Keeping the ID the same will help. I am a horn player by profession so I always start on horn in the morning if I have a trumpet student coming in. They can cut the rim off a trumpet mpc so you could screw your horn rim on a trumpet mpc so the rims would be identical . There are pros and cons to that . Although the buzz of the pitch is the same across the spectrum I do believe trumpet players and horn players use the embouchure slightly differently. That comes from spending time with some incredible trumpet teachers and looking at and listening to how they approach sound production . That along with the pitch (which is not an issue for you) are why the switch is difficult. Sorry some very awkward sentences!
Debbie Schmidt Sent from my iPhone On Jul 31, 2010, at 10:16 AM, Steve Freides <[email protected]> wrote: > I intend to keep playing both, so I'm just trying to educate myself. > I wish I had a better formed question(s) than I do, truth be told. > I'm trying to make switching work as well as possible without > "cheating", e.g., if using a certain mpc on the trumpet makes > switching easier but will hinder certain aspects of trumpet playing, > that's the kind of thing I want to know and to avoid - better > switching should be harder than I should end up slighting my playing > on the second instrument. > > It seems that this all boils down to personal preference, and maybe > I've already got all the info I need. Time to ask less and practice > more for me. > > -S- > > On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Debbie Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: >> What are you trying to do? Are you trying to learn from horn players about >> trumpet mpcs? Are you trying to make an easier transition to trumpet , will >> you be switching between the two horns ? >> If you are looking for technical info google "mouthpiece comparison chart" >> and either horn or trumpet. That should give you a better idea. >> In general trumpet players start on Bach mpcs and many of my colleagues >> still play Bach's. Like horn there are a myriad of speciality mouthpiece >> manufactures . >> >> >> >> Debbie Schmidt Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jul 31, 2010, at 9:49 AM, Steve Freides <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Kerri Bridges <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Matt's email made just want to chime in. I had the same problem when I >>>> first >>>> started playing horn in addition to the clarinet. I could play each >>>> instrument in separate sittings but trying to switch between both in a >>>> single sitting didn't work. My ' F' ear would be gone and if I did hit the >>>> right notes on the horn, they'd be even more sharper than normal. >>>> >>>> It's probably not just an engineer thing. I noticed that most musical pit >>>> books double on the winds or brass (minus horn) while horn is in its own >>>> book. >>>> >>>> Kerri (now 90% horn, 10% clarinet) >>> >>> I haven't tried to play both back to back just yet, but I'm one of >>> those geeks who reads everything at concert pitch so I don't expect >>> that part of it to be too difficult for me. Horn is mezzo-soprano >>> clef and one additional flat, trumpet is tenor clef and two additional >>> flats. (I know, it would drive some of you crazy to read this way. >>> Rest assured that the drive to crazy is a very short trip in my case.) >>> >>> Back to my original question: I know that trumpet and horn mpc's have >>> very different shapes, but it would be helpful to know a few things >>> about measurements or dimensions that are comparable, e.g., I'm >>> getting the feeling that, generally speaking, French Horn mpc rim >>> diameters might be similar but a little larger than trumpet - is that >>> a fair generalization to make? It's sounding like it might be time >>> for me to know the actual dimension of the horn mpc I play, which is >>> made by esteemed list member Herr Pizka, and how different or not that >>> one is from a 'normal' horn mpc as well. >>> >>> A possibly unrelated observation: I have picked the horn and mpc I >>> play because, at my stage of development, the most important >>> characteristic isn't what make me necessarily sound best, but what I >>> feel offers me the most feedback about my playing technique. Hans' >>> mouthpiece, for me, seems to offer both better and worse playing than >>> I got from other mpcs I tried, and that feels like a good thing as I >>> try to improve. I own two horns and the one I play on is, without a >>> doubt, the worse of the two, but I find that when I play on the better >>> one for a few weeks, my playing gets worse, almost as if I start >>> letting the horn do some of the work for me. >>> >>> I have no idea if any of the above makes any sense, but that is how it >>> seems to me. We now return you to your previously scheduled >>> programming. :) >>> >>> -S- >>> >>> -S- >>> _______________________________________________ >>> post: [email protected] >>> unsubscribe or set options at >>> https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/jasoncat%40aol.com >> _______________________________________________ >> post: [email protected] >> unsubscribe or set options at >> https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/steve.freides%40gmail.com >> > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/jasoncat%40aol.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
