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Bruce Hembd
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Review: Hornlessons.org
A reader recently sent me a link to Hornlessons.org, a website that offers video instruction in the horn by Andrew M. McAfee,...
 
Bruce Hembd
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Linking the Ear and the Fingers
A post from the original HTML Horn Notes Blog from 1/1/05.One way to start the year right is to have the goal of really...
 
Bruce Hembd
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Thinking Over the Daily Regime
As you start the New Year it is always a good time to re-evaluate your daily routine. Two recent posts on other blogs caught my...
 
Bruce Hembd
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Twas the Three Service Day Before Christmas and More Notes on The Nutcracker
Toward the end of December one tradition for many orchestral players is at least one three service day before Christmas. I just...
 
Bruce Hembd
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Laying Down the Notes
This post from the original HTML Horn Notes Blog dates from 12/16/04, right after hearing performance exams (juries) that...
26 days ago hornmatters | Topics: Accuracy &..., Horn Playing
 
Bruce Hembd
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Orchestra 101: Chairs
Part 12 of 12 in the series "Orchestra 101"  As I began working on a final post for this series I realized I had...
 
Bruce Hembd
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The Midlife Horn Player
Over on Facebook I noticed one of my friends had joined a new group, The Midlife Horn Player. Seeing that, my thoughts then...
 
Bruce Hembd
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Nutcrackers Past and Present
Sunday afternoon I heard an excellent performance of an extended suite of selections from The Nutcracker performed by the ASU...
 
Bruce Hembd
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Before Farkas: Preparatory Instructor for French Horn (1937) on Tonguing
Part 3 of 3 in the series "Before Farkas"  In working on a project this past year related to Philip Farkas I have...
 
Bruce Hembd
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“Improvement, not Perfection”
Another article from the original HTML Horn Notes Blog dated 2/7/05.In my entry for 1/20/05 Three times or a thousand times? I...
 
Bruce Hembd
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Three Times or a Thousand Times?
Another post from the original Horn Notes Blog, dated 1/20/05 and timely for those working on upcoming performances or...
 
Bruce Hembd
Bruce Hembd posted a blog entry
Work on Your Warm-Up/Double Tonguing Scales and Arpeggios
The following post is a combination of two posts from the original HTML Horn Notes Blog dating to 11/23/04 and...
 
Bruce Hembd
Bruce Hembd posted a blog entry
Onstage Relaxation Techniques
I have been rehearsing and performing Richard Strauss’ opera Salome over the past few weeks. While it is relatively short...
44 days ago hornmatters | Topics: Horn Playing, Stress, Relaxation
 
Bruce Hembd
Bruce Hembd posted a blog entry
Orchestra 101 Special Edition: What Conductors Think About Horn Players
Part 10 of 10 in the series "Orchestra 101"  Horn players think a lot of things about conductors. They are our...
 
Bruce Hembd
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Bell’s Palsy
Yesterday I was involved with a DMA defense of an interesting project on overuse injury prevention in string players. A number...