Hello Hans, Thank you very much for your advice. It is most appreciated. I will order the Schantl book and work with it along with your suggestions about practicing. I have also found, as you point out, that the notes below the staff speak better on the Bb side.
Sincerely, Tina On Jun 20, 2010, at 8:06 AM, Hans Pizka wrote: > Hello Tina, > > may I recommend good method to get rid of your fingering problems: > > get the Josef Schantl: Great theoretical & practical Horn Method from > WIND MUSIC. > > Study all the scales through & the related intervall studies & the > arpeggios & other chords, but do it on both sides of the horn, on the > F as well as on the Bb-side. Do it really twice without using the > trigger "mid way". As soon as you have conquered C, F & G major, you > will find out, that it is quite easy to flip back & forth between the > two sides. Furthermore, all the fingerings from wroitten c down to g# > or a-flat are equal on both sides, so one third of the horn´s compass > is mastered allready. > > There is a special issue, if you play 4rth chair, the issue with the > lower notes. Note, that some of the notes in the octave below the a > below staff, might speak easier on the Bb-side except the g below > staff, which is good only on the F-side. > > Try it. You will find out, that things work better that way. > > ################################################## > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/tina.barkan%40mac.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
