Geyer Update: Engravings, Serial Numbers, and More
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by John Ericson
3w ago
I could also have titled this article “Things I got wrong” in the Geyer Dreaming series (which starts here), or the related article published in the February 2024 issue of The Horn Call. An Email from Jonathan Ring First, I want to thank Jonathan Ring for his very helpful note, which has quite a few ..read more
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Revisiting the Art of French Horn on LP Records
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by John Ericson
1M ago
The past year the vast majority of my actual classical music listening has been to LP records. With the recent passing of Hermann Baumann I got out his LP recordings, and then started systematically listening to all of my French horn solo LP records. It has been a wonderful journey. LP? Records? I am glad ..read more
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Brief Review: The Horn. The Book You Need
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by John Ericson
2M ago
To open this brief review, I’ll start with a money quote: The Horn by Renato Meucci and Gabriele Rocchetti is the most significant book on horn history published in the last 50 years. Highly recommended! John Ericson, Horn Matters A new book on horn history? The Horn was published in late 2023 as part of ..read more
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Accuracy Encyclopedia: Well Duh!?! and More
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by John Ericson
2M ago
Continuing our look at accuracy and the letters D and E, our first topic is the descant horn, which can certainly help accuracy in many situations. Descant horns But backing up a step, in recent years the triple horn has had a lot of attention, overshadowing in many respects the descant. A descant is most ..read more
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AI Recordings of Mozart Horn Concertos
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by John Ericson
3M ago
This year I’ve been listening mostly to LP recordings in my office. In my collection, I have a number of different Mozart concerto recordings, including multiple versions by Alan Civil. Seemed like everyone recorded them in the LP era. Following the lead of my Horn Matters colleague Bruce Hembd, in the fall I was fiddling ..read more
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Vienna Horns, part I: What is (and isn’t) a Vienna Horn
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by John Ericson
3M ago
Astute readers of Horn Matters might have noticed that I have rarely written about Vienna horns. Not that there is no content, but relative to the deep and continued interest in the Vienna horn I have not written much at all. Like most Horn Matters readers, I first noticed the unique design from videos of ..read more
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Accuracy Encyclopedia: Centering and More
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by John Ericson
4M ago
We now come to the letter C. There are several entries under the letter C in the book draft, thoughts to consider that will help with accuracy, which I will bundle together. Center the pitch One thing that will help accuracy is to play as much as possible at the center of the pitch. This ..read more
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More Memes for Horn Players and Teachers
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by John Ericson
4M ago
Some more memes from my fall meme project. Brief comments after each one. My story with Kopprasch 1. You? This is a quote from the Farquarson Cousins book. Sometimes it feels that way. This is a quote from the Farkas book. Personally, this is about the funniest one in this article, but it may just ..read more
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Memes: Updated Verne Reynolds Memes
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by John Ericson
5M ago
Back in 2014 I posted an article (here) comprised of “Hornist Hamster” memes that were all Verne Reynolds quotes. It is kind of a niche type of meme, but in any case this fall I got inspired to revisit them and apply the Reynolds quotes to a variety of meme templates. A group of them ..read more
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Looking back: How did I learn to play short notes and single tongue quickly?
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by John Ericson
5M ago
The related topics of playing short notes and tonguing quickly come up in lessons all the time. At some point every horn player must learn how to play very short notes, a very dry and pointed staccato. I know some of the ways I go about teaching these skills, and I know how some other ..read more
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