You misunderstood me, Hans. Of course we aim for the cultivated sonority, as my conductor made clear. For the low passage in Schostakovich 5 he wants a full sound, not blatty.
My point was that some teachers, as a pedagogical technique, introduce the student to the air requirements of the low range by asking the student to blast. That is how I interpret what Farkas wrote. After that comes the real work of controlling it and getting a good sound. You may disagree with the pedagogy, of course, but we are all after the same result. We have a saying, "Different strokes for different folks." We all learn in a different manner. Herb Foster --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What kind are these teacher ? This is crazy. All this > BLOWING through the horn. The notes need just the "ignition" > & passive support, which means "letting air out", except > when playing superloud. Here concentrated air will do the > things. But ordinary blasting will result in nothing. Better > playing loud absolutely controlled from the beginning. If > very loud does not work, never mind, develop it step by > step. And forget that Shostakovich no.5. What is so > difficult there ? Idiots of conductors are difficult, when > asking for BLAST instead of cultivated SONORITY. And, is it > really that loud ????? It is not a loudness competition. A > loudness competition will ruin any music. It is not > necessary that ONE be heard, no, it is important that the > piece sounds as the composer wished to hear it. > ============================================================ > ========================================= > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Herbert Foster > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 7:32 PM > To: The Horn List > Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Mr. Pizka: Orchestral Audition > > Some teachers do recommend uncultivated rough ordinary > blasting in the mid low range, not to develop strength, but > to get the feel of playing the notes at all with sufficient > air. After that comes the hard part: playing loud & > absolutely controlled. Still working on that. And > Schostakovich 5 coming up... > > Herb Foster __________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
