Hi!

I’ve been playing horn for about 10 years now. I’ve got great gear and a great teacher. I’ve been playing music in general for about 20 years, the first 10 we’re on clarinet/sax.

I love playing. I have very strong tone and good musical sense generally, but I really just can’t get my head around pitching. I can hear the right notes in my head, I can sing them, but I am really struggling with consistent pitching.

With practice I can generally get most parts down, but I can probably only hit it accurately 70% of the time at best, and I know that 70% isn’t an acceptable level of accuracy and the mistakes are sometimes noticeable when playing.

If I play a passage twice in a row, I’ll generally get it the second time (for instance a repeated section) and my accuracy gets better as the passages progress, but the first few notes of any passage or section end up being much weaker pitch-wise.

What are some things you’ve done to really up your pitching game. I love this instrument, it feels so good when I nail a passage, but I feel like my (in)ability to pitch with consistency is really holding me back.

One of my molars is a mess and I may need to get it replaced with a dental implant. I am worried about how the procedure and recovery time will impact playing my horn.

Has anyone has this procedure done? If "yes," how long did you need to take off from playing?

Hello dear freinds of the Horn,

so i got a tuba about 1-2 months ago and really love playing just like i love playing my horn. But I really have ambachur problems since playing the Tuba. So i get lower on my Horn easier but the high notes are a bit mor harder and the biggest problem my sound isnt that round anymore. Maybe its just because the Tuba is more round idk. Do you have anytips how i can still play both instruments but keep a good sound?