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I was doing what any good music major would do during finals week, practicing my jury music watching tiktok, and came across this vid of Ewan McGregor playing horn. What’s with the two offset rotors? It’s not a triple horn, is it?

Does anyone use a tablet and foot pedal for reading their sheet music? What would you recommend for specs on a tablet used exclusively for this purpose? I want to use a stylus to make notes in an app like forscore or Pia Score, and I want to be able to connect a foot pedal and have the pages turn smoothly and reliably.

I don't want to skimp and get something I have constant issues with, but at the same time I would be buying this tablet literally for the sole purpose of reading and editing sheet music. So I don't want to pay a bunch extra for gaming or video specs.

I made the cut to audition for all state, but on my district score i got a 19.5/30 on sight reading, so I only have a month to improve and Im desperate for advice or tips

Hi! I just oiled my valves and now the thumb valve is stuck... It's a Yamaha horn. What should I do? I am currently visiting family near San Francisco, if someone has a recommendation for a shop there, if that's necessary... Thanks for your help!

Note, the title contains two separate questions.

This will likely be a winter break + next semester solo piece that I'll work on (just the 1st mvmt). Just curious to see what all recordings y'all enjoy listening to of this piece that I could also use for reference while I am learning it.

While I'm at it, I'll also be taking natural horn class next semester (I won't be learning Rheinberger on natural horn, as interesting as that would be). Any tips & tricks for natural horn-playing is also appreciated. I'm excited.

Idk what's going on but since playing in uni (not as a music major, just in a rec band), my sound has gotten so much worse. I bought an instrument that's definitely lower quality than the one I had in high school, so I thought that was the issue, but I heard someone else play the same instrument that I have now without the same problem so I'm thinking it's me and not the instrument haha.

I don't really know how to describe the sound it's making... it's actually almost like something is stuck in it somewhere and is causing the sound to suffer. It's probably my embouchure/lack of intensive practice, but can anyone offer any tips/help? Thanks so much!

I've been trying to not sound like a trombone playing fortissimo when I get to the low range. My sound quckly changes once I get below middle c. I try to play weaker, if that makes sense, but it still sounds as strong.

This may sound like a dumb question (probably is) but Ive rarely run into any of Tchaikovsky's music that needed transposing from horn in B, Bb, A, D,E, Eb etc. I've also always kind of felt happy and relieved whenever I have to play Tchaikovsky because there isn't any need for transposing from horn in B, Bb, A, D,E, Eb etc like other works from composeres like Beethoven.

This seems like a stupid question but my valves have never stuck.

Maybe I am crazy, but I remember a post on here about putting a microphone inside of a mute while playing. Has anyone ever tried this?

I uploaded this a year ago but I thought it would be cool to share again as there are some who probably haven't seen it. Hope everyone is having a great holiday season filled with awesome music! Wish they wrote some more interesting stuff in these horn parts

https://youtu.be/9aeK6G5sVI0?feature=shared

I have twin 11 year olds who are in their 3rd year of band. They are both currently percussionists but the oldest considered French Horn in their introductory year at band, for some reason chose against it, and has since been begging to switch to French Horn for about a year now.

We’re buying the youngest a drumpad set for Christmas and lessons. Both are in concert band for school and the school’s Jr. Jazz club so she will be continuing playing drums regularly. If she sticks with it we’ll upgrade her to a full drum set in High school.

I’m looking for something equivalent in French Horn for the oldest. Looking for something under $1k and we’ll get her lessons too, but I know nothing about French Horn. I’m just now learning about F, Bb, etc…and have no idea which to start with or start with both, called a double I think?

Plus, French Horns aren’t used in the middle school concert band, but she might be able to play it in the older jazz club next year, not sure. So this might just be a hobby till she gets to high school. Which is fine, just not sure I want to spend so much right off the bat.

I’m considering renting, of course, but then I might run into a “that’s not fair” issue since her sister is getting her own drumpad set. School doesn’t have instruments to borrow, all take home instruments if not owned are rented through a nearby shop.

Any advice?

This is a pretty famous piece in horn literature, so I’m sure you all know what I’m talking about. I’m really struggling with the high bflats in the first movement, I can hit them when I’m starting from a couple (6-8) bars ahead of the bflat, but I just can’t seem to hit them when I’m playing from the beginning of the piece. Any tips on how to work on that? Thank you!

Any Ideas? It should cost something between 30 and 50 CHF.

I've found sheet music readers invaluable. (You take a photo and it plays you the score on your phone.)

The problem is that none of them ever seem to have tenor horn. So I just pick piano or something but I wanted to actually hear the sound. (And just for clarity, yes I do look for alto horn/tenor horn/Eb horn - they are never there.

I’m a first year college student that plays horn in my universities wind ensemble as a music minor and i’m looking to buy my own horn. I’ve found a somewhat vintage alex 103 from the 1930’s for $4,000 and i would like some opinions on it as I can’t find much on older 103 models.

I had this saved on my computer but I can’t find any reminisce of it on the internet. It doesn’t help that I don’t have the title for it either. Any ideas? I know for sure that this is a horn peice bc it’s the only instrument I play

Hey friends! I’ve been playing horn for over 15 years now. Went to college for music ed, ended up changing careers but kept on teaching private horn lessons and still play as much as I can. I’m planning to take my first professional audition (Fort Worth Symphony) in the near future, fully expecting I’ll be way out of my league but it’s something I want to start working towards. Any tips on what to expect for a first audition? Share your audition experiences, good and bad. I’d love to report back once I’m on the other side of the process.

I'm playing 6th horn with my local Orchestra at the end of January. I feel ready, at least from a technical standpoint, but I'm sure there's plenty I don't know. What are some things y'all had wished you'd known before your first real gig?

I hear in recordings of myself that there is a bit of this buzzy growly noise I make and I think it’s because I’m not buzzing at the pitch I want and I wanted to know if there are things to practice with. I am trying to get a smoother rounder sound

My thumb trigger is making a very slight metal-on-metal noise when engaging. I've isolated the problem to...and I hope you'll forgive me because I don't know the precise terms...the arm (the bottom arrow) is scraping slightly against the...counter-bearing(? the top arrow). The horn is a Yamaha 668-N, this view is top-down.

How do I fix this? I don't see a way to raise the arm up (toward the bottom of the picture), and I don't see a way to lower the counter-bearing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I’m a current high school junior looking to major in music, but I use a super beat up school horn. I’ve done fine on it but it’s held together with duct tape and is pretty dented so I will definitely need my own horn for college auditions and then for college. I can’t make a huge financial commitment right now but I also would love to have a horn that can take me at least through college and the beginning of my professional life. What are some options I could be looking for? I’m open to all suggestions! Thank you so much!

I have TMEA All-Region auditions on Thursday, and my biggest fear is having water that I can’t find before I play. What’s the most reliable way to find and empty water as silently as possible before an audition, that is really fast as well?

Does anyone know where I can find, or happen to have in PDF, the sheet music for Joseph Charles Holbrooke’s Trio for horn, piano, and violin, Op. 28? I’ve been searching for a while but haven’t been able to find anything. It would be a huge help.

Thank you very much!