I personally believe in high note psychology a lot. I had friends at Interlochen who have taught themselves to play up to the ledger line C with ease by just thinking that it looks higher than it actually is. I have the same habits as the original hornist in question with many passages, and I have very good relative pitch. Sometimes, notes just seem higher depending on the passage. On a piece like Mendellsohn's Kriegsmarch from Althalia (I just played that so it's fresh on my mind,) it's not all too high, but it's consistently in the upper part of the staff. While the piece never goes above G it is almost always fortissimo, and the horn has the melody. While the piece is only five to seven minutes, it's the most tiring five to seven minutes I've ever been through, though keep in mind I have many embechoure problems, myself. I have a decent upper range, I'm able to play the ledger C to performance level if it's in the right passage. Some passages just make notes harder than others.
Mike Scheimer, Pittsburgh _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
