John Ericson

The proverbial elephant in the room in horn playing is accuracy. In the prompt from Douglas Hill (this series is based on a list...

Among my activities I like to work on horns, continuing the type of projects I was doing during my sabbatical (more here). I enjoy...

Elsewhere in this site I have shared (probably several times) a story involving my Master’s degree studies with Verne Reynolds. He had a thing...

Ranges are fundamental. This prompt from the Douglas Hill book is pretty broad, but focuses on two elements; extreme ranges and good control in...

Tone quality is a very important fundamental! If you have a good tone, you are likely doing a lot of things correctly. Strive for...

I’ve made some equipment changes recently. As I noted in this article, I recently found a particular passage I was recording to be VERY...

Slurring can be a problem, even a major problem. The question you should be asking is this -- is the problem you, or is...

And now we have another very big fundamental topic: everything about tonguing. Hill, in his list that we are following for this series, combines...

I’ve been doing few reviews here lately, but Jeff Agrell was kind enough to send two of his recent publications, which I would like...

Before turning to all these topics, I would like to remind readers that this series is based on a list of fundamentals found in...