Philip Farkas's A Photographic Study of 40 Virtuoso Horn Players' Embouchures is a visual reference on horn playing, rather than a book of exercises or performance music. It presents detailed, life-size photographs of forty accomplished twentieth-century horn players from around the world, allowing readers to study the embouchure at close range.
Each player's photographs show the high, middle, and low registers. Beside the images, diagrams indicate the direction of the air column, adding another point of comparison beyond the visible position of the lips and mouthpiece. Viewing the registers together makes the book especially useful for discussing how a player's setup relates to changes in pitch.
Published by Wind Music Publications, this study can complement a horn teacher's explanation of embouchure and provide material for brass pedagogy classes. Its emphasis is observation and comparison; it is best used alongside practical instruction rather than as a step-by-step method for changing one's playing.
Philip Farkas's A Photographic Study of 40 Virtuoso Horn Players' Embouchures is a visual reference on horn playing, rather than a book of exercises or performance music. It presents detailed, life-size photographs of forty accomplished twentieth-century horn players from around the world, allowing readers to study the embouchure at close range.
Each player's photographs show the high, middle, and low registers. Beside the images, diagrams indicate the direction of the air column, adding another point of comparison beyond the visible position of the lips and mouthpiece. Viewing the registers together makes the book especially useful for discussing how a player's setup relates to changes in pitch.
Published by Wind Music Publications, this study can complement a horn teacher's explanation of embouchure and provide material for brass pedagogy classes. Its emphasis is observation and comparison; it is best used alongside practical instruction rather than as a step-by-step method for changing one's playing.