On 6/20/2010 8:08 AM, Steven Mumford wrote: > I had the opportunity to teach the brass methods class for a semester at > the local University. The students (future teachers) were expected to > "master" all the brass instruments in two semesters of work. Clearly > impossible, but one of my goals was to get them to understand that all the > brass instruments used the same method to determine fingerings (including > trombone) and if you know the system, you can pick up any brass instrument in > any key and figure out how to play it very quickly. For the final written > part of the exam I had some music written out and I had them write in the > fingerings for an Ab shoe-horn. They all got it. >
That's exactly why I've always been in favor of starting new horn students with an F horn, and not a Bb horn, to play music written for horn in F. There's no point in teaching them transposition before they've learned fingerings. Goodness ... it's been a long time since we've beat that one to death! _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
