Hans, Thank you for your solid advice.
If there were a magic pill we could take to make us all perfect horn players, wouldn't it devalue the skill? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hans Pizka Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 7:41 AM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] concentration, technical difficult passages Hello Jonathan & others, thanks for your reply. But we both forgot one thing, a very important fact. We come from our professional standard, but the vast majority of players is struggling with the fingerings generally, while we do it with a , say so, certain automatism as a result of our (musical) education. The method which I described with the "Long Call exercise" and which you mentioned positively, gives everyone self confidence, but not to those who struggle with the fingerings & have to hammer all into their brain & lips, a method which must fail anyway. Self confidence means, that you know that your risk factor is quite down near to zero risk. And, if you commit a small mistake, - sometimes -, you have to think it be just an (unwelcome but possible) accident. Nothing else. Nothing to make one nervous. We are humans not machines, fortunately (not meant as an excuse). But all this does not apply to those players, who grip to the stars but not having even made it up to a flat or moderate mountain in their neighborhood. Less challenging tasks, but performed (near) perfectly, will bring more satisfaction. _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/bgross%40airmail.ne t _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
