I have a single Bb horn. I listen and adjust accordingly. No matter how many notes you get in tune by doing nothing, there will always be some that are flat or sharp. You can always lip it into tune, or adjust with your right hand. But, this is the way it is on double/triple/single/wagner tubas/sarrusophones/etc or anything that matter with a mouthpiece and made of brass. -William In a message dated 5/4/2011 8:28:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
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/valkhorn%40aol.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
