One possible fingering for a sustained G is B23+stopping valve, if you tune it up the right way. Or, depending on the key, pull the B3 slide so that B13 is right on.
B On Oct 4, 2009, at 9:53 AM, Martin Grainger wrote: > Middle G on Bb/1 always seems a lot flatter than an F-side E > does. As > I haven't bought one yet (I am trialling a couple this week) I was > looking for accepted alternative fingerings, advice on where to > change > over, etc. > > 2009/10/5 Sandra Clark <[1][email protected]> > > Just learn to play that G first valve (on Bb horn) - hear it in > tune...play > it in tune. You may need to swing your right hand out a bit... > It's a 5th partial - and no flatter (depending on how you tune > your > horn...) > than F horn middle E (which many of us play ALL the time) - so > playing that > note in tune with that fingering is more of a matter of will than > technology. > Sandra > > -----Original Message----- > From: [2][email protected] [mailto:[3][email protected] > ] > On Behalf > Of Martin Grainger > Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 6:29 PM > To: [4][email protected] > Subject: [Hornlist] Descants and alternative fingerings > Hello all, > I'm a longstanding double horn player (standing in F), but I will > hopefully > soon be buying a descant (Bb/A(+)/f alto) to complement it. I'm > well > aware > that it's not an instrument to be left in the cupboard for the "high > dates", > and I want to feel as at home with it as I do my double, which I > realise > will take a bit of work (not least retraining my thumb!) > So, a couple of questions: > 1. Am I being realistic in thinking that I will be able to learn to > swap > between the horns without too much drama when I have grown > accustomed > to the > descant? > 2. Does anybody have any tips and tricks for fingering on a descant? > Obviously the most pressing issue will be middle G - 1st valve being > flat > and 1&3 being too fiddly to play quickly. Given that there will > be an > A > valve as well as an f alto valve, there should be some > alternatives... > (actually, now I think about it I suppose the f alto side would > have a > middle G on open?) > Any input gratefully received! > Martin. > > _______________________________________________ > post: [5][email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > [6]https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/martin%40di > stantthunder.co.uk > > -- > Martin Grainger > [7][email protected] > > References > > 1. mailto:[email protected] > 2. mailto:[email protected] > 3. mailto:[email protected] > 4. mailto:[email protected] > 5. mailto:[email protected] > 6. > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/martin%40distantthunder.co.uk > 7. mailto:[email protected] > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/rnward%40comcast.net _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
