IMPROVE your HIGH RANGE with 4 EXERCISES | French Horn Techniques | Austris Music

[@Telmuun1]

Thanks after just a couple minutes of doing long notes I was able to play an high e

[@austrismusic]

That's great to hear! Well done!

[@theporkanater5009]

Hey I've recently been seeing your videos and the exercises you've been doing and it's been helping a lot

[@austrismusic]

Thank you!! Good to hear! Which ones helped you the most?

[@theporkanater5009]

@@austrismusic lip trils and flexibility and honestly your videos are helping me a lot 2 weeks ago I recorded myself and used your exercises and I improved

[@austrismusic]

Great!! Keep practicing 😃📯 Good quality repetition is key

[@theporkanater5009]

@@austrismusic honestly I couldn't thank you. Because this helped me so much and the trills their ok for me but I still need to practice but again thank you and keep up the videos I'll like every single one of them

[@austrismusic]

Thank you so much!!

[@tjt9546]

I am an intermediate player who has been on a long hiatus and now, with the help of your videos, I am slowly improving. Would you have any advice on choosing a mouthpiece that would help with those high notes? I would love to have a magic fix for my high note issues.

[@austrismusic]

That's nice to hear!! Choosing a proper mouthpiece is very hard. My best advice is to just try as many as you can. If you want a magic fix for the high range, you can try a mouthpiece with a shallow cup and a small bore. But understand that if you enhance one aspect of playing with the means of the mouthpiece, you will make other aspects more difficult. For example, you're low range will be more difficult to master and also it will be more difficult to make a rich sound.

[@notxanderbrown7352]

Hey, thanks for helping me with this. Could you please add a link to the exercises you used in the description?

[@Streisand70]

Where were you when I was starting out!? goed gedaan!

[@austrismusic]

Dank je!

[@luvluh]

thank you for helping! is it normal to feel very lightheaded/get a headache after playing high notes?

[@austrismusic]

Good to hear! Lightheaded is common but for me it goes away quickly. And that's only in the beginning, if I haven't played it for a while. Headaches are not normal. I'm not really a medical expert, so I can't say for sure. But from my experience, it might be a combination with something else.

[@luvluh]

@@austrismusic probably, i’ll see if i still get a headache from it tomorrow. thank you for replying so quickly! :)

[@austrismusic]

No problem! I would say, if it happens more, consult a doctor.

[@stephen_634]

I think I damaged my lip muscles because I have to play really high notes like a trill on a high Bb and I used to be able to do this easily, now I keep struggling and the note won't come out, just an irritating airy sound. Has this ever happened to you? If yes, how did you fixed it? I really gotta fix this.(I'm 10th grade btw so I didn't mastered yet high notes)

[@austrismusic]

Hey, that's horrible! I'm not sure what you mean by airy sound. For high notes, buzzing has helped me a lot. Especially to find the right embouchure. But with that range you have to be very careful. Playing too much can be more damaging than playing too little. And there are days when it just sounds bad. The high range doesn't forgive any imperfections in our technique. In general I would recommend beginning with buzzing on the lips and the mouthpiece, flexibility exercises and long notes in soft dynamic and later throw in some power exercises here and there. Not too much though. They can be quite dangerous if done wrong or too much.

[@stephen_634]

@@austrismusic thanks for the tips, I've been resting a little and it got better, I also started using chapstick to keep my lips moistured so it's gonna be easier for my lips to vibrate normally(I can't play with dry lips). I'll start working more on buzzing, long notes and flexibility+range.

[@midas3678]

Thx

[@gregmonks]

I love the sound of your horn! What make is it?

[@austrismusic]

Thanks! Alexander Mainz 103

[@krofikS4]

Thank you for the great advice here! I would really like to hear in your videos about these topics: How much pressure is ok on the lips? (I always have a ring of the mouthpiece on my lips after I exercise) What to do if one has a unstable note? (I can play up do high A but my hight C# is always tricky to get to, maybe it's the horn. To me the notes there are way to close... But interestingly I have no trouble with higher notes...) Thank you once again!

[@austrismusic]

Thank you for the suggestions! There is always going to be pressure on the lips in the high range. The muscles have to be strong enough to withstand it. Also the placing of the mouthpiece is crusical. If you want to you can take a short lesson with me and I'll explain all the intricacies. Your questions have quite complicated answers which also depend on the person self.

[@david1973km]

Great video! Do you have any tips on practicing playing fast measures?

[@austrismusic]

Thank you! Yes, play them slow! And then increase the tempo when you can play it through 3 times in a row without mistakes. I also mess a bit with the rhythm, slowing down certain parts and other ones not.

[@brookeashm]

Im inn7th grade and i play baritone and i can play high f is that good

[@austrismusic]

That's very good! Keep up the good work!

[@gokubeast2489]

Hello! What is the perfect placement of the mouthpiece?

[@austrismusic]

They say 1/3 lower lip, 2/3 upper lip. But this varies person to person. I've seen people who play 1/2, 1/2.

[@blueparrot94]

@@austrismusic 1) I played every exercise, very useful video 😉 for the higher notes (for example G5, A5, Bb5 ...) have you some advice? 2) I'm one of the people who play with 1/2 upper lip and 1/2 lower lip. A mouthpiece has a maximum diameter of 15÷18 mm and in my opinion in its vicinity lips have the maximum space to vibrate 🤔

[@austrismusic]

Hi Matteo, what seems to be the issue with the G, A and Bb? It's quite hard for me to tell without hearing you play and looking at your embouchure.

Nice video

[@austrismusic]

Thanks!

[@MrJcasilva]

👏👏👏show!

[@carlw]

Great. I noticed on the last section of the extension by fifths, starting on the F# you used 1,2 then 2,3 for G#. I've never seen F# as 1,2.

[@austrismusic]

Which combination do you use for f#? By the way I played all of that on the Bb side

[@carlw]

@@austrismusic Yes it's makes sense to play all in Bb side. I use standard second rotor for F and Bb side. I haven't seen 1,2 as an alternative fingering, very interesting.

[@carlw]

@@austrismusic Found it in a fingering document I have. Sure enough F# = T2, T12, 2 Pretty cool. Perhaps the T12 combo is easier in that last part of the exercise than T2.

[@austrismusic]

I usually find the intonation better with T12 but the f# with T2 is more stable and less likely to kicks. That's why I sometimes play it with T2 in orchestral pieces.

[@carlw]

@@austrismusic Interesting. I've never tried T12 but sure will now. Thanks for the reply. You must be a horn player 😮😮😃😃

[@sombrasniper1694]

noticed my tone got better doing this

[@austrismusic]

Great! Keep practicing 📯

[@MrLong6]

I’m in 7th grade and can play C above the staff is that good?

[@austrismusic]

That's very good! Well done!

[@MrLong6]

@@austrismusic is there any reason to try and go higher or should I work on tone and speed?

[@austrismusic]

I would say work on the tone and endurance more and when you feel like it push it even higher. But please be careful! It's easy to damage your muscles if you overdo it

[@carolinaroot3492]

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[@Cateatschips]

Struggling to play high g. high notes are hard 😧

[@carolinaroot3492]

High is ALWAYS harder for me than low

[@sombrasniper1694]

after the first exercise, my face musckes indeed did hurt ngl