Health

Part 17

Dental Clinic for Wind Players

Tips for teachers in examining for dental problems

By Toshio Nemoto

General remarks on the role of the teeth for wind instrument players

Your teeth are part of your instrument: a dental expert explains how they shape sound, technique and long-term health.

By Jean-Paul Rocca

Inventor's corner

Shaping Your Own Mouthpiece

A tiny alteration to the mouthpiece rim challenges conventional design, seeking greater upper-lip endurance without sacrificing flexibility, attack or control.

By Ninck Blok

Editorial

Instrumental technique meets personal reflection as Jean-Pierre Mathez argues that artistic growth depends less on definitive answers than curiosity, exchange and individual paths.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Part 3

Dental Clinic for Wind Players

The source of sound production in brass instruments is lip vibration

By Toshio Nemoto

Part 23

Dental Clinic for Wind Players

Take care when brushing between the teeth

By Toshio Nemoto

Part 4

Zen and the Art of Horn playing

From meditation to distance running, horn playing becomes a way of quieting mental noise, linking breath, concentration, and daily life.

By Jeffrey Agrell

Brass and Strings

A note on personality types among musicians

Behind the formal discipline of the symphony orchestra, contrasting views of brass and string players reveal enduring questions about personality, class and musical culture.

By John Davies

Some ways of improving the development of the lips in brass players

Brass players borrow from sports medicine as Soviet electrical stimulation, acupuncture and massage test new ways to build endurance and restore overworked lips.

By Sergej Gorovoj

Part 16

Dental Clinic for Wind Players

Halitosis, or bad breath

By Toshio Nemoto

Editorial

Music teaching depends on more than routine: in 1984, Jean-Pierre Mathez argues that living contact with artists keeps transmission open to new generations.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Part 15

Dental Clinic for Wind Players

Brass instruments and breathing

By Toshio Nemoto

Part 19

Dental Clinic for Wind Players

Brass players and periodontosis

By Toshio Nemoto

Hygienics of the teeth

Your embouchure starts with your teeth. This essential guide reveals why gum health—not just cavities—determines a brass player’s long-term sound and control.

By Michel G. Corti

The Measurement of Mouthpiece Pressure

Objective measurements on trumpet players challenge common beliefs about mouthpiece pressure, showing stable individual patterns across pitch, dynamics and playing level.

By P. Kenny, John Davies

Being a woman brass player... So what?

Frøydis Ree Wekre reflects on women in brass playing, examining physical assumptions, psychological factors, and practical realities across performance and professional life.

By Frøydis Ree Wekre

Part 21

Dental Clinic for Wind Players

Orthodontics and brass playing

By Toshio Nemoto

Part 1

Dental Clinic for Wind Players

The effect of oral environment in playing brass instruments

By Toshio Nemoto

Part 12

Dental Clinic for Wind Players

Aging and dental problems of brass players

By Toshio Nemoto

Part 5

Dental Clinic for Wind Players

Teeth: an integral part of the instrument

By Toshio Nemoto

A Miracle Pill for Stage Fright?

What happens when performance anxiety is treated like a medical condition rather than a musical one, and where does that boundary ultimately lead?

By Wilfried Buck

Editorial

When careers pause and certainty fades, real progress begins in private, where discipline, friendship and chamber music reshape what it means to be a musician.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

A Little Trumpet Music

Stage fright, high A’s and a D trumpet turn an orchestral concert into an intimate account of the moment anxiety finally gives way to music.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Part 9

Dental Clinic for Wind Players

The effects of disorders of the side teeth on brass playing

By Toshio Nemoto