Hi all, In his discussion of distance and pitch, Steve Haflich said,
"it is well established that brass instruments go flat when played loud". Years ago I had a discussion with Walter Lawson about this, and it was his opinion that the horn plays where IT wants the pitch to be when played loudly, and at any other dynamic, it has to play where YOU want it to be. If you tune your horn at that loud dynamic, you will find that you might have been playing on the high side of the pitch at other dynamics. He said to find out where you play, try playing an open note in the middle register, say second line G, then lip it down until it breaks to the next lower partial. Then try the same thing lipping up. In most cases the lipping up breaks rapidly, and in lipping down there's a long way to go. If you learn to play where the horn wants the pitch, you'll actually get much more from your horn! Elaine _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
