The Theory Behind Stopping The Horn
In honor of releasing his newest CD, “No Limits”, Frank Lloyd has put together three different videos describing his playing and I thought his video about hand-stopping was quite interesting. […]
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MuseScore + IMSLP = OpenScore
A new project and Kickstarter recently announced by Edward Guo, founder of IMSLP and Thomas Bonte, CEO and co-founder of MuseScore, aims to take music into the digital age with […]
Why You Should Make Purposeful Mistakes In Practice
One of my biggest breakthroughs in my horn playing came around a decade ago when I was studying with a great horn player and teacher that I’ll simply call Mr. P. […]
Moosewood Mouthpieces: Closed
Some sad news for all sorts of French horn players – Moosewood Mouthpieces seems to be out of business for good. Moosewood Mouthpieces has been in business since 1990 and […]
Tradition vs Progress in Horn Pedagogy and Playing
A new post over at HornMatters.com by John Ericson about the future of French horn playing raise some very interesting points about the negative side of “traditional pedagogy”, and raises […]
Updated: Choosing a Mouthpiece page
It’s been a bit long in coming, but I’ve finally updated my “Choosing A Mouthpiece” page! I’ve been adjusting things for a couple of years, and I finally updated the […]
Minimum Viable Warm-up – Never Feel Unprepared for Playing!
Most brass players know the importance of a good warm-up. This is probably the single most important session of playing that you do each day since it gives you a […]
