"Play" the rest in your head and that should help with the mental problem. As Hans said, there's nothing to practice technically, just getting your brain to cause your tongue to play the afterbeats at the right time. Giving it something else to do on the beat should help.
Since I had roast duck breast for dinner, I will give you this exercise. Set the metronome to 172, and say "Ente" on the beat. Once you can do that, transition to saying and then thinking the "En" part and playing the "te" part. Good luck. John Baumgart ----- Original Message ----- From: "SH" <[email protected]> To: "The Horn List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 12:48:24 PM Subject: Re: [Hornlist] La Traviata: advise on rhythm problems looked for Just fake it and look like you are working really hard. Don't forget the dismount at the end. A quick nod to the 2nd horn player to finish. Good Luck Daniel Canarutto <[email protected]> wrote: >Hello friends, > >I have a performance of La Traviata coming soon, and I must admit I'm >having serious difficulties in keeping a steady pace in N.2 (the first >scene of the opera, just after the Preludio). It is in 4/4 time, >played at 1quarter=172 more or less. I have four afterbeats per >measure, as you can see from the sample I uploaded at the URL: >http://www.dma.unifi.it/~canarutto/Xs/Tr2.pdf > >I'm trying to study this piece with a metronome, starting from a >slower tempo and increasing it, or playing a few measures at a time, >but it seems I'm still far from the goal. I'd say it's not a strictly >technical issue, since if I play the beats, instead than afterbeats, >everything goes smoothly. So it should be a mainly mental problem. I'm >wondering which exercises or tricks could help. > >Thank you for your attention, > >Daniel Canarutto >mathematical physicist & dedicated amateur hornist & lifelong learner >http://www.dma.unifi.it/~canarutto/ >http://www.corno.it/ > >_______________________________________________ >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/john.baumgart%40comcast.net _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
