An Introduction to the Acoustics of Playing the Horn

In the art of music, a good performer can make a low‐quality instrument sound passable, while a bad performer will not play well even on the best instrument in existence. Rather than merely focusing on the properties of the instrument, it is useful to provide the musician with some of the acoustical principles involved with playing the horn well. At the same time, this provides a medium to enable the acoustician to understand some of the intricacies a musician must balance well to create a pleasing sound.