Oct 3, 2024
In this episode John Ericson, horn professor at Arizona State, continutes his look at a fundamentals, based on three recent articles in the series on fundamentals in Horn Matters. As a part of that look he proposes a unified theory that relates the topics of breathing, embouchure, and articulation, with various...
Sep 17, 2024
In this episode John Ericson begins a series looking at the fundamentals of horn playing. Following a list that may be found in the Douglas Hill book, the series begins with topics including playing postion/posture, fingering choices, intonation, and much more -- including key ideas towards playing in tune...
Jul 5, 2023
In this episode John Ericson tackles questions related to how different horns work better on different music in a variety of ways, the topic of how we think of transpostion, and how intuitive musicianship can help you scope out if something is wrong in your music.
Jun 28, 2023
In this episode Dr. Ericson tackles questions relating to what makes a bad horn a bad horn, earplugs (and bad ears), and improving loud dynamic playing.
Jan 30, 2023
In this episode John Ericson looks at the topic of Carl Geyer and his horns, and reflects on his recent series of articles ("Geyer Dreaming") on Horn Maters, as 2023 is the 100th anniversary year of the Geyer style double horn. Length 20:09