This is why I prefer transposing by clef and not by interval. That
way, horn in B (H) and horn in B-flat (B) are the same except for
the key signature. For horn in B-flat, read it as mezzo-soprano
clef and add a flat. For horn in B, read it as mezzo soprano clef
and add six sharps.
Obviously, you still have to practice it, and I still agree with
Sam Ramsay that 3rd and 4th horn in Brahms 1 are impossible for
most people (including me!) to sight read. Brahms 2 isn't nearly
as pathological, though.
HTH.
Howard Sanner
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