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Titanic horn

From the Calgary Beacon: In Clive Cussler’s classic Raise the Titanic! his protagonist discovers a French horn on the ocean floor which is later confirmed...

Routines, and the Better Horn Players

I recently had a thought, that playing the French horn well favors people with a strong sense (and need for) routine. Let me explain. I...

Failure as a Goal for Success

Sometimes when I get contemplative about life, I look back and examine my past failures. Without a doubt, I have made some colossal mistakes...

Screen time versus your horn playing (and everything else)

This past week I noted an article, “Study: Too much screen time harmful on molecular level.” Likely you have heard that overall, it is...

Looking back: How did I learn to play short notes and...

The related topics of playing short notes and tonguing quickly come up in lessons all the time. At some point every horn player must learn...