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Accuracy Encyclopedia: Centering and More

We now come to the letter C. There are several entries under the letter C in the book draft, thoughts to consider that will...

Accuracy Encyclopedia: Breath Attacks and Buzzing

There are two entries under “B,” the topics of breath attacks and buzzing. Both have positive and negative points to consider. Breath attacks, a risky...

Accuracy Encyclopedia: Audiation and Autopilot

Finishing up the “A” topics, we have audiation and autopilot Audiation, or, hearing what you plan to play before you play it It is harder to...

Accuracy Encyclopedia: Air and Alternate Fingerings

Today as we continue our tour the subject of accuracy we have two unrelated topics, air (the use of) and also alternate fingerings (pro...

Accuracy Encyclopedia: Adjust your Thinking

In notes dating back to 2008 I’ve been working off and on toward a possible book on accuracy. Some of the notes have found...

Mouthpiece story — Testing “connections” with Maxime-Alphonse 4:12

Some certain works and phrases of works have interesting applications when it comes to testing mouthpieces and horns. In some recent lessons I have...

Bumps, clicks, bubbles, and other nuisances of horn playing

I have Gunther Schuller to thank. Before his visit to ASU in 2004, although I intuitively knew some setups were stiffer in the slots...

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

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

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...

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...