Powell's Books up in Portland, OR, is also a good source, though being there physically is best if you like to browse.
http://www.powells.com Herb Foster ________________________________ From: Mr Robert Ward <[email protected]> To: Milton Kicklighter <[email protected]>; The Horn List <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, July 3, 2011 12:48:34 PM Subject: Re: [Hornlist] stopping notes with the tongue, etc. Hi Milton - Over the years I made it is point to buy from used book sites on the internet any horn book I heard about. So I think I bought it from: http://www.abebooks.com/ It's a simple yet great site where I've also bought many genealogy related books too. Bob On Jul 3, 2011, at 4:53 AM, Milton Kicklighter wrote: > Hi Bob, > > Where did you get this copy of Gunthers book. Many years ago a friend of >mine.... Fred Bradford.... showed me a pamphlet that Schuller had written and >this plus much about intonation was included in that pamphlet. I would love >to >find a copy of it. > > Thanks. > > Milton > > Milton Kicklighter > 4th Horn Buffalo Philharmonic > Retired > > From: Robert N. Ward <[email protected]> >> To: The Horn List <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, July 2, 2011 6:55 PM >> Subject: Re: [Hornlist] stopping notes with the tongue, etc. >> >> Hi all, >> >> Every time this comes up I refer back to a snippet from Gunther Schuller's >>book... >> >> From Schuller: Horn Technique - "A common misconception exists that staccato >>playing requires a different technical approach than more sustained playing. >>Nothing could be further from the truth. Essentially, a staccato note is >>produced exactly like any other note; that is to say, a clean attack (in >>staccato fairly sharp and pointed) is followed by a fully centered tone and >>ended quickly by the action of the larynx. Common faults in staccato playing >>are: a) the attack, because of the speed with which the tongue is required to >>move, is often fuzzy and unfocused; b)the tone, because of its relative >>brevity, >>is neglected and allowed to sound thin and pinched; and c) the tongue, rather >>than the larynx, is used to stop the note. This latter fault gives the note >>an >>unpleasantly abrupt ending and makes the staccato sound choppy and >>aggressive. >>For my taste, the most attractive staccato in one in which each note is ever >>so >>slightly tapered at the end." >> >> Robert N. Ward >> Principal Horn >> San Francisco Symphony >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> On Jul 2, 2011, at 1:48 PM, Ralph Hall wrote: >> >>> Wendell, I reply to your posting out of courtesy because I realise >>> that it is to your advice that many on this list look to. However, I >>> must take issue with you on one or two points. My reply, which brought >>> up the 'whole glottal thing' was specifically concerned with the >>> ending of notes other than staccato and you seem to extrapolate from >>> that, via those that seek our help, that I advocate stopping short >>> notes with the glottis. This is certainly not my way of thinking but >>> you then go on to say that articulations (which exactly?) should be >>> 'small actions of the tongue and not a lot of throat stuff'. I never >>> have, nor ever will conflate 'articulations' with a 'lot of throat >>> stuff' so I wonder where this comes from? >>> >>> In your reply to William you say that 'you are right to think that >>> stopping each note with the tongue would be a bad thing in a fast >>> passage' but in your second posting you advocate 'toot' or 'teet' >>> which to my mind, if you pronounce the last consonant in normal >>> pronunciation, means ending the note with the tongue. I certainly >>> accept your advocacy of the vowel sound between the two 'ts' otherwise >>> you do get more tongue than note. There are not many linguistic and >>> elocution experts, or (heaven forbid!), singing teachers who would >>> agree that pronouncing with the tongue 'and suitable vowel sounds' can >>> take the throat (presumably you mean the glottis) out of the equation. >>> >>> Ultimately, Valerie is right that there is more than one way of >>> cracking a nut, but an acknowledgement of the skills of others in >>> solving these universal problems might render the list more helpful to >>> those who seek advice. >>> >>> Ralph R. Hall >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/rnward%40comcast.net _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/herb_foster%40yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
