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Embouchure 101: A Video on Brass Embouchures

PUBLISHED: December 16, 2011, Bruce Hembd

David Wilken has put together a superb 50-minute video on embouchure basics that should be required watching for both teachers and players. The topic of embouchure can be a hot-button topic among horn players especially, one than can ignite passionate opinion. Mr. Wilken does an excellent job of myth-busting; he separates the fact from fiction [...]

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Beginners, Brass players, Breathing, Tips

A Conversation with Jeff Stockham and Tom Varner: Can We Play Both French Horn and Trumpet? (Part I)

PUBLISHED: May 15, 2011, Tom Varner

Today Horn Matters welcomes another guest contributor, Tom Varner. * * * I have never been able to double on trumpet and horn, having played only horn since I was 9, and as an “old” 16-year-old, getting into jazz, I felt that the embouchure adjustment was too great.  The only player that I know of [...]

Mouthpiece Pressure and other Tall Tales

PUBLISHED: March 11, 2011, Bruce Hembd

I have argued that when mixing vague religiosity, sports metaphors and loose technical knowledge into a brass teaching method, there can be hidden dangers. The end result can look more like science fiction than logical pedagogy. Occasionally too a popular teaching anecdote – such as paralysis by analysis – loses its original meaning as it [...]

Two Low Brass Master Classes

PUBLISHED: February 25, 2010, John Ericson

Yesterday at Arizona State we had not one but two master classes with low brass guest artists, Joseph Alessi and Jason Ham. First up was Joseph Alessi, Principal Trombone of the New York Philharmonic. After a short, great performance with piano he worked with two students. The one pull away comment I took from him [...]

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Brass players

Making the Second Solo CD

PUBLISHED: January 14, 2010, John Ericson

The past two days I helped produce a great recording project (more on that another day) and it reminded me of this post dated 6/7/2004 from the original HTML Horn Notes Blog, one of the very first posts I put up, which gives good insights into the recording process. This past weekend I got as [...]

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Brass players, John Ericson, Recordings

Video: Emmy Nominated Breathing Gym Daily Workouts DVD

PUBLISHED: October 1, 2009, John Ericson

A great recent product for breathing practice is the Breathing Gym Daily Workouts DVD, and one piece of news is that it was nominated for an Emmy Award in the category “Excellence in Informational/Instructional Production.” I describe the video further in this post, but also now, on YouTube, an excerpt of the DVD has been [...]

After the Last Jury for Gail Wilson

PUBLISHED: May 13, 2009, John Ericson

With graduation today at Arizona State University the big news is President Obama giving the commencement address outdoors at Sun Devil stadium in near 100 degree weather! But for me professionally the big event will be the fine arts convocation on Thursday, as an era will formally end and a new one begins. Professor Gail [...]

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