Steve, this is far the best concept, talking very loudly. So is it with the horn. Playing the loud notes with all possible SONORITY and NOT with the MAXIMUM of PUMPED AIR through the squeezed lips.
To achieve this sonority, one must have the lips under full control but keeping them relaxed the same time. The air must be RELEASED and NOT PUSHED or PUMPED. The air is just to SUPPORT the sound and not to FORCE the sound. But with thse popular narrow cup like mouthpieces, with the flat cup, thick rim & very narrow bore, HOW SHOULD THINGS FUNCTION ? No way !!! All blast will not help. If all try to "SPEAK LOUDLY" or "VERY LOUDLY", as you recommended, they could play the horn with full sonority even in the low range, and not just FART the low notes without control. They should try to play these low notes in the softer dynamics. After they have conquered this particular terrain, they should enforce it dynamic wise by releasing more air as a support. It should require a bit more open lip position ( By the way, this is a big problem for many, many players: to have the appropriate lip opening !!!) AND a bit more air release. So step by step, absolutely controlled regarding sound quality, the low range will be better. And the Shostakovich 5: if played as BLAST, it is an absolutely ORDINARY passage, but if played with great sonority it sounds impressive. ============================================================ ================================================== -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Freides Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 10:20 PM To: 'The Horn List' Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Blasting low notes Being a singer by training I find the idea of talking very loudly, as opposed to shouting, effective both for myself and as a teaching concept. Insofar as that goes, maybe it can apply to the horn, too. -S- > -----Original Message----- > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] .e > du] On Behalf Of Charles Turner > Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 1:31 PM > To: horn@music.memphis.edu > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Blasting low notes > > > On Apr 1, 2005, at 12:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 16:01:27 -0600 > > from: "McBeth, Amy J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > subject: RE: [Hornlist] Orchestral Audition > > > > I believe the whole "blasting" business came from the > student taking a > > small bit from Farkas's book > > Years ago Luciano Pavarotti was a guest on Johnny Carson's Tonight > Show. I still remember Johnny asking Mr. Pavarotti how opera singers > learned to sing with so much power. > > Pavarotti replied "first you have to learn to shout." > > I've always wondered if there was any lesson in that for hornists. > Maybe not; maybe it's apples and oranges. > > -ct > > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/steve%40friday sc omputer.com > _______________________________________________ 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
