Hunter's Moon French Horn Solo, Steve Park, Horn

To download an mp3 file of the accompaniment, go to www.steveparkhornmusic.net. This is a really great recital piece. Subscribe! I will be adding more solos on a regular basis. I teach horn at a University and my goal is to create a video library of some of the best horn solos for my students and others. Also let me know if there is something you would like me to record. If you would like an mp3 file of the accompaniment, send me your email address and I will send you the file.

[@ohsteacher]

To go from the stopped G to the open A you play the stopped G thumb plus 1st & 2nd valves. ( F# fingering on Bb side) Then just swing your hand open and it goes right to the A.

[@campbelldavis9094]

I have listen to people playing French horn for my band homework. So I was scrolling through videos and I saw yours and now I can't stop listening to it💖👌🏼😁

[@Nhonso]

ive been playing horn for 5 years now hearing people this good just inspires me to get better

[@ohsteacher]

I don't double tongue anything on this piece, but I have a fast single tongue.

[@mackenziereinsmith8468]

Steve Park where did you find your hand grip that’s on your horn?

[@ButterOps]

Mackenzie Reinsmith hey bud I have a slight feeling that you might not get a response. Just a feeling though.

[@henryscott3276]

@@mackenziereinsmith8468 Try Comfy Grips, idk what one he's using but those are pretty good. Also, most music stores like Schmitts should have them.

[@caseydavis6689]

@@ButterOps Oddly enough, I have the same feeling.

[@xanmanar2732]

@@caseydavis6689I think he might get a reply eventually

[@snapppyturtle4412]

I'm playing this for Solo and Ensemble next year for my Sophomore year. Sight read it yesterday and it was super fun

[@sarahbirchard2988]

Played this at my senior recital many years ago. What a fantastic piece. Was wonderful to listen to it again after a lifetime... beautiful job.

[@Rockyhat1]

How you completely own that B at the end is astounding

[@afrivolouspursuit3147]

Sell your soul to the harmonic gods

[@go-prosports8534]

The bottom g is harder in my opinion

[@pikaparty4935]

go-pro sports depends on your natural range or your previous instrument (if you had one), personally low range is really easy for me but high is kinda sketchy sometimes. I probably just need to practice more lmao

[@danielhyltin3991]

I can play pedal notes and past f above the staff yet I can’t even play well in the middle

[@_CaptainCookie]

I've managed to hit high high ds and pedal fs before, but not very well of course

[@Norzemen]

Steve what you have done is very cool and emphasis the power of the internet. Ive had Hunters Moon in my library for ages, but never really looked at it. Now Im determined to work it up and will use your video to check for where to breathe and other details like fingers. Thanks for creating such a valuable tool for us Horn players.

[@THEDROIDSURLOOKING4]

Mr. Park, you are an inspiration to me! I always come to your videos whenever I'm working on a solo, and they always help me! Keep on making videos, because it is guys like you who I'm thankful that play the French Horn! You rock!

[@lucbogemann8623]

Awesome! Doing this for 6th grade AMEB should go really well and if you see this Steve park, thanks so much for all the recordings you have done. It is helping so many horn players from around the globe! Thanks again!

[@emma6841]

thank you so much for having the accompaniment link ugh i love you

[@beachbum204]

Wow! I am a horn player in high school and am playing this piece for my solo this year. I am totally inspired now to play it like you do! You make it look so easy!!! Great Job!

[@treysmith1000]

Just wanted to say thank you for this recording. I'm playing this piece for a Winter Recital and for Solo and Ensemble and I really learned a lot from listening to you. So thank you. You are an excellant horn player and very enjoyable to listen too.

[@sgpepper123]

Amazing! You play with such ease. Bravo! I really enjoy your rendition. Thank you for posting!

[@savannahariel3]

Amazing piece! Amazing performance! Well done!

[@Bioinformusician]

Note the fingering change when he plays stopped, ie you transpose down a semi-tone in most cases when fully stopped. You shouldn't rest so much weight on the right hand that you can't stop when standing up - if you struggle with the normal little finger hook then you can use a pad that you push up with the top of your left hand, or indeed a hand strap like Steve.

[@sarahpennington471]

Did this for my Grade 8, it is an amazing piece

[@livingpicture]

I love it! My daughter is playing this for the state solo competition, and she's asked me to accompany her. As good as your interpretation is, I'm using your recording as a baseline for how the accompaniment should go as well. It's taken me almost a month to solidify the accompaniment. She performs in 2 days and it's getting exciting! I'll report back here with how she does.

[@hantong72]

What age? Open?under 15?

[@MrGregMM]

Excellent!! Very stylish! I really enjoyed it!

[@ohsteacher]

7th grade - back when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Before that I played trumpet for three years.

[@josezarzo2607]

Bravo! Great playing!

[@ForceSensitive23]

@ohsteacher that nice of you starting at the trumpet, they said start at the trumpet first before you go french horn, so that you can reach high notes easily

[@lyneart12]

I played trumpet for... I guess around 5 or 6 years. since half a year or what I stopped with trumpet and started with bes/f horn. yesterday I had to give my borrowed horn back and got my brand new damned own one!!!

[@whimsicalbadboy6558]

3:35 POV : you were at the water fountain for more than 3 seconds

[@mistylovejoy4060]

I love this song and how you play it moves me. Makes me want to become a better player. I'm playing a price for a solo called Romance by C. Saint Saëns Op. 36. I watched your video of you playing it and I'm joint to try hard to match the dynamics that you played but ill never be as good as the great Steve Parks. Haha you're awesome! :-)

[@Pappasaur]

Wow, this was pretty amazing. I'm learning this solo for my solo and ensemble competition coming up in a couple months, do you have any advice on how to help me on the stop mutes?

[@tailsfan13]

I heard this played at a year 12 recital...before....I really like this song....

[@lilpinky0880]

Great Job!

[@cinimontoast]

this makes so much more sense then how i was playing this before.... this song is really hard :/

[@MontananMusician]

Ok i have to do this either in or before i get to college! it is so funnn!!!!!

[@Epicman227]

@shmeepfox consider playing morsieu de concert, for french horn in F. I played it my sophomore year, and it was fantastic. hope the audition goes well!

[@treysmith1000]

@MelloSymantha Different ebouchre can result in different tones, also the french horn is possibly the greatest instrument when it comes to alternate fingerings. Even more so when it's stopped, because you can bend the pitch up or down.

[@isaacgeorge6388]

Does anyone know the story behind this piece? I want to know it cause it would help me with the musical phrasing and tone when I play this for solo contest

[@aleclester8374]

i love the fact i get to play this piece for me solo and ensemble competition in February hopefully this piece will take me all the way to state

[@annayourmom55]

I know this is late, but how did it go?? I want to play it for my solo and ensemble next year:D

[@snapppyturtle4412]

@@annayourmom55 im playing it next year for my sophomore year lmao

[@mouseyparry]

thanx very much i have been trying it out :)

[@MelloSymantha]

How do you play the stopped G with T12? It always seems to play G# instead. Thank you :) I'm playing this for my solo this year, thanks to your awesome video.

[@jackkrugman7140]

wow i cant wait till i'm that good

[@brooket.5805]

Have you improved in the years since making this comment?

[@x0rockyoursoul0x]

do you have sheet music? I really like this piece..or do you have anything you would would recomend that will showcase talent in a small amout of time? im doing a scholarship program and I only have about two minutes

[@drunkasshole1]

I absolutely love this song I learned some of it by ear but if I had the sheet music it would awesome but I can't find it anywhere if anyone knows where to get it I would really apreciate it.

[@JJRSsimon9854]

You can buy it online or ar any music store for 25 dollers

[@AtlanticGiantPumpkin]

Just staring very awkwardly at the camera during that long break at 132.

[@hugheyhudson]

Is it appropriate to play the note 1/2 step above the note on the music when playing stopped? If I'm off base, can you point me in a direction for a great text source for study? I'm a university music major (Primary instrument: voice), but I want to be the best on Horn as I possibly can. :)

[@Soul00Singer]

Im currently a sophmore in high school and im working on "Concertpiece" by Camille Saint-Saens. If you know anything of the song some hints would be appreciated. Its a fun song for me because last solo i worked on was "Concert Rondo" by Mozart and that somewhat bored me after awhile.

[@Xe1000eX]

could you send me the partition for that? i've been looking and i didn't find it

[@MrDantesBJJ]

I am the only horn player in a school of more than 2000 students and this is an extremely hard instrument. I have been playing for about 7 months and i was wondering if you can give me some tips to play. And amazing playing i hope i'm as good as you someday.

[@1slora]

i really love this peice there ia a concerto contest coming up and who ever wins gets to preform for ya! im excited i am going to play this song! and i have it almost perfect the only thing is articulation.. lol but is very mild. i hope i win.. your great.. i hope one day i could be as good of a horn player as you:)

[@Darkmidus]

Did you win?

[@Dai32857]

0:00 - 1:42 Just for practicing

[@msashp14]

Where can I find sheet music for this @Ohsteacher?

[@ohsteacher]

It's called "stopped horn". You do it by sealing the opening of the bell with your hand. You need to find someone to show you. It's hard to explain. You also have to use alternate fingerings. Send me a message if you want more details.

[@FVmike]

Yea, its a G stopped, meshed into an unstopped A. try the fingering T0, then ust move your hand out of the way. if you use air to accent the note just as you are moving your hand, it should produce the blend quite nicely.

[@vinaluck]

Great, thanks for your performance. It's not easy to play horn.

[@trombonetubabassoon]

is this this piece in 12/8 time? jus wondering

[@lyconthrop]

how do you make the sound at 1:48 care to teach me? thanks!

[@MusicalHoneyBe]

Hey, i was wondering if you could help me out. I need to find a good horn solo that was written in the 21st century for a school assessment. I'm currently studying grade 7 (Trinity). Thank you so much for all your videos, they have helped me so much!

[@Darkmidus]

I'm late, do you still need one

[@mouseyparry]

how are you doing the stoped decend at 5.15

[@cootem95]

Is the by Vinter G.???

[@redgatr]

Is this in 6/8?

[@christopherberry8363]

I play french horn, but i am only in the sixth grade! any tips?

[@TheSweCake]

Are you from sweden for till is a sweden ''ord''

[@plushy_panda4269]

How do you produce that sound on the letter G on the 7th line the first measure.I hope you understood where

[@maceyparker8464]

Monica Muniz it’s stopped horn.

[@catswag16]

Basically you shove your hand in the bell and play loudly

[@ohsteacher]

Thanks! Be sure to check out my other horn videos.

[@alvimbuenosilva1803]

toca muito

[@bell2626]

whooo same here

[@ohsteacher]

I just move my hand from closed to open quickly on each note. I don't change fingerings.

[@majoraquino8413]

How did you do that thing with your horn at 1:20

[@annabellecohen139]

Do you mean the part that sounds like a car horn? That's called stopping, which is what sounds like, stopping the air from coming out of the bell. You can do that by covering it, or if your hand is too small, then you can put your hand into the bell

[@gummybananyo]

Last year, in 9th grade, I played this as my solo and earned a grade one. I was wondering if you have any suggestions of a piece I could play that is more advanced than this?

[@emma6841]

+Katie Mark adagio and allegro!! he even has the accompaniment on his page :)

[@gummybananyo]

+Emma Madison Cool! My friend is playing that, this year, I decided to perform Concerto no. 2 by Haydn, oh my gosh it's gorgeous! Thanks for your help!!

[@zangoose..]

Katie Mark Try villanelle too!!! It's really great! You get to play all natural horn for the first 50 measures and it's really cool i promise :)!!!

[@ohsteacher]

The Hindemith is on my list, so it will show up here eventually.

[@paulsanders7963]

You simply close your hand in the bell, Only use it on the F side of the horn and you have to play everything as if it were a half step down i.e. play B as if it were Bb.

[@taylorcrockett48]

I remember this from first grade...looking back on it I should have done something more advanced

[@ezehzecze3736]

Taylor Crockett I could play this before I could walk, step up your game

[@taylorcrockett48]

ezehzecze Shut up kid I am 1st chair Berlin Philharmonic and I am 12 years old

[@ezehzecze3736]

Taylor Crockett I am first chair on 3 instruments and I'm 7 you scrub

[@taylorcrockett48]

ezehzecze Well your fat and ugly. Also I completed my first symphony in the womb

[@ezehzecze3736]

Taylor Crockett Ur fake and gay and I invented symphonies

[@jonaseckert4298]

very noce i allso play French Horn 👍👍

[@jonaseckert4298]

I mean nice

[@ohsteacher]

I don't send out copies of music that are copyrighted. It's easy to go on line and buy the music, and it doesn't cost much. If you play horn and would like a practice recording of the accompaniment to any of my posted solos, let me know and I can send you an mp3 file.

[@beagle4864]

How do you do the stopped part standing up?

[@Thejoyfulljackass01]

beagle4864 you can hand stop standing easily...

[@Lowrider_bassethounds]

well im plaing a solo name a tear by moussorsky and if you can play a viideo of you plaing it to see how its sepos to sounde

[@sgpepper123]

Oscar Franz complete methods for horn is good. As well as Farkas. You have supose to play the note a half step down when stopped.

[@MorganNicole2015]

Are you using double or single tonging here?

[@hantong72]

He uses really fast single tounging

[@hobybobag3]

you play high a-flat open?

[@adrianmcl]

There is no high A flat in Hunter's Moon. Maybe you mean an "A?" You can play it open but if will often be a little on the low side, depending on your instrument.

[@khalid6576]

Hey! I saw your message but was unsure of how to reply. I am in 8th grade and I am playing this in front of a judge as a solo. I was wondering if you had any suggestions on how to reach the low "G"? Its a trouble spot and its getting to the point where I can run the rest of the piece at least ok and then have to stop and try to reach it. anyway, you are amazing! Great job!

[@frankiehenderson9315]

Drop your jaw and just practice playing it on its own, then slurring from a 5th above, then just work up slurring it from every note above until its good :)

[@bobbysutton6584]

This works, however I've found that the best way to get low notes down is to practice all of your major scales in that octave. Take the time to do them right and nail every note. After that stop and try to play the note by itself. If you don't get the note, practice more. After you get the note, add the note after it and play that until you have those two notes down. Afterwards, add the next note or two.

[@emma6841]

+bobby sutton YES TO THIS METHOD!!!!

[@Doomsday4321]

i started playing in sixth

[@bandgurl55]

what's that last note??

[@bonersalad31]

B natural

[@sgpepper123]

I ment you are supose to play it a half step down when stopped.

[@MrChumsx4]

@hobybobag3 no?

[@BandofPants]

@bandgurl55 High B natural!

[@Lowrider_bassethounds]

i notice that all f horn plays paly from there side just a little lol!! and we make faces lol

[@hobybobag3]

@MrChumsx4 he did though =\

[@likeawhispr]

Probably the same reason that people who aren't into turbocharged engines don't off hand know what an automatic compensating wastegate is on a turbocharged airplane. Why would the general public know such a thing? Why would the general public know what the heck a "stopped horn" is, when many don't know a french horn from a cornet. You get the idea ;)

[@frankiehenderson9315]

Woo grade 8 orchestral extracts... fml

[@Emilyylatte]

You can have me.

[@sarawalker776]

I don't see how my comment was spam. I simply asked for the piano part so i can practice...

[@Grumpyfrump]

Makes me think about a girl that played clarinet.

[@beforhorn]

What? Two people don't like this? Awwww, come on ... what's not to like?

[@KylaVi]

I love this piece. I played it in the 7th grade for a ratings festival. I got superior(that's the highest you can get). I started playing horn in the 6th grade.

[@colinnguyen2150]

You're no farkas, but you're pretty damn close

[@cbcs1111]

He could be using a triple horn with a stop valve.

[@mistylovejoy4060]

*peice *going stupid spellcheck

[@Ameliyastik]

Как то как отличник, всё сыгранно правильно и без кисков, но так пресно, на мой взгляд и вкус, не хватает энергии, подачи, импульчивности в исполнении именно этого произведения. Потрясающее произведение, и играть его невкусно- это преступление)

[@trenton8521]

lol that room has horrible acoustics

[@paulsanders7963]

You simply close your hand in the bell, Only use it on the F side of the horn and you have to play everything as if it were a half step down i.e. play B as if it were Bb.