Forget It!! Unless you have spent at least four years in a military band playing afterbeats, you will never make it. :) Milton
Milton Kicklighter 4th Horn Buffalo Philharmonic Retired ________________________________ From: Daniel Canarutto <[email protected]> To: The Horn List <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, May 18, 2011 11:43:02 AM Subject: [Hornlist] La Traviata: advise on rhythm problems looked for Hello friends, I have a performance of La Traviata coming soon, and I must admit I'm having serious difficulties in keeping a steady pace in N.2 (the first scene of the opera, just after the Preludio). It is in 4/4 time, played at 1quarter=172 more or less. I have four afterbeats per measure, as you can see from the sample I uploaded at the URL: http://www.dma.unifi.it/~canarutto/Xs/Tr2.pdf I'm trying to study this piece with a metronome, starting from a slower tempo and increasing it, or playing a few measures at a time, but it seems I'm still far from the goal. I'd say it's not a strictly technical issue, since if I play the beats, instead than afterbeats, everything goes smoothly. So it should be a mainly mental problem. I'm wondering which exercises or tricks could help. Thank you for your attention, Daniel Canarutto mathematical physicist & dedicated amateur hornist & lifelong learner http://www.dma.unifi.it/~canarutto/ http://www.corno.it/ _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/kicklighgter%40yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
