John Ericson
Pondering the Warm-Up, and Learning Double Tonguing of Scales and Arpeggios
The following post is a combination of two posts from the original HTML Horn Notes Blog dating to 11/23/04 and 11/30/04.
Recently on the horn...
Who Plays What Brand of Horn?
A question a lot of people wonder is who plays what horn and also the related, larger question of what is a professional quality...
PSA: Brief Notes on Bell’s Palsy
Yesterday I was involved with a DMA defense of an interesting project on overuse injury prevention in string players. A number of the topics...
Gunther Schuller on Achieving the Ultimate Articulation, Slur, and Tone Quality
Another article from the archive of the original HTML Horn Notes Blog, first posted on11/8/04.
This past year we have been honored to have IHS...
Review: Recent Innovations in Stop Mutes, and Notes on Stopping on the B-flat and...
New products are always of interest at Horn Matters. Recently I heard of a new type of stop mute made of wood, the Woodstop,...
Short and Long Tuning Slides, and Seasonal Intonation Issues
Some readers may have noticed that with the change of seasons you have to move your slides around a bit, especially the main slide....
The Stopping Valve: The Best Invention Ever
In the United States horns with a stopping valve are not common. The most recent recital I gave is probably the first that I...
Understanding the Performing Acoustic in Relation to Your Horn Playing
The way we perform is related to the physical space we play in and the mental space we play in.
First, let us consider the...
Farkas and Accuracy and Gustatory Synesthesia
Philip Farkas was one of the few authors of a horn method to tackle the topic of accuracy head on. In his chapter on that...
Tips to Consider to Improve Your Auditions
I judged two concerto competitions on Thursday, which reminded me of this post full of tips on taking all types of auditions from the original...