How to Use Embouchure & Lips on a French Horn
Part of the Video Series How to Play the French Horn
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How to Use Embouchure & Lips on a French Horn
Hi! My name is Katie and I'm here on behalf of expertvillage.com and I'm going to show you how to keep your corners set when you play the French horn. So when you go to buzz into your mouth piece like so, it is important that you keep the corners of your mouth set. A beginner player is more likely to buzz very loosely like this something like that and you notice when I did that everything is buzzing here. What you want to do is you want to keep your corners, the corners of your mouth set almost like a pucker like this. If they are set then it focuses you buzz, it focuses the air that way air is not escaping out in the sides of your mouth. One other thing with beginning horn players in particular there is also a temptation to puff out your cheeks and that is something that is probably originated from pictures of seeing Louie Armstrong who's cheeks puff really big. But you don't want to do that because that dissipates the pressure of your air flow. Keep your cheeks in, keep your corners set and then all the air you are blowing is your blowing directly from your vibrating lips and you are going to get the nose out of it.
Hi! My name is Katie and I'm here on behalf of expertvillage.com and I'm going to show you how to keep your corners set when you play the French horn. So when you go to buzz into your mouth piece like so, it is important that you keep the corners of your mouth set. A beginner player is more likely to buzz very loosely like this something like that and you notice when I did that everything is buzzing here. What you want to do is you want to keep your corners, the corners of your mouth set almost like a pucker like this. If they are set then it focuses you buzz, it focuses the air that way air is not escaping out in the sides of your mouth. One other thing with beginning horn players in particular there is also a temptation to puff out your cheeks and that is something that is probably originated from pictures of seeing Louie Armstrong who's cheeks puff really big. But you don't want to do that because that dissipates the pressure of your air flow. Keep your cheeks in, keep your corners set and then all the air you are blowing is your blowing directly from your vibrating lips and you are going to get the nose out of it.
About the Expert
Expert: Katherine Liesener has played French horn for 15 years. She has performed with Opera Illinois and the Danville Symphony Orchestra, and won a solo competition with the Praire Wind Ensemble of Peoria. Read More
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