Horn Notes Podcast

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 personal asides. 

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 in ensembles. 

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. 

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. 

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

In this episode John Ericson looks at major updates done this summer to the University of Horn Matters, the free rep. and pedagogy courses posted in the Horn Matters website. Length 35:25

In this episode John Ericson looks back to a summer 40 years ago when he changed his embouchure for the first time, an embouchure injury the following year, and more. Length 27:59

In this episode John Ericson has a few stories related to vintage Giardinelli mouthpieces, a brief review of a book by Arthur Brooks, and more. Length 24:23