> -Original Message-
> From: Larry Jellison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 4:18 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Hornlist] Re: Single F horns - Conn 4D
>
> Steve asked:
> >Anyone playing in a community band or otherwise and using a single F
> >horn?<
>
> Steve, we know you also have a single Bb, so do you play that
> in ensembles?
I haven't done much ensemble playing since I got that Bb single, and most of
what I've done has been on the double.
> I also have a single Bb as well as an 8D. I
> use either one of them to play in ensembles. Depending on
> the characteristics of the music, the ensemble, and the horn
> section, I chose one or the other. Generally, the single Bb
> does just fine with most ensembles.
The Bb single will, I think, be something I use more when I become a better
player. I'm still spending a good deal of my time playing from the Horner
method book, and it got kind of frustrating playing those exercise on the Bb
single because they're _so_ written with an F horn (or a double) in mind. I
got to the point where I could do it but, as they say, the operation was a
success but the patient died - I didn't want to keep dealing with the Bb
horn for that material so I went back to the double. I could say the same
for band fourth horn parts.
> Playing the single F horn, or playing more on the F side of a
> double is good practice; I play up to 4th line D of the F
> side of my 8D because I like the sound of that D on the F
> side of the 8D (as well as the C a second below).
I play my double up to about the same area on the F side, usually taking
written C on the F side, D on the Bb side most but not all the time, and the
C# however it seems most convenient. I find myself using alternate
fingerings a lot, mostly because I enjoy playing around with them, e.g.,
that Du Bist Die Ruh in the Horner book - I find myself playing the first
section on the F side of the horn and then the repeat on the Bb side, just
for the nice contrast in color it provides.
> But I also
> use the Bb side of the 8D throughout all ranges if I want
> clarity, quicker response, and better projection.
It is a wonderful luxury to just noodle around on the horn and not have to
be concerned with what's quicker and more reliable and the like. I confess
that I am enamored of the sound of the F horn. To me, those notes right in
the middle of the staff just sound so wonderful on an F horn.
Thanks for your reply, Larry. I've got three nice horns, an F single, a Bb
single, and a double, all of which I enjoy playing; I'm a lucky man.
-S-
> Larry
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