use 1 on Bb side and just adjust using their ears. While it’s useful to have a valve combination that is in tune (possibly 1&3 like you suggest) I don’t find this to be a useful fingering in passagework. The one trick that I do like (although rarely use myself) is Ds on 3rd valve if 1&2 is too sharp.
When I was in shape, my ears and hand made a lot of adjustments. The flexibility is incredible! But alas! If you are out of shape/practice that same property becomes an incredible obstacle. Trying to hit and hold the right pitch and tone are nigh impossible.
I started off on french horn at 10 years old, but wanted to play in the brass band and switched to euphonium. Then I wanted to play jazz so i switched to cornet. Years later i bought a horn to earn extra cash doubling in pit orchestras. One of the grwat things about coming back to horn was that i had learned orchestral transposition by that point. It makes everything easier. And as you said, a lot of C and D trumpets have the same alternative fingering issues. To make it easier to double i use one of the Wick horn mouthpieces with the wider rim. I play on big trumpet mouthpieces though, so its easier to accommodate. I dont sound fantastic but i can get by.
Hey love your videos! I would love to start to play the French Horn but I have no clue wich one to buy as a complite beginner. My fisrt tought to buy was a single F Horn. Do you have any recomendations?
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