Except on the baton, which is in tune always (they say) !!!!, no matter what key, no matter what accidentals, no tuning slide necessary but a pencil sharpener perhaps. ############################################## Am 04.05.2011 um 15:57 schrieb [email protected]:
> I have a single Bb horn. I listen and adjust accordingly. > > No matter how many notes you get in tune by doing nothing, there will > always be some that are flat or sharp. You can always lip it into tune, or > adjust with your right hand. > > But, this is the way it is on double/triple/single/wagner > tubas/sarrusophones/etc or anything that matter with a mouthpiece and made of > brass. > > -William > > > In a message dated 5/4/2011 8:28:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > So how do players playing single b-flat horns deal with this note? > > Hans Pizka <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ricardo, you addressed the issue very well. May I recommend further, >> that players should use the F-side to a greater degree anyway & thus > eliminate this faulty >> middle g (concert c, written g1). They should see a double horn rather as > a >> 4-valve-horn, than a horn with a Bb-side & F-side. Such it is much better >> to have it in F/Bb instead of Bb/F. >> >> ################################################################### >> Am 04.05.2011 um 00:05 schrieb Ricardo Matosinhos: >> >>> The middle g is a 5th harmonic of the A flat horn, so is naturally flat > (14 cents to be exact). In C major for example will be to low because is > the 5th that should be a little sharp) but, for example in Eb major is OK > because naturally flat as the major third should be. >>> I use it a lot on technical passages and even on lyrical, but usually > on slow passages I use it on F horn. >>> My advice is to play both on Bb and F horn. Bb horn on technical > passages and F or Bb on lyrical. >>> >>> >>> On 2011-04-30 03:56, SH wrote: >>>> Does middle g ever get good on the b horn? Is there a way to get it > to sound like the notes above it or is it always destined to sound honkey? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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/schmidhorninst%40gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > 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
