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What Horn Best Suits Beginners?

PUBLISHED: July 14, 2007, John Ericson

The standard line for many teachers is single F horn is the best for beginners, traditional tone, etc. Is this pedagogical approach stuck in the 1950s? For some years I have said that a light double horn is best, if the player can manage to hold it. I did not begin on single horn; I [...]

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Ericson in Shanghai

PUBLISHED: June 12, 2007, John Ericson

As I write I am back in Taiwan after a week in Shanghai. A most interesting week, which we started arranging late last summer when we met several younger faculty members from the Shanghai Conservatory. What was ultimately arranged for me was a series of five master classes and a solo recital. I heard a [...]

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