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...
by John Clark | Mar 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
Well, the pandemic has certainly turned everything upside down and inside out. One effect it had on me, was that I stopped composing anything new, which is kind of the opposite of what I should have been doing…. Just recently, I decided to do a home recording of...
by John Clark | Dec 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
OK, it’s a little different from my normal world of Jazz Horn….but certainly Rap / Hip Hop is related to jazz. And I always love to see the Horn involved in anything non-classical. You’ll only see me for a few seconds, and you’ll need to listen...
