Bruce Hembd
Exercise: My Lip Trills Stink!
Some tips on lip trills.
In a lesson with a community college student on a Mozart concerto I needed to explain the lip trill. I...
The “Tut Tut” Style of Tonguing in Horn Articulation
Clean articulations using tongue-stopping.
With my very first baby steps on the French horn, my big brother gave me the Dennis Brain Mozart concertos album...
Whistler’s Embouchure
On embouchure formation.
A recent post at Julia Rose's blog makes an interesting observation about horn players and their thoughts on embouchures.
It’s a shame that...
More Lessons Learned from Cats
Kitteh needs a LOL cat caption.*
Other lessons?
con't from yesterday...
Metaphorically speaking:
Don't poop where you eat.
If it smells funny don't eat it - walk away.
Bury things...
Lessons Learned from My Cats
Big things in little packages.
Tigger-Poo and Mr. Tribble were rescued as kittens from our local Humane Society. They are members of our family and...
Why Write and Post Articles Online?
On and off for a few years now, I have been blogging. Sometimes it feels like I am writing into a void so I...
The Birth of Venus and Her Horn
A classic revisited for the new year.
The Birth of Venus (c. 1482-6) by Sandro Botticelli depicts the goddess Venus, emerging from the sea as...
Washington Crosses Delaware With a French Horn
Bravery, heroism and no clams.*
George Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851)
by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze
A historic moment in American history is captured on canvas; General George...
Exercise PDF: Harmonics (I)
Up and down the overtone series.
With many beginning and intermediate players, they start playing a piece of music beginning on the wrong note, and...