Home Authors Posts by John Ericson

John Ericson

967 POSTS 0 COMMENTS
Read John Ericson's bio for more information.

On the Singer “Heavy Routine”

This week in the pedagogy class we focused on warm-up routines. One old standard discussed was the “Heavy Routine” found in Embouchure Building for...

A Little Lady on an Old Conn Tenor Horn

I recently had the chance to try this old Conn alto (tenor) horn in E-flat that was borrowed by ASU from the U of...

The $50,000 Alexander Uberhorn

One of my DMA students sent me the link to this eBay auction tonight, for a rare Alexander that can be yours for only...

A Tunable Horn Mute FAQ

While this topic came up in a sectional last week, it is actually a topic I have meant to post on for quite some...

Gail Williams on Free Buzzing and Right Hand Position

A topic in a number of lessons this week has been right hand position. Something I referenced in these lessons was the quote in the following post,...

Nerves and Bananas?

Nerves can be a big problem! Sometimes it is something you can't work yourself past no matter what you try with a good mindset...

Podcast on the B-flat Marching French Horn

While I have post some info about this topic in Horn Articles Online, one topic I have not yet posted on in this site specifically is...

A Fingering Chart for Single F, Double, and Single B-flat Horns

I know from the blog stats that people are looking for fingering charts for the horn. Typically horn fingering charts are somewhat confusing as they...

A Blind Test of Horns at IHS Denver, the Results

A post on the Pope Instrument Repair site/blog points to the results of the blind test of horns done at the 2008 IHS Denver...

Fingerings and Notations for the Single B-flat Horn

Exactly how to think of fingerings and notations for the single B-flat horn is a point of confusion for many music educators. I believe...