The Pencil Exercise – Trick or Treat?
One thing that I like about trumpet forums is their open-mindedness when it comes to trying out new things. Whereas some in the French...
Interview: Laurence Lowe on Coming Back to Playing Horn from a...
One question that comes up often is how to best come back from a playing break, especially one of months or years. Of all...
Change your tuner, change your life — and warming up to...
There are a number of tuners out there that go beyond the old basic Korg tuner that has been so standard for years. Students...
Knowing Your Line: Planning for Success & Improvement
A key element in improvement on a musical instrument is to know your line. This concept boils down to becoming familiar with how hard...
Practice Records: A Reflective Learning Method, I
The benefits of a practice journal.
One stand-out detail I remember from Nancy Fako's book about Philip Farkas - Philip Farkas & His Horn: A...
Practice Records: A Reflective Learning Method, II
On practice records - continued from Part I.
One common type of reflective learning method used in educational settings is journaling -- the process of...
Advice on Practicing at Mid-Career
An ongoing topic for many players is staying on top of their playing over the course of a lifetime, and how practice fits in...
Exercise: Beefers
Another free download.
Someday I hope to revise these - they need much revision but for now here they are with the caveat that it...
On Performing the Konzertstuck, and being Ready to Play Horn
Of all the memories of the recent Southwest Horn Conference, one of the strongest will be performing the Schumann Konzertstuck for four horns and orchestra...
Copyright week, part I: Never take Xerox music into a lesson
“Creative Enterprise” is a major buzz phrase in the musical world today, and relates generally to the idea that you want to actually make...