I myself have recently made some headway on my low register after having played an unnatural amount of high horn for a college student(I still am, but not as bad).
First and foremost, DO IT EVERYDAY. I make a point to play through Shost. 5 at least once a day. One thing I like is to practice is the sensation of playing low horn well. Occasionally I'll pull out my bordogni etudes(aka the Rochut trombone book) and play them written key and in concert pitch to work different areas of low horn. By the end of my session on these, I have a genuinely good sound. Obviously, this is unacceptable because real life doesn't allow you to work yourself down(or up for that), but it's a start... Although a different mouthpiece could help, it's not really practical to switch. I think it's more beneficial to just work to get a good sound on whatever you normally play. One way I keep honest with low intonation is play with recordings. It may not sound sharp, but it is. For me at least. Chris --- Sharon Curtis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was wondering what other people had found most useful in > practising low notes. (I feel suddenly inspired to practise them > especially, what with Shostakovitch Symphony No.5 pedal E coming up > in January.) > > In particular, I was wondering about: > * what types of practice exercises are most useful > * what sort of attack might work best, and the shape of the mouth > * going down to low notes "cold" rather than working down to them > * mouthpieces, and whether a different shape might help slightly > > At present I have the Farkas book which suggests some exercises, > and I have a book of trombone studies for low practice, but some of > the very low notes I have difficulty getting to speak in the first > place, so I'm looking to improve on speaking in particular. > > Any comments on what worked for you, would be very welcome! Thanks, > > Sharon > > > _______________________________________________ > post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/tedesccj%40yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
