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How to Play French Horn: Getting Started
How to Hold the French Horn
How to Use Mouthpiece Pressure on a French Horn
How to Use Embouchure & Lips on a French Horn
Sounding Notes on a French Horn
How to Play a French Horn with Complex Fingerings
Understanding Volume Dynamics on a French Horn
Changing Pitch With Embouchure on a French Horn
How to Adjust French Horn Intonation With Slides
Hand Stopping the Bell on a French Horn
Adjusting French Horn Intonation with the Hand-in-Bell Technique
Stopping & Muting on a French Horn
Slurring Notes on a French Horn
Legato Tonguing on a French Horn
How to Play Staccato Notes on a French Horn
How to Play Accenting Notes on a French Horn
How to Play Glissando Notes on a French Horn
Emptying the Spit Valve on a French Horn
How to Oil the Valves on a French Horn
How to Grease the Slides on a French Horn
French Horn Practice Tips
French Horn Training Methods
How to Play the French Horn Standing Up
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Summary: Play staccato 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.
Katherine Liesener has played French horn for 15 years, performing primarily in the central Illinois area. She has played with Opera Illinois, the Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra,...read more
"Hi! I'm Katie and I'm here on behalf of expertvillage.com to show you how to play staccato on the French horn. Staccato marks look like this. All that means is to play a note very short. So if for example I would normally play a scale like this, if those notes had staccato marks under them it would sound like this. They are very short, they are very to the point. It almost helps to think of Bebe gun fire and in faster passages they are going to sound even more shorter. Like so and that is how you play staccato. "
eHow Article: How to Play Staccato Notes on a French Horn
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