I suggest getting a copy of Steve Seifert's article on "Tuning the
Double Horn." It was reprinted in early 2005, as I recall, in The HORN
CALL; a reprint from its first appearance in The Horn Call about 25
years or more ago. It would explain very much for you, I'm sure.
Paul Mansur, Retired editor of The HORN CALL since 1993.
On Sunday, February 26, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Simon Varnam wrote:
First let me demonstrate my ignorance:
Daniel wrote:
However, I once heard a world-renowned hornist say that d2 can
(should) be fingered T3 when the tonality is Eb, in order to get a
slightly lower major third.
Daniel
"T3" ?
Have I missed something?
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I envy you all with your comments on what kids can/do learn at school
etc.
Here in Japan most kids (unless they are lucky enough to join the
band in elementary school) get started in junior high at 12 years old,
give up in their 3rd year (to study for senior high school entrance
exams) and maybe start again in senior high, and again give up in
their 3rd year (to study for college entrance exams). Their only
teachers may be their seniors in the band, who will have been educated
similarly. (Their instruments on the other hand are often enviable.)
But the annual reiteration of misunderstood advice from the occasional
peripatetic teacher leads to some misconceptions which if they weren't
so sad might be termed laughable.
(BTW, if you are Japanese and on this list remember that you are an
exception.)
I have the greatest difficulty in getting either school band members
or my community band colleagues to understand that tuning slides have
any purpose other than to get the water out when it gets too noisy.
Otherwise they are kept fully closed. The topic of notes played with 2
valves being sharp is something I've given up on. Even a written g1
fingered F0 instead of B1 is "radical".
This is why the other day I asked how to tune the slides.
Is there is a simple mechanical procedure to tune the slides,
preferably using a tuning meter?
A list of which notes to tune to which fingerings would be most
welcome.
I have my own ideas, but I'm just a know-it-all nobody coming out of
left field. To have it "gospel" from a pro on the hornlist would be
much more convincing.
Thanks,
Simon
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