Try diction. Think "tAAH" when you tongue.Don't sit on the "t." Small "t" and big "AAH"--keep the air thick and going.
Shel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Pollack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Horn List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 7:17 PM Subject: [Hornlist] You mean it's not ALL me? > I am one of those horn players that has just returned (about 6 months ago) to horn playing after a long hiatus (about 14 years). I read the recent posts by Hans and Graeme about F vs. B-flat side playing, under the thread "Horn in C#," which Mr. Nutcracker nominated for the "stupidest thread of 2003" award. > > During my recent playing, I have been dissatisfied with my tonguing, especially in the mid-low register (from about E on the bottom line of the staff down). I was getting frustrated with myself for not being able to make these attacks crisp. > > Hans's and Graeme's posts relieved me a little by calling the F side "fuzzier," but I'd like some clarification. Is it indeed harder to get a crisp attack in tonguing notes on the F side than on the B-flat side? Although I will, of course, continue to practice the tonguing on the F side (I figure I can't improve by practicing the easier tonguing on the B-flat side), I'd like to know if I am reading their posts correctly. > > Apparently, I don't remember as much as I think I did from my horn heyday. > > While I'm at it, any other advice for getting the tonguing a little crisper (crispier?)? > > Thanks! > > --Matt Pollack > Amateur, Topsham, Maine > > > _______________________________________________ > post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/skirshner%40ameritech.net > _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
