Hello, Andrew! I love your channel. I am a beginner horn player. At the age of 63, I have been playing 18 months. I knew nothing about horn when I bought an old Elkhart Conn 6D. I began lessons on that horn. After about 9 months, that horn developed a lot of problems and I ended up buying a new Yamaha 671-D which I absolutely love. Nothing against that lovely Conn- it is almost as old as me! The Conn is in the shop now having a valve rebuild and other fixes. My teacher told me he insisted that beginners start on single horn in F, but he was glad I had the double horn and let me continue on it, because (let’s face it) I don’t have a lot of years left. I am considering a single F horn. I practice many of my etudes on the F side only to help develop better accuracy and pitch centering. My teacher let me play a single F horn that was loaned to him. It was so much easier to play than the F side of my double horn. Thanks for these videos showcasing the F horns you got. I agree there is just something about an F horn. No wonder it’s where beginners start. If you can master things there, the double horn just adds to that foundation. Keep the videos coming when you have the chance!
Hi Mimi, that's awesome, love to hear it! I actually first started on an old beat up Elkhart 6D myself, I miss it sometimes, those are very special horns. That's great you're enjoying your Yamaha, I also love those horns, fantastic. And yes, something very special about the single F, I totally love it.
I got my Conn 6D back from the shop. It’s incredible with the valve rebuild. I use it at church now as the other horn player plays an 8D and we blend so much better. I also bought a used Yamaha 314 on EBay. I love it! Definitely makes my Farkas warm up more challenging, but I’m learning a lot on it. I even use it for my “natural” horn as it is so light. Makes the fear of dropping my horn fade when playing a Bb or F# with my hand completely out of the bell.
Time stamps for the music played in case anyone wants to skip around: 3:41 Mahler 10, last movement chorale 7:24 Shostakovich 1, violin solo/1st horn solo 12:05 Mahler 10, last movement post-horror-chord horn solo 15:15 Mahler 3, first movement horn solo/violin solo 16:59 Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1, third movement horn soli 20:47 Mahler 6, first movement 1st horn/concertmaster duet
Very nice video, subscribed! I have a Yamaha YHR-321 single Bb-horn a friend bought for me at a thrift store, and I was really positively surprised at the response and sound of the instrument! Been looking at the YHR-313 (or 311) as well, might seriously consider it now!
I have an unmarked single that has a neat story in it's history that I absolutely love to play, but the E line 1, A , and D are just suggestions. It is at least 60 years old so what can one get, but would still like to get it really working properly.
Hello, Andrew! I love your channel. I am a beginner horn player. At the age of 63, I have been playing 18 months. I knew nothing about horn when I bought an old Elkhart Conn 6D. I began lessons on that horn. After about 9 months, that horn developed a lot of problems and I ended up buying a new Yamaha 671-D which I absolutely love. Nothing against that lovely Conn- it is almost as old as me! The Conn is in the shop now having a valve rebuild and other fixes. My teacher told me he insisted that beginners start on single horn in F, but he was glad I had the double horn and let me continue on it, because (let’s face it) I don’t have a lot of years left. I am considering a single F horn. I practice many of my etudes on the F side only to help develop better accuracy and pitch centering. My teacher let me play a single F horn that was loaned to him. It was so much easier to play than the F side of my double horn. Thanks for these videos showcasing the F horns you got. I agree there is just something about an F horn. No wonder it’s where beginners start. If you can master things there, the double horn just adds to that foundation. Keep the videos coming when you have the chance!
Hi Mimi, that's awesome, love to hear it! I actually first started on an old beat up Elkhart 6D myself, I miss it sometimes, those are very special horns. That's great you're enjoying your Yamaha, I also love those horns, fantastic. And yes, something very special about the single F, I totally love it.
I got my Conn 6D back from the shop. It’s incredible with the valve rebuild. I use it at church now as the other horn player plays an 8D and we blend so much better. I also bought a used Yamaha 314 on EBay. I love it! Definitely makes my Farkas warm up more challenging, but I’m learning a lot on it. I even use it for my “natural” horn as it is so light. Makes the fear of dropping my horn fade when playing a Bb or F# with my hand completely out of the bell.
Wow that's great! I absolutely love Conn 6D's, and that's awesome you found the little Yamaha too, very cool!
Time stamps for the music played in case anyone wants to skip around:
3:41 Mahler 10, last movement chorale
7:24 Shostakovich 1, violin solo/1st horn solo
12:05 Mahler 10, last movement post-horror-chord horn solo
15:15 Mahler 3, first movement horn solo/violin solo
16:59 Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1, third movement horn soli
20:47 Mahler 6, first movement 1st horn/concertmaster duet
Very nice video, subscribed!
I have a Yamaha YHR-321 single Bb-horn a friend bought for me at a thrift store, and I was really positively surprised at the response and sound of the instrument! Been looking at the YHR-313 (or 311) as well, might seriously consider it now!
Very cool! Yeah I certainly would recommend it, Yamahas are just consistently good
Very nice tone bud!❤
Thank you!
A very, very interesting video. I wonder what would happen if an entire orchestral section were equipped with those Yamaha 313s….
Hmm that would be interesting for sure!
I have an unmarked single that has a neat story in it's history that I absolutely love to play, but the E line 1, A , and D are just suggestions. It is at least 60 years old so what can one get, but would still like to get it really working properly.
Cool!