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Summary: Play glissando notes when playing the French horn; learn how with tips from our expert French horn player in this free orchestra video music lesson on French horns.

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Katherine Liesener Katherine Liesener has played French horn for 15 years, performing primarily in the central Illinois area. She has played with Opera Illinois, the Millikin-De... read more

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Hi Katie! I came across your videos while browsing the web for detailed informations on brass instruments glissandos. I' m correcting some symphonic scores at the moment for a friend of mine, who is a greek symphonic arranger. I'm currently working on some arrangements of 1964 Mary Poppins movie. The songs are going to be presented at the new years eves concert in the biggest classical music hall in Greece. So I have to be very careful because the guy has used a lot of "funny" glissandos due to the childish character of the show. Anyway I' m going to continue my browsing now, but first I must congratulate you for your work. These videos are a great boost for the straggling or disappointed French Horn students. Bye and take care!

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How to Play Glissando Notes on a French Horn

Hi! I'm Katie and I'm here on behalf of expertvillage.com and I'm going to talk to you about how to play a glissando on the French horn. This is what a glissando looks like. It is really pretty simple. All you do is you start on the first note and you want to get to the last note and you can hit as many notes in between as possible. What it is going to sound like is just a rip. So it is one of the few times where a horn player could just let loose. So don't be afraid to do so. The most important thing is that you start on the correct note, that you end on the correct note and that you stay in time but definitely try to hit as many notes in between as possible. You will notice that you could actually use your fingers slightly to try to hit more notes in between or if you blow all the way through it you should hit on the notes in between and you don't use your fingers. Really the ideal with this sign or the spirit of it is something like the hunting horn call and the French horn use to be a hunting horn so it comes pretty naturally. Just remember when you playing glissando let loose, let it rip, it is the most natural thing to play on the horn.

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