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Introducing the French Horn Warmup Collection

With the summer project of converting my E-book publications back to being available in print versions, there were sections of several books...

Mozart K407 – We should be playing this work more often

In my summer practice I’ve kept coming back to the Mozart Quintet for horn and strings K407, and the more I look...

Should you practice 50% of the time with a metronome and tuner?

Metronome. Tuner. How much do you use them in your practice? At Arizona State we have a new trumpet...

On tight valve strings, thin oil, and alignment

Rotary valves can be a bit of a mystery for horn players and musical instrument repairmen. Three topics you should consider.

Tempos and the Hindemith Sonata

Tempo choice is always an interpretation question. At the 2019 IWBC Gail Williams performed the Hindemith Sonata on...

Revisiting the “buzz pipe”

I’ve had phases where I made much use of a B.E.R.P. device for buzzing on the mouthpiece to work on improvement of...

Looking closer at the topic of breath support with Eli Epstein

Those familiar with my teaching know that I almost never use the term “support,” and when I do I add disclaimers about...

Wellness, practice, and how to actually improve

This semester our guest for our horn day was Richard Seraphinoff. One focus was on injury and wellness, and that is a...

If you still say “clams” for missed notes …

… maybe you are getting old. I have noticed something, confirmed by current students and a former student teaching...

Brief review: Recipe for Success — a new method for young horn players

Anyone who teaches lessons to young horn players knows already, not only are there limited materials easily available to teach from, but...
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