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Introducing: tonebase Brass

Everything you need to grow as an artist, passionate hobbyist or educator.

French Horn Mastery

  • High & Low Horn Comfort – Achieve effortless control and accuracy across the horn’s full range.
  • Pitch Accuracy & Note Starts – Become fearless with your note entrances, intonation, and centering pitches confidently every time.
  • Hand & Posture Techniques – Optimize your playing comfort and efficiency with tailored solutions for horn positioning, ergonomics, and hands of all sizes.

Fundamentals & Technique

  • Breathing & Ergonomics – Improve airflow, endurance, and posture with practical exercises like The Breathing Gym and Alexander Technique.
  • Warmup & Injury Prevention – Incorporate daily warm-up routines and stretches to ensure sustainable, healthy playing.
  • Flexibility & Smooth Slurs – Improve your lip flexibility and coordination for seamless connections and effortless lyrical playing with targeted exercises.

Gear & Musicianship

  • Transposition & Theory – Improve your transposing and clef-reading skills specifically geared for brass musicians, enhancing your musical literacy for improved confidence.
  • Brass-Specific Aural Skills – Develop your ear through targeted sight-singing and listening exercises crucial for performance. Hear the notes, hit the notes.
  • Gear & Instrument Essentials – Choose instruments, mouthpieces, and equipment that maximize ease, efficiency, and comfort in every range of your instrument.

Ensembles

  • Orchestral Section & Excerpts – Learn how to nail excerpts, win the audition, and blend into a brass section.
  • Brass Quintet – Explore the nuances of chamber music, learning how to communicate, rehearse, and perform effectively in a small brass ensemble.
  • Contemporary Groups – Develop essential skills for playing in ensembles and as a soloist in the 21st century.

Instance access to in-depth courses!

Preview our curated selection of horn courses below. With lessons covering fundamentals, technical training, style and interpretation, you won't find a more thorough and enriching learning experience anywhere else.

Why tonebase Brass?

With tonebase Brass, you’ll unlock a comprehensive, structured, and flexible learning experience that transforms your musical journey.

Structured Success Pathways

Get step-by-step guidance so you always know what to tackle next—no more aimless browsing or guesswork.

Expert Curation

Skip the noise and trust world-class instructors and industry pros to deliver clear, high-quality lessons.

Community & Live Events

Join live Q&A sessions, challenges, and workshops to stay motivated. Connect with like-minded musicians to share progress and feedback.

Flexible & On-Demand

Access all content on your schedule, whether you’re practicing at midnight or on a lunch break.

Real reviews from real customers.

Our members rate us at 4.8/5 stars. Here’s how a few of them transformed their skills since joining tonebase.

“Instead of scouring the internet for hours for performance tips and tricks, I now have access to a wealth of high-quality content from renowned artists at my fingertips!“

Omid S.

joined Sep. 2022

“Sincerely speaking, a few months with tonebase help me solve many issues I have had with my fingers for years if not decades.“

Giao P.

joined Mar. 2021

“We [in the community] all give each other wonderful, positive feedback. The teachers also give incredibly detailed ways that we can improve our playing."

Eric P.

joined Apr. 2020

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