Trendmarching : Situs Library Marching Band Indonesia

John Ericson
The question any band director or horn teacher needs to ponder is what mouthpieces will give a new player the best chance of success? What will help them stick with the horn, to make it easier to play, to not quit?
Some mouthpieces are better than others. Although some may recommend Giardinelli to students, [...]

John Ericson
One attitude and approach to equipment that may be taken is that “my horn is what it is and I just need to learn to play it.” There is an element of truth to this attitude but is your horn basically hard to articulate on? Does your sound just not project well compared [...]

Oleh : Bryan Goff’s
I recently discussed the advantages of mouthpiece buzzing as a “pre warm-up”. I would also like to mention some further advantages to incorporating buzzing into one’s practice routine, both with and without the mouthpiece. It’s interesting to observe that buzzing is a technique which is rarely mentioned in most method books, however [...]