Hi Daniel, Well the best advice you have been given is to not worry about the afterbeats. I think you will find that when the melody is going, it will be much easier to make them fit, and as Hans said, if you leave out a few it won't matter.
I did kind of make light of playing after beats with my "military band" comment, but over the years I have found that there are many that have much trouble playing after beats. It has kind of come natural to me, and many other horn players, because of my experience playing in a band. Oh the many many marches where there was nothing but after beats. And if you would like to have the "greatest" experience in playing.... tongue in cheek..... play the horn... marching... on a rough field!!! Now that is the way to learn how to play after beats. :) Milton Milton Kicklighter 4th Horn Buffalo Philharmonic Retired ________________________________ From: Daniel Canarutto <[email protected]> To: The Horn List <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, May 19, 2011 7:55:38 AM Subject: Re: [Hornlist] La Traviata: advise on rhythm problems looked for There were several answers to my question, and I'm very grateful for that. I'm trying to practice each suggestion. However the performance is only one week from now, so I guess I'll have to cheat a little in one way or another, and maybe leave out one measure here and there. And yes, our conductor seems to hear each note we play, though she is usually kind about our mistakes. Not at all the type of nasty incompetent which has been depicted sometimes. Daniel On 19May 2011, at 7:52 , [email protected] wrote: > > Hi Daniel, > > Playing afterbeats at this tempo is always a problem for a lot of > instrumentalists, even hornplayers who have the reputation of being > experts > (which true compared to other instruments). I do not have a recording > available at the moment, but how important is this part in the > context of > whichis going on in the La traviata. Why not play also a note on the > beat > plus the afterbeat. Will this be heard by the conductor ??? I do not > think > so. In my opinion this is not a mental problem, it really is a > technical > problem. The real solution is, as already suggested, is step by step > raising the tempo. But if the Traviata is coming soon this is a > mission > impossible and I would go for a good simulation ! I bet that the > conductor > will not hear it and there a lot of notes which are more important. _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/kicklighgter%40yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
