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1) The Five Must Have Techniques (4:19)
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Where do I put the mouthpiece on my bottom lip? |
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How much upper lip vs. lower lip in the MP? |
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What do I do with the chin muscles? |
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Shouldn’t the mouthpiece point straight out? |
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What do I do with the tongue? |
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2) Basic Breathing (2:35)
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What is an easy phrase to remember for efficient breathing? |
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What do you want to first expand when you inhale? |
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Can I raise my shoulders? |
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What does sound in your mouth/throat indicate? |
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When should I breathe again? |
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3) Starting Notes (4:57)
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What technique ensures I never have a problem starting notes? |
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How do I stop notes? |
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What is support and how can I have better support? |
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4) Buzzing the Lips (4:02)
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Why a Horsy Buzz? |
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What is the embouchure’s foundation? |
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Link between bottom lip and jaw? |
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Bottom lip function? |
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Zipper lips? |
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5) Mouthpiece (4:33)
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Where place bottom rim of MP? |
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Equal pressure? |
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How much lip inside the rim? |
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How to avoid looking like a bullfrog? |
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6) Hand Position in the Bell (3:17)
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How much does the hand bend pitch down? |
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How far in the bell and why? |
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How does hand effect high range? |
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What one position allows for all scenarios? |
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7) Connecting to the Horn (4:50)
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What 3+ things effect the pitch? |
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What is the importance of the Jaw? |
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Why Chin Flex? |
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What is the groove of a note? |
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How do you find it? |
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What is like radar? |
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What can feel like two magnet poles opposing each other? |
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8) The Jaw and Slurring (4:25)
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What is so important about the jaw? |
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What are the two primary actions or directions? |
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When these merge, what shape do they form? |
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What is happening if you flip over a note? |
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What is the easy solution? |
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9) Warmup Exercise (4:19)
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Why have the bell off the leg here? |
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How do you move from note to note? |
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Bermuda Triangle? |
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What is increasing the air pressure called when you go higher? |
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Does the bottom lip ever buzz under the top lip? |
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10) Trills (4:00)
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What do you use to lock in from groove to groove? |
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What is another F side fingering for G instead of open? |
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How do you tune it? |
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Why blow more air in this exercise on each beat? |
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What do you use for clearer trills instead of horizontal lip action? |
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(Includes PDF download)
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11) Tuning the Horn (5:17)
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What do you do with the overall slide position when it gets more humid? |
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Why pull the slides all the way out or push them all the way in when tuning? |
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Why tongue hard at the beginning of note? |
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Videos 1 - 11 (45:00)
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A Passionate Horn (63:00)
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Glière – Andante from Horn Concerto, op. 91
F. Strauss – Nocturno for Horn and Piano, op. 7
Mendelssohn – Andante from Symphony No. 5, op. 107
Schumann – Adagio and Allegro, op. 70
Büsser – Morceau de Concert, op. 39
James Winter – Sonata for Horn and Piano
F. Strauss – Fantasie for Horn and Piano, op. 2, edited by Thomas Bacon*
*(Sheet music to the Fantasie is available at www.mccoyshornlibrary.com/)
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Videos 1 - 11 +
A Passionate Horn
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