

The prime consideration of staccato is to have space between the notes and the faster the passage, the less time there is to produce the notes and the spaces. Philip Farkas in The Art of French Horn Playing notes that I will give them both long quotes to make their cases. First up are two big name horn pedagogues, and they will be the focus of this part I on the topic of staccato. One of those approaches I strongly agree with and the other I can see their point but … well, more on what I think later.

There are speaking broadly two approaches to staccato presented in horn methods.

Continuing on the topic of tonguing, we finally turn officially to staccato tonguing.
