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On Practicing ‘Away from the Horn’

In last Wednesday's article I presented a few tips on balancing horn practice with a full-time job. For myself, keeping my chops in good...

Interview: Laurence Lowe on Coming Back to Playing Horn from a...

One question that comes up often is how to best come back from a playing break, especially one of months or years. Of all...

Mailbag: On Warm-Up Patterns Using the Flat Harmonic

An interesting question recently came in from a reader, on the topic of the arpeggio patterns used in warm-up exercises. An early teacher of...

Question from the Mailbag: How do I Improve my Trills and...

A questioner asks: I'm a freshman in high school, and Im playing Mozart horn concerto no 2 in e flat major k. 417 for an...

Advice on Practicing at Mid-Career

An ongoing topic for many players is staying on top of their playing over the course of a lifetime, and how practice fits in...

On Performing the Konzertstuck, and being Ready to Play Horn

Of all the memories of the recent Southwest Horn Conference, one of the strongest will be performing the Schumann Konzertstuck for four horns and orchestra...

Scale Goals: High School Horn

Depending on the state you are in, regional honor band auditions at the high school level may have either recently happened or are coming...

Thoughts on Using a Mirror in Practice Sessions

Ever since my college days I have always used a mirror in my practice. When warming-up especially I like to stare into it and...

Using a Stop Mute for Mouthpiece Practice

Ever since reading about using a brass stopping mute for mouthpiece practice on Julia Rose's site, I have wanted to try it out. I...

On Breaking the Rules and the 60-Minute Practice Session

To a certain degree we learn methods and rules in order to forget about them later and move on to other things. In "More on...
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