Randall Faust has collaborated with Western Illinois University Television to produce an instructional DVD on "Stopped Horn Technique". This video has many useful features including demonstrations of historical literature, the harmonic series and historical literature, illustrations of Marvin Howe’s Treatise: Stopped Horn, and practical exercises with close-up hand position photos and scrolling musical notations.
 

 

 
Table of Contents - Scenes

1. How to Stop a Horn
2. Historical Considerations
3. Excerpts from Musical Examples
4. Acoustical Considerations
5. An Introduction to Marvin Howe's Treatise: Stopped Horn
6. Practical Considerations
7. Exercises to practice with this DVD
8. Fingerings
9. Resistance
10. Muted Horn Applications
11. Transposing Brass Stopping Mute
12. Bibliography

 
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Sample Podcast
 
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For more information contact:
 
Randall Faust
The Western Hornist, School of Music
College of Fine Arts and Communication
Western Illinois University
1 University Circle
126A Browne Hall, Macomb, Illinois 61455-1390
Phone: 309/298-1300
Fax: 309/298-1968
Email: RE-Faust@wiu.edu
 

 
Order Form can be download by clicking this "Order Form" link and mail the form to Dr. Randall Faust.