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Articles by Professor Ichabod Corno

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Professor Corno: “Please feel free to …”

PUBLISHED: April 1, 2012, Professor Ichabod Corno

Something you hear said often when getting ready to play in a lesson or audition or whatever is “please feel free to play a few notes first” or similar. After you play those notes though and actually start playing there are other thoughts that may run through the heads of your listeners. Such as the [...]

Professor Corno: About your Mouthpiece Choice

PUBLISHED: March 25, 2012, Professor Ichabod Corno

This question recently came in through the contact page and was passed on to Prof. Corno: What’s the best way to pick out a mouthpiece? I’m a student looking for a comfortable mouthpiece that will help me in the high range, and also to help me play louder, while keeping a good tone. Picking out [...]

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Professor Corno on the Most Inspirational Horn Camp

PUBLISHED: February 16, 2012, Professor Ichabod Corno

You have heard it already. Attend a horn workshop or camp. Summer horn study is good for you; make a semester of progress over the summer if you are serious about making it. Those Horn Matters folks keep a pretty up-to-date events page going. It is actually much more comprehensive than any other print or [...]

Professor Corno on High School Players

PUBLISHED: December 13, 2011, Professor Ichabod Corno

There are always some great high school horn players out there. They can play crazy music that goes all over the horn and play it like a machine. Secretly I envy them. But also I really don’t envy them. Why? Because I know what happens to a lot of those hot shot players. Sure, a [...]

Professor Corno on Vanishing Mouthpieces

PUBLISHED: November 6, 2011, Professor Ichabod Corno

Part I: This professor has many students that he will never forget for a variety of reasons. One of them is the first student who borrowed a mouthpiece and then disappeared with it never to be heard from again. Also clearly recalled are the next one to do that and the next one after that. [...]

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Professor Corno: Dinosaurs in our Midst

PUBLISHED: September 25, 2011, Professor Ichabod Corno

Horn dinosaurs, that is. If you are reading this you probably are not a horn dinosaur, and as an international superstar I am obviously on the cutting edge.  But we all need to get out and do some good old missionary work. There are a lot of lost people out there in relation to the [...]

Professor Corno: The Dreaded C on the Third Space

PUBLISHED: August 27, 2011, Professor Ichabod Corno

There is a note that really never ever should be out of tune: third space C. It is one of the best notes on your horn. Some of you reading this however have a different idea on this statement, that it is in fact a bad note that you fear. But the fact is that [...]

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Intonation
John Ericson & Bruce Hembd
on the French horn, brass related topics, and the field of classical music.