Why an operation on the horn, if it can be done by using the brain instead.
Accuracy exercises should not be restricted to one horn (in F) or one horn side (F) of the double, as these exercises are necessary on all kind of horns. These exercises are no special exercises. We have to educate even the very young players to do all correctly. This begins with "taking the special horn player posture as soon as the mouthpiece comes near to the players lips". In addition to this, the "typical brass player mask" must come to operation the same moment. Next: when the student (kid, teen, adult, mature) player commits a mistake (omitted accidental, rhythmic fault, wrong note, dynamics, etc.), the particular passage - but just this passage - has to be played ten times in a row without a mistake. The way: set down the horn, set it on the lips, count THREE-FOUR-Go in your brain, where go means play instantly, but play the note in the required dynamic with the accent or dot & length. If you split it, set the horn down & begin from the beginning. If you split a note in the tenth time only, restart the process as often as you need to arrive at "ten perfect in a single row". Do this also with full lines or a full longer phrase. Doing this for a while, you will profit enormously as you will know your "personal risk factor". While these exercises are made more difficult by using the F side only, I (myself a strong advocate of the F side) would prefer to use the best setting to have every note in pitch absolutely. Let´s begin. Decide the first note, say c2 (3rd space), decide the mode, say mf this time, decide length, well, fp & held for four measures 4/4 in andante tempo. Get the next take with sfzp plus crescendo, very slow crescendo until reaching a real forte in the 4rth measure, next take starting from nothing & use crescendo until end of 2nd measure & decrescendo for the remaining two measures, next start with a real forte & decrescendo until reaching pp & come back within the remaining two measures to end up in forte. There is no limitation on possible variations. After you have reached your ten in a row perfect, rest two minutes & continue with a note much lower, say g below staff. Perform the same exercises. Then comes a higher note, say e (first space from top). Again continue changing between higher & lower notes. Let it be for that day. The next day use the valves a bit, when targeting other tonalities; involve B1 for every E-flat; use F0 of the d2 (2nd line from top). Try to get this note fine tuned & implement this very lucid tone into your playing. Remember, all these exercises are for accuracy purpose. But they have a very welcome side effect, as you practice intonation exercises combined with long tones (improving tone quality & culture) & the accuracy (perfect attack). Do not forget the start of every note with counting 3-4 in your brain, so to reach the "perfect hit at the right time". These exercises shall continue as some kind of warm-up, until this concentration arrives at some kind of automatic. Well, I admit, they seem a bit dry, but the benefit is enormous. And nothing comes for free. Try it & come back to me with your results. ################################################################# Am 25.08.2011 um 15:56 schrieb Carlton, Marianne: > Make your own 'low-budget' F- horn by removing the B flat slides from your > double horn. You will be amazed at how fast you remember to use only the F > side of the horn. > > Marianne Carlton, Adjunct Instructor > Department of Music and Theatre > Pensacola State College > ________________________________________ > From: horn-boun...@memphis.edu [horn-boun...@memphis.edu] on behalf of John > Baumgart [john.baumg...@comcast.net] > Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 7:45 AM > To: The Horn List > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Thoughts on Accuracy, redux > > Wouldn't it be cheaper to hot-glue some thumb tacks to the change key for a > while? > > John Baumgart > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: valkh...@aol.com > To: horn@memphis.edu > Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 12:29:18 AM > Subject: [Hornlist] Thoughts on Accuracy, redux > > I think I have come up with an idea to improve my accuracy, but it might be > an expensive experiment. My idea is that embouchure building and endurance > building are fine enough, but what about simply playing everything on the F > side for a while? I'm talking F side playing for 3-6 months exclusively in > order to see if it improves accuracy. My hunch is that it will improve > accuracy AND endurance, but to fully put this to the test I'm going to have > to either remind myself to only use the F side of one of my horns for this > time period, or just buy a lighter single F horn. I'd honestly rather have a > separate F horn since the temptation to switch to the B flat is so ingrained > in me that I may forget that I'm only sticking to the F side. > > So, I'm wondering, does anyone make a professional standard single F horn > that isn't a Viennese horn? I would love a Viennese horn, but I doubt I could > find one under $2,000 or $3,000, and I'm sure I could find a regular single F > cheaper than that. > > Or if I'm wrong, correct me. > > Also, I wonder if anyone in an American audition has made it to a final round > while playing on nothing but a Vienna style horn? Is it even plausible? > > -William > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/john.baumgart%40comcast.net > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/mcarlton%40pensacolastate.edu > _______________________________________________ > 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
