Bruce Hembd
French Horn Patents
Fun with Google Patent Search.
I spent a good several hours marveling at Google Patent Search engine recently. It is an amazing resource - its...
Queen of the Alphorn
More on Eliana Burki.
Not only can alphorn be cool, but it can be... uhm... sexy?
Judging by the amount of television appearances that may be...
Parody: Horns of Different Flavors and American Gothic
At some point, everyone believes that their instrument brand of choice is good and therefore perhaps good for others - this is perfectly natural...
A Systems View of Music Performance Education (II)
Continuing from Part I.
While working as a temp at a technology education center this summer, I worked with their goals and rationale of their...
A Systems View of Music Performance Education (I)
Could a technology model work for a music performance education?
Last summer I worked in a temporary position developing a web site "in-house" for an...
Muting in Beethoven
A gem for woodwind octet with odd mute changes.
John Ericson recently wrote a post at the Horn Notes Blog about playing a stopped...
Exercise: Scale/Flow Studies (I)
More flow/scale studies.
I am not sure where I picked these up - this printout is not copyrighted so I am making them available here....
Halloween Finale; Monster Horn Players
A monster of a different kind.
The final creature-feature in this week's "Monster Mash" enjoyed an illustrious second career after retiring from horn playing. As...
Get a Grip for Better Comfort
UPDATE: Apologies for the missing images. They will get fixed soon.
With the beginning and intermediate French horn students I teach, about 8 out of...
Monster Mash Thursday
A Halloween creature feature.
"I am a big fan of Handel's Water Music," says Thursday's featured monster horn player. "It is my favorite of course."
Gills...