On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 9:49 PM, David Goldberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Steve got the gist of my message. I appreciate the other comments > though, and I would much like to experiment with different > earbuds/phones to hear what there is to hear. I meant to report my > surprise at the clarity of the horn sound that I experienced - I heard > nuances of the not-wonderful kind, as also Steve reports - it is as if > there is no sonic shrubbery to hide behind.
David, I have had similar experiences singing - a voice teacher used to like us to spend part of our lessons with our fingers in our ears. For me at least, it almost always did good things for my singing, freeing me up from some compensations (for lack of a better word) that I was trying to make because of what I was hearing from the outside. The only-partial listening to myself became a good tool to get my throat to relax and my sound production to free up. Obviously one can't perform this way, so the exercise was always to sing a bit with one's fingers in one's ear, then take them out and try to keep the new-found freedom. I would think something similar might be interesting with the horn, too - play with the earbuds a bit, then take them out and notice what was different. Just my guesses here, no science or experience other than my own claimed - your mileage may vary. -S- _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
