As a learned F-horn-player I might correct you. D2 as open note is the 9th partial (if you count from botom-bottom C, written on the 2nd ledger line below staff in real bass clef), so the high c3 is no.16. But it would be the no.10 natural tone on the E-flat horn (written e2 one step down). E2 as natural note (10th natural tone) is rather low mostly, while no.9 natural tone as the d2 as open note on the F-horn is rather sharp, making the d2 the most shiny tone on the open horn anyway, very lucid. There is an old joky rule: "better sharp than out of tune or flat."
But contrary to that, fingering the d2 with 1 might help to clear fast scale like passages. Question: is Chris a learned horn player ? ============================================================ ======================================= -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Freides Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 8:59 PM To: 'The Horn List' Subject: [Hornlist] Fingering question At my most recent lesson, I was playing a passage from early on in the Horner method that started on third space C and went up C-D-E. Because I'm playing a single F horn, I was playing all three as open. Chris suggested I finger the D with the first valve held down, a fingering which I was aware of but hadn't really used much (ninth partial of concert E-flat instead of 8th partial of F). Playing around with this on my own for the first few days after the lesson, I decided I liked this fingering, and since then I've changed my default fingering for written fourth line D from open to 1. My guess is that this works because, for lack of a better way to put it, it makes the targets further apart. I'm curious to know if this agrees with others' experience. Thanks. -S- _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans%40pizka.d e _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
