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More Debunking the F Horn for Beginners

Occasionally I like to peruse Google Patent Search, looking for cool and far-out concepts in horn design. A complete article last year uncovered some interesting...

The Single F Horn Dare, a challenge to horn teachers

We need more horn players in the schools. I would offer readers a challenge in two parts. The first part is a general challenge to...

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...

A Matter of Scale

Very recently I saw a quote posted that relates very much to a topic on my mind. It read, When you play your instrument you...

From the Mailbag: Right Brain, Left Brain, and Connecting with Students

Several years ago a question came in. It was one that I found interesting to ponder at the time and still find interesting to...

On Teaching (and Studying) Effectively

With the first semester of the University of Horn Matters horn pedagogy course nearly complete it seems like a good time to re-post the...

On Learning the B-flat Horn Fingerings with Louis Stout

A topic that has come up in several lessons recently is that of learning B-flat horn alternate fingerings in the middle register where I...

Technical Materials I: What I Studied From

Horn teachers tend to teach out of materials that they used as students with their own students up to the point that they find...

Tough Love and Hard Knocks

It's a cruel world - does that merit cruel teaching methods? I have had my share of great coaches and teachers. They were mentors who...

Technical Materials III: Uncommon Materials I Teach From

First, to add one big point in the previous post in this series, I don’t teach with a one-size-fits-all routine that is the same...