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		<title>Letters from my Teachers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Ericson</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Since the end of school I have been working on a major cleaning project at home, time to get rid of some things and get reorganized. Among the projects accomplished was reducing and repacking better some stored boxes of letters. I reduced the total volume by about a third (junk mail? cancelled checks?) but did [...]



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		<title>Why You Might Need Dimes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 12:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Ericson</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[A few months ago I helped a student with small hands put vintage dimes on their horn. What she said in a note a week later is really all that needs to be said on the topic: Just so you know, those dimes on my horn are amazing! It&#8217;s so weird to actually be able [...]



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		<title>Verne Reynolds, Gardener</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 20:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Ericson</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[One way to know someone is by their hobbies. The name of Verne Reynolds should be familiar to Horn Matters readers, as Bruce and I both studied with him at Eastman and he was not only the long-time horn professor there but also a composer of some note. I have a few personal reflections here [...]



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		<title>Ask Dave: Where Should I Go to get a Mouthpiece Re-plated?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 19:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[A curious reader asks: I have several mouthpieces and rims that need to be re-plated. Should I trust local sources such as jewelers to have it done, or should I send them to a mouthpiece maker? I hate for them to be sitting around unusable. Dave replies Your best bet is to send them to [...]



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		<title>Two Suggestions to Improve Accuracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 17:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Following up on recent end of semester juries and lessons, two thoughts came to mind related to improving accuracy. 1. Get a BERP. I have not had my BERP on my horn much in the past few years and I realize that some of my students have certainly never heard of or used this device. [...]



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		<title>A Farkas Signature</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 02:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Ericson</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Cleaning out some old boxes from the garage today I discovered this signature from Philip Farkas! Farkas should need no introduction to regular readers of Horn Matters. When I was a Doctoral student at Indiana University in the late 1980s he was retired but still living in Bloomington, and I took several lessons with him. [...]



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		<title>Horn Repertoire Week 15: Final!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 20:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Ericson</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Congratulations! You have made it to the end of an epic year. Reflecting back on the semester, it was a great exercise for me to put together the full year under the University of Horn Matters banner. I believe it was the best overview of horn pedagogy and repertoire that I have ever taught. I [...]



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		<title>Tone is what makes a Great French Horn</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Ericson</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[First, a quote from a former student of mine who is now helping people looking for upgrade horns: “…most people will talk far more about how equipment feels than how it sounds.” The full article is on the Houghton Horns website, and the former student is Derek Wright, currently a freelance player/teacher in Texas and [...]



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		<title>Top Nine Articles of 2,000 Articles — Horn Matters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Ericson</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Horn Matters has now passed 2,000 articles of total content. The following articles are the top 9 overall, looking at stats from the inception of Horn Matters in 2009 to today. 9. From the Mailbag: Kruspe or Geyer–Which is Better? (Ericson) Equipment is a popular theme in the site, this article touching on a perennial [...]



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		<title>Horn Repertoire Week 14: A Course of Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Ericson</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[One of the goals of this course is to prepare graduate students for comprehensive exams. One typical question asked in those exams involves outlining a course of study for horn students at the college level. It is the sort of question that has no right answer, most teachers to a point follow the methods of [...]



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		<title>A Matter of Scale</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Ericson</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Very recently I saw a quote posted that relates very much to a topic on my mind. It read, When you play your instrument you should always wear the hat of the performer. When you teach you&#8217;ll wear the hat of the investigator. Don&#8217;t mix those up. &#8212;Arnold Jacobs No teacher is perfect but certainly [...]



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		<title>Horn Repertoire Week 13: The Modern Horn</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Ericson</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[This week we have so much to cover that we cannot possibly cover it all. But we can try to hit a few highlights and point to the fact there is much more out there. Among orchestral works there are a few mentioned in the high horn E-Book that we will briefly examine this week, [...]



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		<title>Brief Notes: Master Classes with Kovach and Lundy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 22:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Ericson</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[This semester I was very pleased that we could have master classes for the Arizona State University horn studio with Gabriel Kovach (Principal Horn, Phoenix Symphony) and Johanna Lundy (Principal Horn, Tucson Symphony). Each brought valuable insights to the class, and I would offer just a few brief notes. Heroic Horn or Lyrical Horn? At [...]



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		<title>Horn Repertoire Week 12: The Wagner Tuba</title>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Continuing our look at some of the standard works horn players perform often from the nineteenth century our next topic is the Wagner tuba. Amazingly, just over a week ago the Wagner tuba was the topic of a feature article in of all things The Wall Street Journal! So this week the readings will start [...]



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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[A reader who switched to the new wedge mouthpiece, and is enthusiastic about it, recently sent me his spare mouthpiece to consider for review. After a bit of brief trial I can offer some initial reactions. The basic thing to know is this is a very unique horn mouthpiece. The cup is not round and [...]



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