Thanks for the encouragement! I appreciate it. :) And yeah, Al is great. He and I have been keeping in touch since December. Great guy.
-William On Jun 27, 2011, at 6:08 PM, Milton Kicklighter wrote: > Well interesting!! These days I struggle to "get any notes at all" :) I > wouldn't worry to much about the high notes. If you can get them on some > days > and not others, just try and analyze what might be different on those days > you > can't. To much practice can really axe the highs on the next day. > > > Al studied with me a couple of summers at Brevard. He is an incredible horn > player. > > > Milton > > Milton Kicklighter > 4th Horn Buffalo Philharmonic > Retired > > > > > ________________________________ > From: William Bard <[email protected]> > To: The Horn List <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, June 27, 2011 5:42:35 PM > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Articulation and 'airy' sound issues > > Great idea. Right now I'm struggling with my two extremes in the range, high > and > low. My mid range is great, but on some days I just feel like I can't play > high. > This will hopefully shape up the more I play when I get to college. Some > days, > high C's are no sweat, and other days I dread even thinking of attempting > above > a G on top of the staff. My low range is okay, but there's a gap/notable > shift > in my embouchure from around low D to C. I can play all the way down to pedal > E > or so, but I almost seem to require a completely different set for C and > under... I had a lesson earlier this year with Al Spanjer where he said the > key > is to basically find an embouchure that will work for just about any note, > high > or low. He went on to demonstrate how he could hit each note with 3 or so > different sets. I think that this could definitely help me, but only time > will > tell. I just really need to get consistency in the bag. > > -William > > On Jun 27, 2011, at 5:32 PM, valerie wells wrote: > >> I learned a lot from Milton while in San Francisco. Milton really has a lot >> of experience with embouchure issues. We had an appointment set for Friday >> evening to further discuss things he had learned about his chops through the >> years, but hubby and I got stuck at the peer for over an hour waiting for >> trains, so I didn't get my time with Milton. Hopefully in Denton, Milton >> and I can take up where we left off in SF. >> >> Anyway... one of the things Milton shared that really resonated with me as >> the promoter of BE, is the importance of keeping balance. He told how he >> had at one time used a very rolled in setting on both horn & trumpet that >> gave him a fabulous high range, but eventually morphed into this overly >> rolled in monster that limited his flexibility. (Please correct me if I've >> got it wrong, Milton.) This reinforced the BE idea of daily practicing both >> extremes (roll-out & roll-in) to keep things balanced, possibly preventing >> either extreme (roll-out or roll-in) from taking over. >> >> Val >> -- >> Valerie Wells >> The Balanced Embouchure Method >> http://bebabe.wordpress.com/ >> http://www.beforhorn.blogspot.com/ >> >> Message: 4 >> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:08:19 -0700 (PDT) >> From: Milton Kicklighter <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Articulation and 'airy' sound issues >> To: The Horn List <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: >> <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 >> >> Bill, what happened to me was this:? I was doing a lot of mouthpiece >> buzzing... >> which I have always done and still do... but had let the tip of my >> tongue?move >> up from the very?the bottom of my mouth to right behind my teeth.? I had >> done?this so gradually that I did not notice the change.? But it had a major >> change on my horn sound.? >> >> >> Try this:? buzz on your mouthpiece and gradually move your tongue up behind >> your >> teeth and then back down into your mouth.? You should notice a radical >> change in >> the sound of the buzz.? >> >> ? >> Milton >> >> Milton Kicklighter >> 4th Horn Buffalo Philharmonic >> Retired >> _______________________________________________ >> post: [email protected] >> unsubscribe or set options at >> https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/wdbard%40me.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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/wdbard%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
