Had the same idea & practised it during Aribert Reimanns "King Lear". The composer gave me a hug after the premiere.
####################################################### Am 27.12.2010 um 21:24 schrieb [email protected]: > I avoid quarter tone pieces. My rule is if I don't want to hear it, I don't > play it. Then again, I don't make a career out of the horn so I don't > expect to ever be commissioned that sort of stuff. > > I had thought of this before though. With quarter tones, wouldn't it be > easier to set one side of the horn in pitch down slightly (say the F side) > and > then use the Bb side primarily? Then you switch to the F side for quarter > tones and you're done. > > Then again, what do I know. > > -William > > > In a message dated 12/27/2010 2:50:38 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, mumfordh > [email protected] writes: > > Hey, let's not get stuck in the 20th century! Aren't you feeling a little > limited by only having 12 notes to use? One brass quintet I used to play > in, the leader would respond to requests for Justin Bieber, or Chicken > Train by saying "we don't have that one, but we'll play this one instead. > It > has a lot of the same notes in it". > I remember reading quite awhile ago about an Egyptian trumpet player who > had an extra quarter tone valve added to his trumpet because the traditional > music he grew up with used quarter tones and he wanted to be able to play > that style of music on the trumpet. Just a word to the wise for those > considering gigging in Egypt. > I'm glad Daniel has done this book! It's one of those things I've had in > the back of my mind for quite awhile but never got around to seriously > figuring out. I had figured that for the most part the quarter tones could > be > obtained just with fingerings. I'll be interested to see how he's done it. > Great Googly Moogly! > > - Steve Mumford > > XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX > > Hans wrote: > > Hello Dan, all very interesting, but for what use, as most horn players, > amateurs as well as professionals, have enough problems commanding > the F- & the Bb-side fingerings already. And more than that, even many > professional players have problems transposing a simple musical text > if there are some accidentals. How should they master the problem of > quarter tones ? How will be the relation between effort to master the > quarter tone issue and resulting income ? > > There is one good thing with quarter-tone-textes: > > there is no transposing involved. > > ########################################################## > Am 27.12.2010 um 15:18 schrieb Daniel Grabois: > >> > I'm very excited to announce that I have just published my second etude > book. It is called Quarter Tone Manual for French Horn. It has 17 > etudes ranging from fairly easy to extremely hard, plus lots of > explanations on how to play quarter tones. There's also a section of > suggestions for composers on how to write quarter tones in a way that > makes them playable by horn players. >> >> So, apologies for the commercial plug, but you can order the book at my > website, www.danielgrabois.com. >> >> Thanks, and Happy New Year to all horn players and their families! >> Dan Grabois > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/valkhorn%40aol.com > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
