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Valsalva Stuttering and Embouchure Lockdown

PUBLISHED: May 26, 2010, Bruce Hembd

The big entrance is coming up. You have prepared for weeks and weeks and this is your shining moment. You take a large breath of air and then… … nothing happens. Your chops and tongue feel locked down and frozen. The harder you try the worse it gets. Occasionally, a scenario like this will haunt [...]

On Incentive and Reward

PUBLISHED: May 24, 2010, Bruce Hembd

This video raises a number of questions in terms of incentive and personal drive in music education and in the music business in general. While there is one cringe-worthy moment (where music is held up as an example of fun and volunteerism), overall I think there are some key points to consider: Does the reward [...]

Innate talent? ‘No such thing’ says genetics author

PUBLISHED: March 23, 2010, Bruce Hembd

For many years I held firmly to the belief that some people among us are extraordinarily gifted. They possess an extra serving or two of talent beyond what most people have. My belief was that people were simply born this way. Über-people exist – genetically wired at birth to be great geniuses. According to David [...]

Musicians Make Better Listeners

PUBLISHED: October 20, 2009, Bruce Hembd

A recent broadcast at National Public Radio features an interesting study presented at Neuroscience 2009, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. Operating on the theory that musician’s brains are more finely tuned to process sound, the study tested classically trained violinists and pianists. While musician’s hearing may not be necessarily better than average [...]

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Music and the Brain

PUBLISHED: July 28, 2008, Bruce Hembd
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A recent study on music and the brain…mmm…brains… A few years ago I took a course on brain development and ever since I have been fascinated by the topic. The brain it seems, is one of the final frontiers of medical science; while recent research has given scientists new insights into the brain, it mostly [...]

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The Resource for Brass Research

PUBLISHED: June 10, 2008, John Ericson

One book that I don’t think is well enough known among brass teachers and students is Brass Bibliography: Sources on the History, Literature, Pedagogy, Performance, and Acoustics of Brass Instruments by Mark J. Fasman. Published by Indiana University Press in 1990, it is a very comprehensive resource that lists virtually every article and book of [...]

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