You're not the only one who has problems with blue on black.
Herb Foster
From: Sean Kirkpatrick mu...@nbbc.us
To: horn@music.memphis.edu
Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 4:17:33 PM
Subject: [Hornlist] Re: Horn supervisor blog
Too bad, the color scheme is simply
Surely you jest. I thought you have to be crazy to keep playing the horn.
Herb Foster
From: Anne Megenity amegen...@comcast.net
To: The Horn List horn@music.memphis.edu
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 12:01:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Hornlist] NHR Healthcare in Europe
I was playing in an amateur orchestra where everyone was getting lost in a
contemporary piece that was free-flowing with no definite rythm. The conductor
waved the stick in a free-flowing style trying to emote. I respectfully asked
him--I even played the senior citizen card--to give a definite
Since my interest is more technical, the first Google hit I got was wackypedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Lobachevsky
He was a famous mathematician.
I am impressed that you were the recording engineer. I have the record. I don't
remember Boulder, Boulder, though I do remember The
I find the Zoom H2 perfectly satisfactory not only for recording myself, but
for recording concerts. I don't have any problem with hiss with an external
mic. If you want to be fancy and use a mic with phantom power, get the H4.
Herb Foster
From: Robert N.
Thank you, John, for setting us straight. Ventura bothered me subliminally.
Giovanni Battista Venturi was Italian, so shouldn't the singular be venturo, or
is it one ventura, two venture ?-)
Herb Foster
From: John Kowalchuk hornonta...@yahoo.ca
To: The Horn
Am there, doing that. I belong to the South Orange Symphony Orhestra--three
letter abbreviation, though four is no better. Usually we don't need help,
though.
Herb foster
From: David Goldberg goldb...@wccnet.org
To: The Horn List horn@music.memphis.edu
Sent:
Ah hah! That must be the clam production area. Over how many 100,000ths of an
inch does it extend?
Will there be a demonstration at KBHC?
Herb Foster
From: kendallbe...@aol.com kendallbe...@aol.com
To: h...@yahoogroups.com; horn@music.memphis.edu
Sent:
I like Ellen Stone's look. What am I doing here? Hurry up and take that
picture.
Herb Foster
From: Carl Ek car...@hotmail.com
To: Hornlist memphis horn@music.memphis.edu
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 1:44:24 PM
Subject: [Hornlist] Re: Eric Hauser's Horn?
Good one, Kendall. You're right, though. I heard from another hired gun who has
already attended a rehearsal that the lone high school hornist is inexperienced
and not confident. Now the trick is to have her have a successful learning
experience.
Herb Foster
Some have thought the 3rd slide is the correct 3 half step length. However,
maybe it's 4 half steps--major third. This would give the dedicated
finger-wiggling Bb hornist many options...
Herb Foster
From: Dick Martz rjmartz.li...@att.net
To:
I often wonder what the audience thinks of my white beard and hair when I fill
in the horn section in the mostly Chinese youth orchestra.
Herb Foster
From: David Laraway da...@dlaraway.com
To: The Horn List horn@music.memphis.edu
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009
The brand of oil/slide grease does make a difference. Case in point being my
former 8D and my current Finke.
On the 8D Rotor brand oil, with its anticorrosion agent worked beautifully.
Howerver, it stopped my Finke plastic valves cold. Now, Johannes Finke says not
to use any oil on the valves.
Well, that's one way to ice sore lips. Hasn't ice been used as a filler for
bending tubing?
Herb Foster
From: Brass Arts Unlimited i...@brassarts.com
To: horn@music.memphis.edu
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 11:30:07 AM
Subject: [Hornlist] Ice horn
As seen on
+john.baumgart=comcast@music.memphis.edu] On Behalf
Of Herbert Foster
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 11:55 AM
To: The Horn List
Subject: Re: [hornlist]Inauguration picture
There are horns on the near side next to the tubas, and there are horns on
the opposite side next to the trombones. What
There are horns on the near side next to the tubas, and there are horns on the
opposite side next to the trombones. What sort of arrangement is that, and who
plays what?
Herb Foster
From: Simon Varnam simonvar...@gmail.com
To: Leonard Peggy Brown
Bare hands don't cause tarnish. They do leave oils on the brass, which cause
uneven tarnishing. Those of us who are acidic (green hands) can cause
corrosion. The handbells community worries about such things changing tuning
and looks.
Herb Foster
From:
But then you'd have to place a warning sign: Warning, this product may contain
peanuts. Of course the allergy itself is no joking matter.
If horn cases were made of softer foam, the horn would be better protected, but
you'd have to replace the case after a drop. In the course of commuting to
That's true. I have a daughter for whom we bought a new trombone, with case
when she was in middle school. 17 years later it is in pristine condition. She
has used it constantly and traveled the world with it. She's also good at
sweet-talking her trombone on board airliners with her.
Herb
How are the hinges? I had to repair mine after 5 years when the screws pulled
out of the cardboard composition shell, but I'm harder on things than my
daughter (see previous post). Other than that I've been quite satisfied with
the Thompson Edition case. I hope they've improved the design. A
As I have said, I prefer style to vulgarity. For stress and anxiety, I take a
dose of Florence Foster Jenkins (no relation).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtf2Q4yyuJ0
Here the accompanist has to change keys on the fly (not a diptera or zipper,
Cabbage)
Thank you for the link. If you click on About Key Color in
http://www.rollingball.com/TemperamentsFrames.htm
http://www.rollingball.com/TemperamentsFrames.htm
you will see what was believed to be the color or mood of each key. This was
independent of the absolute pitch of the key.
It is
Didn't the mood of a key have more to do with how that key was out of tune on
the keyboard compared to just temperament?
Herb Foster
From: Han-Wen Nienhuys hanw...@gmail.com
To: The Horn List horn@music.memphis.edu
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 11:22:03
The conductor doesn't necessarily know everything. In a previous thread I had
asked what en dehors meant in Afternoon of a Faun by Debussy. The consensus
was that it meant to the fore. Our conductor had said that it meant from a
distance. When I told him of my findings, he stood corrected. He
I'm afraid I have to agree with you, Hans. He has no music in his bones. His
answer to Radovan Vlatovic's Le rendez-vous di chasse was disgusting.
Listening to Radovan Vlatovic was a breath of fresh air.
Herb Foster
From: hans [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: The Horn
I have some questions on how to get the desired effects in Afternoon of a Fawn.
There is one section with the instruction en dehors that means, I understand,
from a distance. I can't run offstage; there's not even enough time (none) to
put in a mute. A possibility is hand muting, where you
It even happens in amateur recordings. I always record the dress rehearsal as
well as the performance. I correct the most egregious clams from all sections
either from a repeat, if there is one, or from the dress rehearsal. Some times
I have to change the pitch and/or tempo of the section I
Such straps also are useful for those of us who (ahem) have many, many years of
experience. I use one inch woven strapping. It holds its shape so you can
quickly insert you hand after dewatering, or waking up on the last measure of a
50 measure rest.
Herb Foster
- Original Message
I have found that an empty 1/2 liter or 1 pint water bottle to be as effective
and somewhat more in tune. Less expensive, too.
Herb Foster
- Original Message
From: Kerri Bridges [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: horn@music.memphis.edu
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 5:37:44 AM
Subject: [Hornlist]
Be aware that lexan is a polycarbonate plastic. Polycarbonates are made with
bisphenol-A (BPA), which is a known endocrine disruptor. There is some
controversy of the use of polycarbonates in, e.g. water bottles. The data is
not all in.
Herb Foster
- Original Message
From: Sven
I have been asked off list what is moleskin that I use to alleviate right thumb
pressure when I play off the leg. Moleskin is an adhesive backed sheet of felt
like material sold for people with foot problems. You'll find it next to the
Dr. Scholls pads in supermarkets and drugstores (chemists
I have found that the best bread makes the most crumbs. Hmm...
Herb Foster
- Original Message
From: Daniel Canarutto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: The Horn List horn@music.memphis.edu
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 7:01:35 AM
Subject: [Hornlist] Re: Alessio Allegrini
I forgot: besides the quality
I prefer to play the finger horn.
The hand horn I have not mastered.
Herb Foster
- Original Message
From: Steve Freides [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: The Horn List horn@music.memphis.edu
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:40:32 PM
Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Falling Apart
-Original
If you used the Gray code, you'd only have to move one finger at a time. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_code
Herb Foster
- Original Message
From: Marc Gelfo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: horn@music.memphis.edu
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 8:25:58 PM
Subject: [Hornlist] Re: Counting
Couldn't it be played as a false note on first valve? Actually, I have found
that false notes are sharp, so 12 might be better. My false notes are not
strong, but I should think that a good player would be fairly strong.
I forget the technical term for false note, but it means the same thing.
on Vienna Horn?
I think you mean factitious note. That is, a manufactured note
that isn't on the horn. Such as the low G in the Beethoven Sonata
for natural horn. It's pretty easy to produce.
Paul Mansur
On Apr 25, 2008, at 12:52 PM, Herbert Foster wrote:
Couldn't it be played as a false
Doug, what you say is the concept of phrasing that I strive for. However,
Kendall Betts, no mean player and teacher himself says,
Pick ups are strong, downbeats are weak, the following notes of the bar (or
beat) go 'up' through the last beat (or end of the subdivision), to the
weakened
As well as being a fine teacher, Douglas is a singer, and he adds that
perspective to his teaching.
This brings up a question. We are taught not to de-emphasize pick-up notes, if
not to emphasize them. However, when I am singing, pick-up notes are usually on
weak syllables. How do I sing on
, April 18, 2008 2:09:09 PM
Subject: [Hornlist] Re: Phrasing, was changing tone color
On Apr 18, 2008, at 10:00 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
message: 10
date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:48:15 -0700 (PDT)
from: Herbert Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED]
subject: Re: [Hornlist] Changing tone color
As well
I have the same problem with Kopprasch. The somber question is: How does hot
glue react to oil? You DO oil the shaft at that end don't you?
Herb Foster
- Original Message
From: Larry Jellison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: horn@music.memphis.edu
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 3:30:21 AM
Hey, at least it's north of South Endwell. In these parts North Bruswick is
south of New Brunswick. We also have Essex, Wessex, Sussex, but no Nosex. I
think it went the way of the Shakers.
Herb Foster
- Original Message
From: Jay Kosta [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: horn@music.memphis.edu
Aw, c'mon. I've heard jigs played on pipes where you just couldn't keep your
feet still, wanting to dance. The French horn is the most beautiful instrument,
but it doesn't do that.
Herb Foster
- Original Message
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: horn@music.memphis.edu
Yes, the last note goes up to Bb above the staff, but is not necessary. It's a
fun piece for the horns, but the band accompaniment isn't the best. There is
also an arrangement for brass quintet featuring the horn, of course. I played
it at a gig last weekend. I'm beginning to learn to swing.
No, the lips do not decouple the body from the horn. Consider that the lips
interact with the sound wave reflected from the bell. They don't just buzz. In
the same way, the lips interact with the resonances of the air cavities of the
mouth, pharynx, etc. That is, there are pushes and pulls on
Why? It must have been a long time since you heard a beginning clarinetist
squawk. Better the sick cow sound of a beginning hornist.
Herb Foster
- Original Message
From: Jeremy Cucco [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: The Horn List horn@music.memphis.edu
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 3:36:57 PM
That's what I always thought, but I've had a well known teacher say it's always
a slur. The piece in question was Pavanne For a Dead Princess.
Herb Foster
- Original Message
From: Paul Mansur [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: The Horn List horn@music.memphis.edu
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008
Don't forget that Sousa started out writing marches for marching--USMC, I
believe. Our band director tells the story, perhaps apocryphal, that when Sousa
toured Germany, he played arrangements of good German music. When he played the
first piece, he got enthusiastic applause. Then someone
Yes, it does thicken the sound. I have the recording and I do enjoy it, but I
prefer the Evening Prayer as composed. It is open and transparent (whatever
that means). Our tastes vary. Vive la difference!
Herb Foster
- Original Message
From: BVD Press [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: The Horn
I tend to agree with Hans on this one, though not as adamantly. Changing the
sound source does alter the character of the music, and it may wind up being
different music.
For example, while I dislike playing Sousa intensely, I have yet to hear a
symphony orchestra do justice to a Sousa march,
Other possibilities are clear packaging tape and nail polish or spray lacquer.
I have used all successfully. The down side is that you have to re-do it
monthly. However, they are easy to remove and reapply.
If the horn has scratched lacquer, the lacquer should be removed because the
hand acids
A cylindrical tube, closed at one end (lips) and open at the other (bell), will
play the odd harmonics:
1 Fundamental C
3 G an octave and a half above that
7 a flat Bb over an octave above that
9 the D above that
.
.
.
If you pretend that the 7th harmonic is the 8th and that it's middle C, then
Well, I, for one, find 32 straight measures of 6/8 of pah pahpah... physically
painful. This also is not delicate playing as in a waltz, not with trumpets and
trombones blaring in one's ears--who hears the chord changes? D in the staff
becomes a high note. The name Sousa has become a dirty word to
Hmm, could use a little more pep!
Herb Foster
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
And here is how it should be done!
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSVn2ymmMZY_
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSVn2ymmMZY)
Cheers,
Lawrence
lawrenceyates.co.uk
Hans, I really enjoy the description of your travels. It's the best travelogue
I have read. Keep it up. You should publish.
Herb Foster
--- hans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Landel, yes I was too busy preparing the next trip - I
had just 8 days at home to leave for Bangkok again - so
there
Anything you can do I can do better. Unless I pout, my mouth, when relaxed,
is a thin line, so welcome to the thin crowd. Wendell, as usual gave a good
answer. He admits to having had issues with his thick lips, so everyone's got
problems.
The conventional answer of thin lips = small diameter,
I would doubt that any horns were made in Germany in 1942 for any purpose:
brass was a critical material. Does anyone know for sure? In fact, I'm still
surprised that horns were made in the US in 1945. My first horn was a King,
brand new, in 1945. It was the Kruspe copy with the upside down change
The Korg CA-10 works very well, responds rapidly, and picks up the low range.
Not all do. I also use an Ibanez MU30. It's response is not so fast, and it
does not pick up the lowest notes. However, it also has a good metronome with
several functions, so I put it in my mute case. Both are small and
Yesterday I heard a wonderful concert that included the Mozart Requiem. It used
Levin's modification of Suessmayr's completion. I don't want to go into that
controversy. My question has to do with the scoring. It was scored for strings,
2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones (including
You have two problems here:
1. The URL doesn't work.
2. It's so long that I had to paste it together.
Use www.tinyurl.com to get an emailable address.
Good luck,
Herb Foster
--- Simon Varnam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Meister Werksta¨tte : Horn Restoration and Repairs
I've been asked to
As has been pointed out, the wrap has little, if anything, to do with the
playing qualities of the horn, except that Knopf-Geyer horns tend to have
smaller bell throats, but not always. That being said, there are some
differences (but not always) in ergonomics. For example, I find the thumb throw
Vivaldi--wasn't he the guy who wrote the same piece a thousand times?
Herb Foster
--- David Goldberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Valerie WELLS wrote:
There's nothing more boring than a string orchestra.
Valerie
except for a string orchestra playing anything by Vivaldi.
Can't get
That's equivalent to asking if anyone knows of any symphonies that use horns.
You could start with Schubert lieder. Milan Yancich published a book of horn
solos arranged from songs. See
http://www.windmusicpublications.com/
Herb Foster
--- M. Elizabeth Fleming [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
Valerie, I'm speaking from first-hand experience here, using the book. As I did
the prescribed exercises, my high range suffered with no speakies. One size
does not fit all. I'm not putting down the method, it just doesn't work for
all. For you it does. Great!
Herb Foster
--- Valerie WELLS [EMAIL
I'm sure that Smiley's method works for many and solves high range problems.
However, not for all, especially, I think, for those with very thin lips. The
harder skin on the edge of the lips doesn't vibrate so well, and you get no
speakies.
Herb Foster
--- Valerie WELLS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Whistle how? Any mouthpiece will whistle if you plug the rim with your palm and
blow across the other end.
How's the project? I'm waiting for the DVD AND the book.
Herb Foster
--- Wendell Rider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
Once when I asked him if there would be a problem with how far the
Barry Tuckwell showed me some Bb stopped fingerings. Each horn varies, though.
On my horn 4th space E is flat anyway on the F side, and stopped F2 is flatter.
Bb23 works well, being sharper than the open F note.
Herb Foster
--- Reba McLaurin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I actually had a teacher
I should have just written for the last sentence, Bb23 works well, being
sharper.
Herb Foster
--- Herbert Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Barry Tuckwell showed me some Bb stopped fingerings. Each horn varies,
though.
On my horn 4th space E is flat anyway on the F side, and stopped F2
Then there's the idiot (me) that drops his mute on your horn. Fortunately my
DePolis mute is soft, and the repair only cost me $15.
Herb Foster
--- G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've always been particularly nervous about leaving my
horn sitting on a chair; that probably comes from
laying
Somewhere before that you'll find Mettez les sourdines, which means put the
mute in. Otez les sourdines means take it out.
Herb Foster
--- Bill Gross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The group I am with just started work on the Mother Goose Suite. We need
help with the notation Otez les sourdines.
Good mixed metaphor. The point of my remarks was that we all have our issues
and that one size does not fit all. What works for you may not work for me and
vice versa. I do know that thick lips are not a barrier to success--consider
Louis Armstrong. Now who had very thin lips?
Herb Foster
Herb
You got it right about thin lips, Loren. Someone I know (me) has less than 1/8
inch (3mm) vertical distance between the red edges of the upper and lower lips.
Einsetzen or rolling in are not an option and cause things like no speakies.
I have found that Wendell Rider's buzzy buzz exercise on his
All right, Curmudgeon (takes one to know one), I will tell you that the Star
Spangled Banner is unsingable--by untrained singers. The point is that its
tessitura should be put in the middle of the average singer's range--C to C.
The high note is too high, whereas the low note in Silent Night can
I should think that removing the valve slides would help. You could wrap them
and put them with your clothes. While the slides are not as heavy as the
valves, they hang out there a distance from the braces and would put a big load
on them during a bump.
Herb Foster
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's the same virus that causes chicken pox. When you get chicken pox, the
virus settles in the nerve endings. When stressed, e.g. metal sensitivity or
sun, the cold sore erupts.
Herb Foster, Purveyor of Useless Information
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, but if you have an allegy to a
If they have them. Last time I was up there, they were out.
Herb Foster
--- Nicholas Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I know that Dillon music has them in stock for about $20 less than ordering
them new from Laskey himself.
- Original Message
From: Alex Camphouse [EMAIL
You can get the effect of the Accousticoil for free by wrapping some thin
insulated wire around a thick pencil. Make a loose spiral about 1 inch in
length. I haven't tried an Accousticoil, but he wire spiral does have an
effect.
Herb Foster
--- Carter, Jeffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have
You're close: the brain has fundamentals. That is, if you listen to the
harmonics of a note that is missing the fundamental, you hear the fundamental
anyway. The brain has a way of supplying missing information. Do you ever
notice the blind spot in each eye? They're there.
Herb Foster
--- Larry
While I basically agree with you, I will play Devil's Advocate (as if we didn't
have enough lawyers). The human being is the animal that can get used to
anything. As a result, many people find even temperament right and just
temperament wrong. So these people's bodies accept only even tempered
I don't (Bah Humbug!). There's nothing like a chord that locks in so there
are no beats.
Note that Bach did NOT write for even temperament. He wrote for Well
Temperament, which is between just and even temperament.
Herb Foster
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
I'm with Bach--I like tempered
There's Dillon Music, http://www.dillonmusic.com/, in Woodbridge, NJ, not far
from NYC. They know brass and horns, and I send students and section mates
there.
Herb Foster
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(not joke-related)
I have a niece who lives in NYC and would like to return
to horn
And vinegar?
Herb Foster
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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***
I always try to write contributions that offer
good, salad information. Those who read my
words carefully will discover that they are
full of pith.
Gotta go,
Cabbage
Question: How is duct tape like the Force:
Answer: They both have a dark side and a light side, and both hold the universe
together.
Use the Duct Tape, Luke!
Herb Foster
--- Carlisle Landel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
Finally, remember Duct Tape, which is of course the major force
Well, that's because they were a bunch of peasants.
Herb Foster, who has a dictionary in every room
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
David Maslanka wrote a concerto for 2 horns and hind ensemble.
When I first joined a hind ensemble they made me start with Doe, a deer,
a female deer.
Some movie score composers do their own orchestrating, and others have the
orchestrators do it. They work fairly closely with the directors, so ghost
writers usually don't get into the act. Of course they may borrow some music.
Composing movie music is an art in itself. Each cue is of a given
That's what I thought, too. There is a bend for around the bell. They did come
from a music store. Remember, in the U.S. horn means anything you blow into,
including harmonica.
Herb Foster (I play horn, French horn)
--- Carl Bangs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think they go with a baritone or
Playing off-the-leg, like I do, balances the horn so that I need to pull with
the left arm just for zero pressure. I find that even with something like a
tennis grip or friction tape, that I tense up and use more pressure. With a
strap, I can relax and use appropriate pressure. YMMV.
Herb Foster
Another solution to the green hands problem is just to cover the area the hands
touch. I have used packaging tape and nail polish successfully. The area is so
small that it does not affect the sound. Every month or so you remove and
reapply.
Herb Foster
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If
Through the (missing) mouthpiece, of course. The lead pipe, with pigtail, goes
ends at the bell, which would be in rain-catcher position. Those are Stölzel
valves. Note that the lead pipe goes into the bottom of the 3rd valve.
It must be an early peck horn.
Herb Foster
--- Leonard Peggy Brown
Most of the (amateur) hornists I know do 1), but not 2). If anything, 2),
oiling the shaft on the stop arm is more important: that's where the wear and
noise occurs. Get a bottle with a needle, it's less messy.
And yes, Ken, getting some light, valve oil in the rotors is also extremely
important.
When it comes to protecting the ears, there's no question: use the plugs. Every
time your ears ring, you've done some damage.
Etymotic http://www.etymotic.com sells musician's earplugs for $12. I use them.
I also use them in noisy environments so I can hear speech more easily. They
have a flat
Depends what one means by old. I picked up the horn again 12 years ago and
had a one octave range. Now I'm 74 and am comfortable with A above the staff in
a concert situation (Brahms 2), as well as the fundamental E (Shosty 5). It
gets better every year. This is for encouragement, not bragging.
Hey, if it works... One person's meat is another's poison. The flat chin is
right for most, including me, but perhaps not all. I also have considerations
about the tone you get with the rolled in lips. Unless you have heavy lips, the
tone might be thin and harsh. Record yourself in a hall. Once
The tuning slide should bring it down to 440--unless you play on the sharp side
of the slot. However, a repair person should be able to add legs to the tuning
slide, that is, to lengthen it.
I have the opposite problem: I play on the low side, and I can't get up to 442.
Shortening the horn is
Thanks, everyone for the suggestions. I will start him on the music he's
playing in school anyway.
Herb Foster
--- Anna Henry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Often, beginning band books have some duets in them. Also, some methods have
extra volumes of duets that work for any instrumentation (like
Here's a request from the other end of difficulty. I have volunteered to teach
a beginning kid--lesson fees to our church. What dead simple duets are
available with recognizable tunes? He wouldn't recognize hymn tunes, though.
Herb Foster
My father had frequent attacks of vertigo. The good news is they found out what
the problem was. The bad news is that he was allergic to chocolate! It's not
that uncommon.
Herb Foster
--- Steve Freides [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
Ginko - Ginkgo Biloba, an excellent medicinal herb useful for
I have found that Chopsaver is effective. I tend towards chapped lips and used
to go through Chapstick pretty fast. I need much less Chopsaver and feel less
need to lick my lips. Some instrument dealers carry it, or you can get it
directly from
http://www.chopsaver.com/
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WWHS--What would Hans say? You have to learn to transpose!
Herb Foster
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In a message dated 1/24/2007 11:21:36 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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I spent over a $100 to have my snow
blower tuned up and a new carb installed, and I've started it
I thought that would get a rise. Yeah I splice in something that's OK. I
suppose I could extend the good part backwards. The no-attack being better than
the SPLEAH. A trained ear would hear the patch, but everyone hears the clam.
You can correct pitch, too. I have a CD where I make a grand
I have maintained that a 1/2 liter bottled water bottle works as well as any
purchased practice mute, at least for a medium bell horn.
Yes, yes, empty it, and put the neck in.
Herb Foster
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I need to go out of town to a major cancer center for a checkup
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