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Toward Healthy Chops, and a Tip you can use Now

A major concern of mine for horn (and brass) players going forward into 2021 is chops. It has been a strange 9 months of...

Bad Conventional Wisdom, part 4: “Dropping the jaw” in the low...

Some players seem to think this is bad conventional wisdom at least, as they found that “dropping the jaw” did not work for them....

Bad Conventional Wisdom, part 3: The dreaded topic of too much...

Another topic I want to address in this series is mouthpiece pressure. We have all seen the page in the Farkas book where he...

From the Files: Mouthpiece Pressure in Horn Playing

With this article I begin a new series of articles for Horn Matters featuring quotes from print articles from not that long ago really....

Symmetry and Balance: 3 Reasons to Not Worry about an Off-Center...

A mirror can be a very useful tool in practice sessions. It is a great way to self-diagnose and to make adjustments that can...

From the Mailbag:”What Can I Do About Mouthpiece Pressure?”

K. asks: I have been working with my horn teacher over the last few months on changing my embouchure. The problem I had in the...

Question from the Mailbag: How do I Overcome Embouchure Lockdown?

I am an undergraduate at studying horn with . I read your article, "Valsalva Stuttering and Embouchure Lockdown", and I seem to be having...

Details from the ‘Embouchure Dystonia: Mind Over Grey Matter’ Video

A few days ago I posted an hour-long lecture video by Dr. Peter Iltis that spells out some of his research and personal experience...

Dystonia — latest field research

Today's random video is devoted to one, solitary video that I highly recommend watching. It is an hour-long video on dystonia and the latest field...

Mouthpiece Pressure and other Tall Tales

I have argued that when mixing vague religiosity, sports metaphors and loose technical knowledge into a brass teaching method, there can be hidden dangers....