Fundamentals of Horn Playing
available as three separate packages ($75.00 each) or as an entire series ($199.00 – Best Value!)
Package 1: Embouchure, Setup, Initial Attack, Sound, and Warming Up (Ep. 1-5)
- Creating a solid foundation
- Embouchure and Aperture - how they work together
- Achieving a focused sound through efficient buzzing
- Position of the mouthpiece
- Physics of creating sound, range and volume
Package 2: Tuning, Fingers, Tonguing, and Flexibility (Ep. 6-9)
- Tuning the Horn
- Basic scale and arpeggio regimens
- Multiple tonguing
- Accuracy
Package 3: Range, Endurance, Sightreading, and Cooling Down (Ep. 10-13)
- The harmonic series
- Shaping the aperture with the embouchure
- "Brass Player's Face"
- Subdivision and other sighreading suggestions
- Effective methods for cooling down (to prepare for the next time you play)
Jennifer Kummer
In addition to recording sessions, she holds positions as Principal Horn of the Nashville Opera and the Gateway Chamber Orchestra, 3rd Horn of the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra and performs frequently with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. She has been a featured artist and clinician for international and regional conferences.
Jennifer holds degrees from Western Illinois University and Middle Tennessee State University, and studied at the University of Southern California with Vincent DeRosa. She serves on the faculty at Lipscomb University as the Horn instructor and most recently became the Horn professor at Tennessee State University.
Some of Jennifer’s television recording credits include:
Greyhound, My Little Pony: The Movie, Space Force, Fargo, Texas Rising, Jedi Temple Challenge, and Lost in Space.
Jennifer’s list of videogame recording credits is extensive, including some of the most successful franchises in recent history:
Minecraft, Fortnite, Call of Duty (Black Ops 3, 4, Cold War, Infinite Warfare, Modern Warfare, WWII), Destiny 2, Halo, Madden NFL (18, 19, 20), The Last of Us, Marvel’s Spider-Man and SpiderMan: Miles Morales, Halo, FIFA: (18,19), and Star Wars: (Jedi: Fallen Order, Squadrons).
