A key French horn technique, "hand stopping", involves placing the right hand inside the bell to adjust pitch and timbre and add colour to the instrument's sound. For Klieser, who plays seated ...

The player puts their hand in the bell end to change the sound of the instrument, and gets different notes by pressing down valves, which block off holes. I started playing the french horn when I ...

1. How and why did you choose to play your instrument? I came across the French horn entirely by accident. Originally, I wanted to play the trombone as it seemed much cooler because it could do ...