So how do players playing single b-flat horns deal with this note? Hans Pizka <[email protected]> wrote:
>Ricardo, you addressed the issue very well. May I recommend further, >that players should use the F-side to a greater degree anyway & thus eliminate >this faulty >middle g (concert c, written g1). They should see a double horn rather as a >4-valve-horn, than a horn with a Bb-side & F-side. Such it is much better >to have it in F/Bb instead of Bb/F. > >################################################################### >Am 04.05.2011 um 00:05 schrieb Ricardo Matosinhos: > >> The middle g is a 5th harmonic of the A flat horn, so is naturally flat (14 >> cents to be exact). In C major for example will be to low because is the 5th >> that should be a little sharp) but, for example in Eb major is OK because >> naturally flat as the major third should be. >> I use it a lot on technical passages and even on lyrical, but usually on >> slow passages I use it on F horn. >> My advice is to play both on Bb and F horn. Bb horn on technical passages >> and F or Bb on lyrical. >> >> >> On 2011-04-30 03:56, SH wrote: >>> Does middle g ever get good on the b horn? Is there a way to get it to >>> sound like the notes above it or is it always destined to sound honkey? >>> >>> Thanks >> _______________________________________________ >> post: [email protected] >> unsubscribe or set options at >> https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com > >_______________________________________________ >post: [email protected] >unsubscribe or set options at >https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/schmidhorninst%40gmail.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
