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French horn embouchure exercises

French horn embouchure exercises
  1. How do I strengthen my embouchure?
  2. What is the French horn embouchure?
  3. How can I increase the range of my French horn?

How do I strengthen my embouchure?

You can use isometric exercise of the embouchure muscles, especially the orbicular oris, to help strengthen the corners. To do this exercise, form your embouchure and firm the corners. Hold this set until the corners start to burn. Once you feel the burn, try to hold your set for an additional one to two minutes.

What is the French horn embouchure?

The horn embouchure is probably the most relaxed and puckered of all the brass embouchures. This fact tends to emphasize the fleshy mound in the center of the upper lip, and this in turn favors a high mouthpiece placement.

How can I increase the range of my French horn?

10 Tips for Improving Accuracy on the Horn

  1. Buzz the mouthpiece. ...
  2. Practice on the F-side of the double horn. ...
  3. Find a correct hand position. ...
  4. Practice with a drone. ...
  5. Find the right tongue position/vowel sound. ...
  6. Learn to “taste” each note before playing it. ...
  7. Find a good mouthpiece. ...
  8. Focus on the music, not the notes.

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