I'm also a retread with a 30 year gap. Been playing again for almost 4 years now. Accuracy felt like my biggest issue for almost 2 years. I did find that playing the page on accuracy from the Farkas book and keeping written score on how many and which notes I did not hit dead center helped a lot. (I made weekly copies of the page so I could put a tick mark next to notes I missed and observe / correct specific problems. In addition, it did take some time before I heard the right notes in my mind before playing. Make a GREAT day! (I am) Jim Wright
------------------------------ message: 15 date: Sun, 15 May 2005 10:30:55 -0500 from: "Bill Gross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> subject: [Hornlist] Learning Suggestions Appreciated One thing I have noticed after a thirty or so year hiatus is that my ability to have a clear mental idea of the pitch I am going to play has seriously deteriorated. Such things as missing the second line "D" - having it come out as "C" on the B flat side. Any suggestions on helping refresh the ability to get that mental image of pitch would be appreciated. _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
