John Ericson
Fundamentals 18A. Bass clef: old (and new) notation bass clef
Number 18 on the list of fundamentals in the Douglas Hill book, which I have used to guide this series, to my mind involves...
My Mellophonium Mood
This 2008 article, very slightly updated here, originally appeared in the Horn Articles Online website
One thing I became very interested in during the summer...
Fundamentals 17. Transpositions
Lightning quiz: What is the most popular page in the entire Horn Matters website? That article is by Bruce Hembd on the topic of...
Broken links? UPDATE: Horn Articles Online is not online
It has come to my attention that within Horn Matters all links to materials in my original Horn Articles Online site (online since 1998...
Sabbatical horn update: improved details
Back in the spring of 2021 I was on sabbatical from Arizona State, and, as reported here in Horn Matters, my project involved horn...
Fundamentals 16. Muted horn: tonal control, responses, projection, noiseless manipulation of mute
Mutes?!? It is very interesting to me that Douglas Hill included in his list of fundamentals (found in his Collected Thoughts book) a special...
Fundamentals 15. Stopped horn: tonal control, responses, projection, F and B-flat fingerings
Continuing our series on fundamentals (using, as prompts, the list of fundamentals found on pages 92-93 of the Douglas Hill book of Collected Thoughts),...
Fundamentals 14. Lip trills: fluency, control at all dynamics, knowledge of all fingerings, also...
Lip trills are a must for any hornist playing on the level to perform a Mozart concerto movement.
Spoiler alert: Lip trills are easier on...
Vienna Horns, part III: Their musical world and more
A year ago, I started a short series of posts related to the Vienna horn, which was left incomplete. This final article of the...
Fundamentals 13. Concentration: ability to mentally focus for long periods
Concentration is not a topic touched on directly by many horn teachers. However, the ability to focus is a key fundamental for effective practice...