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Halloween Frightmares: Dreams and Fantasies

Throughout my life I have had several reoccurring horn-related dreams. It seems like every month or so they come back to haunt me. Late for...

Parody: Halloween Frightmares and Chunks

Along with oiling valves and lubricating slides, cleaning the instrument should be a regular part of a player's regimen. The leadpipe and mouthpiece especially...

Halloween Frightmares: Newspaper Headline of Horror

Musicians that make noticeable mistakes in concert make easy targets for the discerning music critic. Some critics might even go so far as to name...

4 Tips on Orchestration and Horns

In "Composers who Can't Write for the Horn" John Ericson made some very good points for composers to pay attention to. At a number of...

I’m in Music Education – Why Do I Need to Know Transposition?

The sentiment behind the question presented in the title is that only performance majors pursuing a career in orchestral playing need to worry about...

The Pencil Exercise – Trick or Treat?

One thing that I like about trumpet forums is their open-mindedness when it comes to trying out new things. Whereas some in the French...

Musicians Make Better Listeners

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...

More Debunking the F Horn for Beginners

Occasionally I like to peruse Google Patent Search, looking for cool and far-out concepts in horn design. A complete article last year uncovered some interesting...

A Few Things Not French Horn

It is amazing how many things take on the name French horn that are not actually musical instruments. For example: The French Horn Cocktail *...

Review: E-Brass Whisper System

This past weekend a colleague in the Arizona Opera orchestra showed me a new horn product. At first glance I honestly thought it was...