BRAVO, BRAVO, BRAVO ! But, William, you will get the same number of enemies as me, by saying this TRUTH.
And we have to live with mediocre half-truths and many, many people having the right connections. Also, justice cannot be divided, but is bought sometimes, as is friendship as long as you pay. Absolute justice & real friendship, both very rare. ############################################################### Am 15.08.2011 um 20:38 schrieb valkh...@aol.com: > > > > I agree completely, and I don't think it could have been said better. > > Perhaps it is the 'new method' of learning, where it is by rote so it is just > good enough to past standardized tests? On a related note, in my field of > programming, I often come across people with a lot of degrees and who are > able to pass through all the right hoops, but cannot think clearly enough to > solve problems elegantly, to work well with others, or to develop something > that is going to be easy to work with, easy to understand, and easy to fix. > > True knowledge isn't instant. It takes a lot of time, a lot of work, and a > lot of discipline. > > -William > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hans Pizka <hpi...@me.com> > To: The Horn List <horn@memphis.edu> > Sent: Mon, Aug 15, 2011 2:26 pm > Subject: [Hornlist] BE other & related > > > If the horn teaching follows the old days method like e.g. Schantl, it might > not > > be enough to arrive at a quality like Thomas Joebstl or Manuel Huber (Vienna > > Phil). Studying the old way is not that fast as modern ways with learning the > > fingerings, but you receive a good feeling about the natural pitches > whereabouts > > and for a sound horn tone. It is like learning to read. The old method is > > slower, much slower, but if you master it, and if you are patient enough, you > > will start reading fluently much later but be able to read complicate foreign > > names like "Utztalcoatl" or "Przewalski horse" without difficulties. But: the > > teacher has to insist that things are learned at 100%, including ALL signs & > > respecting them, not just forte & piano. All the accents, all the dots, the > > complete scale of different rhythms, excluding the "off regular track > rhythms" > > for the following three or four years. Not looking for the high notes until > > commanding the whole compass from G below low c (= concert C) up to written > g2 > > (sitting over top line), no higher by no means, commanding also the first > scales > > from 1# to 4#s & 1-flat to four flats. But then higher up to written b-flat2 > > just occasionally & by no means over high c3 or even higher. These > stratospheric > > notes are for the real student in the last year before graduation if at all. > If > > those last mentioned students forget to practice the lower middle & the real > low > > range too, they will produce these severe defects which make such books as BE > or > > others in this field seem being necessary. And being 100% good brings > > satisfaction for both parties & the audience. Remember regarding programs or > > pieces: Less is often more, where "less" means "less demanding" & "more" > means > > "more quality". > > > > If a solid foundation have been laid, the problems will not occur, except > > through accidents or illness. > > > > The other source for the defects in the embouchure its the ambition, both by > the > > teacher & by the student. Why > > starting with Mozarts no.1 concerto, - and study it for weeks & months, > because > > not mature enough for it -, as there is a legion of short & not high pieces > for > > horn & piano to please the embouchure, the student, the teacher & the > audience. > > But what can you do, if teachers have not one cent worth knowledge about this > > literature. > > > > Students study Strauss no.1 forth & forth & forth again for up to more than a > > year & arrive at a school performance frustrated completely, as they hate the > > piece already. But they do not hate the little new pieces. > > Well, the new pieces might bring disasters first, if …… See my comment about > > reading abilities. > > > > If teachers & students (and parents) would observe the rules of real horn > study, > > the embouchure would be balanced at all times and confusion would be > eliminated > > at first hand. But if the values become inverted, the field for all kind of > > confusing therapies would be prepared. > > _______________________________________________ > > post: horn@memphis.edu > > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/valkhorn%40aol.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
