The Usability of Data and Feedback
Usability is a big buzzword in web and computer design.
With empirical data, countless reports and studies can guide developers towards making better, more user-friendly...
Pondering the Warm-Up, and Learning Double Tonguing of Scales and Arpeggios
The following post is a combination of two posts from the original HTML Horn Notes Blog dating to 11/23/04 and 11/30/04.
Recently on the horn...
Anatomy of a Practice Space
The room where I practice at home is also where do design and development work. This is the music wing of my desk....
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...
Exercise: Scale/Flow Studies (I)
More flow/scale studies.
I am not sure where I picked these up - this printout is not copyrighted so I am making them available here....
Scale Goals: High School Horn
Depending on the state you are in, regional honor band auditions at the high school level may have either recently happened or are coming...
Exercise: Scale/Flow Studies (II)
Continued from Part I.
Here is the second half of a post made last week.
Enjoy...
Scale/Flow Studies Part II
Mailbag: On Warm-Up Patterns Using the Flat Harmonic
An interesting question recently came in from a reader, on the topic of the arpeggio patterns used in warm-up exercises. An early teacher of...
Getting that ‘Wow’ Factor in Your Playing
Without a doubt one of the best practice techniques for improvement on a wind instrument is long tones. A teacher of mine once professed...
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...