Aug 18, 2025
In this episode John Ericson looks at the why and how of Assistant First Horn -- why your chops need it as first horn, and how to mark things like a pro. With other stories and additional notes on stiff chops. Length 33:54
Jul 24, 2025
In this episode John Ericson continues his series on fundamentals with stories and a look at vibrato and various extended techniques. In addition, the final segment looks at how to speed up your slow valves. Length 18:57
Jul 12, 2025
In this episode the Fundamentals series continues with a look at lip trills, stopped horn, and muted horn. Legnth 16:57
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...
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.