by John Clark | Nov 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
Here are 3 blogs I highly recommend. Do you know of some others I’ve missed? I’d love to know about them! Enjoy! Abe Mamet’s blog documenting his research into Julius Watkins and more; this includes links to some fantastic videos and other...
by John Clark | Oct 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
(Re-posting something from earlier) A major concern of all Horn (French Horn) players who are operating in the non-classical realm is: how to be heard when there is a loud rhythm section, or even a loud group of brass, woodwinds or whatever! The bell pointing...
by John Clark | Aug 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
I guess traditionally, folks figured it would be a good way to gain accuracy and range. I don’t really subscribe to that, and I don’t think anyone does nowadays. If you can’t hit a certain note accurately on your double Horn, you probably...
by John Clark | Jul 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
(This is a re-post of something I posted earlier; now that the mailing list is working better, I’m really looking forward to hearing everyone’s thoughts about this.) As a player, when sight-reading new music, I really prefer not to see too much...
by John Clark | Apr 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
Recently I heard from Mike Kates in Florida, with a question about the book (Exercises for Jazz French Horn). Rather than paraphrase the whole thing, which would of course be easier for YOU, I decided to just copy & paste Mike’s question, along with my...
