> But we teach them in a > wrong way just fingerings instead make them able to > understand the harmonic series & the relations of the tones > each other.
I remember at about age 10 working out the basis of the Bb side fingerings by myself and carefully drawing a chart that showed how the Bb fingerings were off from the F fingerings by a 4th. I took it to show my teacher, who didn't seem to be impressed, and as far as I can remember thought I had misunderstood what the Bb side was about and how the fingerings worked. He had simply been teaching me fingerings out of the book and seemed uninterested in how the harmonic sequence controlled things. I'm pretty sure I did get the chart right, because I don't remember my understanding of the harmonic sequence and of fingerings changing radically since. It has been refined a bit by a better understanding of which harmonics are a bit out of tune relative to equal temperament, but the basic understanding has not changed. Regards Jonathan West _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
