Horn Articles Online

Horn Matters
One of the largest online resources on the French horn, Horn Matters is a collaborative website by John Ericson and Bruce Hembd, featuring horn news and short articles for students, players, and teachers. Dedicated to brass related topics and to the business of performing classical music, Horn Matters features new content daily.

Playing High Horn, Introducing the Horn, Playing the Wagner Tuba, and A Mello Catechism are all available from Horn Notes Edition.

Getting Started on the Horn
Notes for players just starting on the horn and their teachers. We all need to be doing all we can to start and convert more horn players.

The Natural Horn
Articles and information on the history and performing techniques of the natural horn.

The Early Valved Horn
An "online book"--over 20 carefully researched original articles on the history and performing techniques of the valved horn in the nineteenth century, based on John Ericson's published articles in The Horn Call and other journals.

Descant and Triple Horns
An introduction to these important tools for high horn playing.

The Wagner Tuba Page
A great instrument! Used by Wagner, Bruckner, Strauss, and others in major orchestral and operatic works, this instrument, performed by horn players, really deserves to be heard more often.

A Tenor Horn/Alto Horn FAQ
Information for hornists on an alto range instrument once widely used in the United States and still used in British-style brass bands

The Mello Zone
Marching mellophones are frequently performed by current and future horn players in marching bands and drum corps; this is an online resource for mellophone players and their teachers.

The ASU Horn Studio
Arizona State University is a great place to study the horn.

The Kopprasch Zone
Selected resources for horn players, teachers, and music educators.

Horn Links
A few favorites

A History of Horn Articles Online
More than ten years online

Purchase John Ericsons' publications online through Horn Notes Edition at
www.hornnotes.com

John Ericson is Associate Professor of horn at Arizona State University; he formerly performed in the Nashville Symphony and has recorded two solo CDs on the Summit label. Full biography.

The ASU Horn Studio
A great place to study the horn

Canto, lyric works for horn and piano

Les Adieux, music of Franz Strauss and others

The Brass Gym: A Comprehensive Daily Routine for Brass Players by Patrick Sheridan and Sam Pilafian. Edited for horn by John Ericson.

For more on The Brass Gym and The Breathing Gym see Horn Notes Edition

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