John Ericson
The Natural Horn and the Beethoven 9 “Controversy”
In our horn repertoire class at ASU we arrived recently at the topic of Beethoven 9. The fourth horn solo has been the subject...
Hornmasters: Merewether, Tuckwell, and Bushhouse on Care and Maintenance
This brief series on care and maintenance concludes today with notes from three more classic horn publications.
Merewether: Don't ignore noisy, clicking valves
Richard Merewether in...
Video: Lips Vibrating a Low C on the French Horn
A video that Bruce Hembd recently pointed me toward I was very interested to see, a video of how the lips actually move playing a...
Review: New Book on Accuracy, Don’t Miss!
Don't Miss! Ideas, concepts, and exercises designed to increase accuracy on an inaccurate instrument by Nicholas Smith is a brand new publication on the...
Hornmasters: Farkas, Schuller, and Berv on Care and Maintenance
Next the Hornmasters turn the topic of care and maintenance of the horn.
Farkas: A bit dated
Farkas offers in The Art of French Horn Playing a...
Mailbag: “Pure” Horn Quartets for Amateurs
Among recent E-mail was a request from a member of an amateur horn quartet. They have a good library of transcriptions for quartet but...
Horn Sections With and Without an Associate Principal
A topic that comes up periodically is that of the use of an assistant first horn in orchestral playing in the United States. I...
Hornmasters: Tuckwell and Bushhouse on Beginner Horns
In this series I have titled "Hornmasters" we have focused on quotations from books on the horn published originally 25 or more years ago,...
Beta Blockers or The Inner Game?
Recently I saw a link to an article, “Better music by prescription,” from The Minnesota Daily. This is a topic that can stir up...
Hornmasters: Merewether on Horns
Richard Merewether writes at length about actual horn design in The horn, the horn… Merewether was for many years also a professional hornist in...