You know Wendell I think it works both ways. Certainly when we are playing at an up tempo the tongue stops the note we are playing while preparing the next note. The question: Is the tongue stopping the note we are playing or is it starting the next note? Is it a before or after. I think both, we just define it or perceive it in a different way. Is the glass half full or half empty? As for stopping the note with the tongue all the time... it seems some are thinking either one or the other.... I use the opening of the solo in Tsch 5. as a test example. Does one stop the note at the end of the first short phrase with the tongue or?? do we just stop the note by just stopping the breath as would a singer. Try it out guys and tell me which one you do!!
Milton Milton Kicklighter 4th Horn Buffalo Philharmonic Retired ________________________________ From: Wendell Rider <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, June 29, 2011 1:37:58 PM Subject: [Hornlist] stopping notes with the tongue, etc. On Jun 29, 2011, at 10:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Message: 9 > Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:42:32 -0400 > From: William Bard <[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=US-ASCII > > Also, I do agree about how the note should be stopped "like singers." I just >question whether that should be the case for every style of music, or for >rapidly tongued sections. Isn't it easiest to start the next note in a fast >single-tongued section when the tongue stops each note to prevent the sound >from >going on for too long and to get ready for the next note? > > > -William Hi, Actually, we aren't singers and that whole glottal thing is suspect from my way of thinking. Articulations should be just small actions of the tongue and not a lot of throat stuff. I think this is confusing for a lot of people. You are right to think that stopping each note with the tongue would be a bad thing in a fast passage and I don't recommend it. It isn't necessary. But stopping notes with the throat is even a worse idea. It's very simple really and the more we get caught up in trying to control muscles that our sub conscious can do much better, the worse things get for us. We should use our mental powers to order up product, not method. My methods keep the air going and allow for every sort of expression. That is what we need to do, not sit around and try to analyze and control our bodies. The body is capable of much higher level activities than we can ever hope to even remotely accomplish by conscious thinking. Watch the great players. Note how little they are actually doing, not how much. Sincerely, Wendell Rider For information about my book, "Real World Horn Playing" and the DVDs, go to my website: www.wendellworld.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/archive%40jab.org
