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A metronome is a great tool. It helps one to learn the correct rhythm and time for any metrical piece of music. However, the overuse of a metronome can be detrimental. It allows one to play in time without reliance on his internal sense of time. I’ve seen many students work on the rhythm of a piece [...] A few days ago Bruce Hembd posted a YouTube video about people’s real motivation for work over at Horn Matters. I believe that the points illustrated in the video are true. Motivation comes from within, not from external sources. As a teacher, the best way to motivate a student to practice is to convince them [...] When I was an undergraduate at the University of Illinois I tried to play in as many ensembles as I possibly could. At any point in time I was a member of two different large ensembles and two different chamber ensembles. I also volunteered for every extra playing opportunity that came along. My theory was [...] Every once in a while someone will ask me where I grew up and I’ll tell them that I’m originally from a neighborhood called Morgan Park on the Far South Side of Chicago. Sadly, the south side of Chicago as a whole is known more for its social problems and crime than anything else. So sometimes when I [...] During most of my time in high school I planned to go into computer science or some other type of computer engineering. I had lots experience working with computers since a very young age. Both of my parents had degrees in computer science and worked in the field of information technology. Through them and the [...] For many years when people would ask me how I started playing the horn I would tell them the same story: When I signed up to play in band during 5th grade I wanted to play the trumpet. However, there were already too many trumpet players so I played the saxophone (alto, tenor, and baritone) [...] This post is an update to the post named “Recovering from a Bad Performance” that I made a couple of weeks ago. It was about a really bad audition that I had performed. In that post I said: “The final determination that I came to is that I will never know what happened. Although, I [...] |
Derek J. Wright is a professional musician and hornist. Click on the links above to learn more about him. |
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