F or Bflat

I am studying with a teacher who does not play the horn nevertheless we are making great headway in my skills. I would appreciate some advice on the merits of changing sides on the horn and when it is appropiate. I might work a piece to use Bflat in places I normaly would not and I think that I have the piece down, but after awhile when I come back to it it trips me up. What do you suggest or where might I find some helpful info?

I recommend usually to learn the F fingering and then the Bflat fingerings.
When you start to play in Bb maybe is best to forget about F horn for one two months to get used to the flat fingerings. When you feel you can play in Bflat without wrong fingerings then start to use F horn and combining both.
Choosing F or Bflat for a particular passage depend on:
-the intonation of the notes in F and in Bb
-How fast do you need to tongue
-How high
-The color of the sound
-The fingering is easier on F or Bb


Some topics:
-For faster tonguing passages, clear attacks or high register usually recommend Bb horn
-For warmer sound on slower passages F horn is usually preferable.
Bb
-About the intonation you should see the Full Double Horn harmonic series Intonation Tendencies, and check them against the normally sharp fingerings (slightly sharp 1+2; 1+3 & 1+2+3 very sharp) then you will know with fingering will be flat/sharp (I'cover this topic on a a small book I've wrote )

Better than thinking on Bb and F, I prefer to think on a small horn (Bb) getting larger as you use more fingers and increase the tone length
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[td] Bb hrn[/td]
[td]A hrn[/td]
[td]Ab hrn[/td]
[td]G hrn[/td]
[td]F# hrn[/td]
[td]F hrn[/td]
[td]E hrn[/td]

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[td]Bb[/td]
[td]0[/td]
[td]2[/td]
[td]1[/td]
[td]1[/td]
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[td]2[/td]
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[td]2[/td]
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[td]F hrn[/td]
[td]E hrn[/td]
[td]Eb hrn[/td]
[td]D hrn[/td]
[td]Db hrn[/td]
[td]C hrn[/td]
[td]B hrn[/td]



So, choosing for example a larger tube length on the lower note of a jump and a shorter tube length for the higher note might help (but this can be done just in Bb or just in F as well)

Keep in mind when playing on a shorter tube you will need more air quantity to avoid a poor sound, and when playing on a large tube you will require to use greater air speed to avoid a fuzzy atack.
Quite similar to ride a bicycle with multiple gears and use them on different situations.

Thank you Ricardo Iwould like to get your small guide if it was available this side of pond.Cheers

If you are on the US you can get it from Pope Instrument Repair