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A Matter of Scale

Very recently I saw a quote posted that relates very much to a topic on my mind. It read, When you play your instrument you...

Nudge Theory

A method for guiding students on their learning path. In When Humans Need a Nudge Toward Rationality author Jeff Sommer reports on an interesting principal...

Size Matters; Big Horns, Little Hands

From the family archive. A sister-in-law of mine once played French horn as a child. We like to swap stories now and then about her...

Technical Materials III: Uncommon Materials I Teach From

First, to add one big point in the previous post in this series, I don’t teach with a one-size-fits-all routine that is the same...

More Debunking the F Horn for Beginners

Occasionally I like to peruse Google Patent Search, looking for cool and far-out concepts in horn design. A complete article last year uncovered some interesting...

Horn is Tough for Band Directors to Teach

…especially if they did not have a decent methods class. One of the projects I have had students do in the horn pedagogy class in...