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
] B-flat or F fingerings in the low
register
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
I was taught to take advantage of the alternate fingering possibilities of both
the F and B flat sides of the standard double horn. And depending how you tune
the 3rd valve slides of both horns can have a lot of influence on which
fingering to use. I personally tune the third valve slide of
Jonathan West wrote:
On 25/09/2007, Steve Freides [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I
know my son's teacher wanted him to learn a single fingering for every note
on the horn to avoid confusion.
Unless there is more to it than you have described here, I would
respectfully suggest that the
When I was in college and studying with Nolan Miller of the
Philadelphia orchestra, I would sometimes stumble when playing
because, knowing and using all the available fingerings, I would
freeze trying to pick the right one, even after practicing a piece
numerous times. His recommendation was to
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When I was in college and studying with Nolan Miller of
the Philadelphia orchestra, I would sometimes stumble
With the recent activity on the list, I'm a little scared to post but here
goes...
Hornists,
Will some of you please discuss your rationale for fingerings in
the Low C#- F register? I know there are no absolutes, but I was taught to
primarily use B-flat fingerings in that
Will some of you please discuss your rationale for fingerings in
the Low C#- F register?
In terms of scales, in my opinion students should practice in three ways
1. Everything on the F side
2. Everything on the Bb side except for notes that can't be reached on
the Bb side
3.
.
-S-
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From: Jonathan West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 4:40 PM
To: The Horn List
Subject: Re: [Hornlist] B-flat or F fingerings in the low register
Will some of you please discuss your rationale for
fingerings
: [Hornlist] B-flat or F fingerings in the low register
Will some of you please discuss your rationale for fingerings
in
the Low C#- F register?
In terms of scales, in my opinion students should practice in three ways
1. Everything on the F side
2. Everything on the Bb side except
On 25/09/2007, Steve Freides [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jonathan, don't you think for a sixth grader, that's asking too much?
No I don't. Of course, 6th graders wouldn't be expected to practice
all the more obscure scales, but if they have a double horn, then I
think that it is reasonable that
I use whichever fingering sounds best, in keeping with
the demands of the music. I'm playing fourth on 1812,
and it's all B side, baby.
The opposite is true as well...there are times when I
use the F side in the treble staff. If it sounds
better, then that is what I do. Like Mr Baucom said,
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