Well put. It's more important to tune our ears than our horn. To make it worse, the "open natural horn" doesn't even play the harmonic series, it only approximates it. It would only play the odd harmonics (C, g, e1, Bb1, d2...) except for the taper of the leadpipe and the flair of the bell. That's why a hosaphone or garden hose is so out of tune on the lower notes and why every horn is off on some notes.
Herb Foster --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Tuning is a matter of PLAYING IN TUNE, not one of getting all the slides > exactly so-so. It is a matter of listening and harmonizing and getting > intervals correct. Orchestras, bands, and choirs perform more nearly in just > ... > In short, the standard double horn is a chromatic collection of open natural > horns from the key of low B natural up to Bb alto. All of the idiosyncracies > of the flat third overtone, the ambivalent seventh overtone, and the oddities > of the upper partials are all there for you to learn about and learn to deal > with them. > ... > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Horn mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/listinfo/horn
