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Mean Horn Teachers who wrote Etudes
There are some really great etudes out there that have a few things in common, besides being hard. The main thing is they have...
On teaching styles of horn teachers, and creativity
Not too long ago a colleague made an offhand comment about another teacher, saying they were a “method” teacher. That observation, and looking at...
8 Signs That it Might Be Time to Change Teachers
Private music lessons are a time-honored tradition for learning how to play an instrument. The experience is really hard to beat in terms of hands-on, focused...
Things Horn Teachers Say: Ineffective Teaching
Derek Wright posted recently on something a teacher (not me!) said to him in a first lesson. The teacher asked him “do you have...
Windmills of the Mind
Noise pollution
A new study indicates that French horn players are in danger of developing noise-induced hearing loss. This risk for horn players is reported as the...
Fundamentals: Introducing an Important Topic
This article introduces a new series looking at fundamentals.
At the end of the spring semester this topic really came to weigh on my heart...
On the topic of a Horn Guru
Unless you don’t follow much social media, you have already heard that a certain hornist recently has seen major “negative change” in their career....
Accuracy Encyclopedia: F is for F Horn
There are so many topics that fall under the letter F that this is the first of four articles relating to “F” topics, with...
Mental Health and Horn Playing: The Impact of Private Lessons
For many years, I struggled with performance anxiety. When exposed passages came up in ensemble rehearsals and performances, I would get noticeably nervous. It...
The Upper Lip and your Low Range
Hidden way back in the site in articles from 2009 and 2010 are two articles that show something important about how the low range...