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Keys to Avoiding Chop Problems

PUBLISHED: April 21, 2009, John Ericson

This past year I have been in contact with several players who have had embouchure problems, including focal dystonia. These can be very serious to deal with, but a couple basic observations come to mind after some recent conversations. The inclination is to try to practice your way out of these problems. That won’t work. [...]

Don’t Miss!

PUBLISHED: June 30, 2008, John Ericson

This is another post from the archive, dated 7/12/2004, when I was performing Principal Horn and teaching at the Brevard Music Center in North Carolina. Who likes to miss notes? I don’t. Last night I performed first horn on the Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Weber by Paul Hindemith, the Cello Concerto in A minor, [...]

Pivot

PUBLISHED: November 8, 2007, John Ericson

The topic from the Doug Hill master classes at ASU last weekend that has generated the most discussion in lessons this week is that of pivoting on the horn. While not utilized by all hornists, many players find a slight downward pivot to be helpful in obtaining the highest notes on the horn. The pivot [...]

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Douglas Hill, Gunther Schuller, Philip Farkas

The Two Approaches to the Horn Embouchure

PUBLISHED: April 17, 2007, John Ericson

The description of the embouchure as described by Philip Farkas is well known. However, one fact, little spoken in the horn community, is there are essentially two approaches to the embouchure, one that Farkas describes and another described by Gunther Schuller and others. Read the two books back to back, they are pretty different approaches. [...]

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Gunther Schuller, Philip Farkas
John Ericson & Bruce Hembd
on the French horn, brass related topics, and the field of classical music.