I'd like to add one more point - if you do not wish to sing, for whatever reason, you have my deepest sympathy but there is another thing you can try that involves only your horn:
Do not buy music, just think of a song you know "by ear" - a children's song like Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, a folk song, even a Broadway tune or opera aria you know - and play that song on your horn. It is fantastic practice for training the musical mind. Favorite hymn tunes, anything at all will do. If a tune is moderately challenging for you, practice it regularly, working it up to performance level as you would any written music. My personal favorites are Christmas Carols - hey, it's only 10 weeks until Christmas. -S- > -----Original Message----- > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > du] On Behalf Of Steve Freides > Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 11:49 AM > To: 'The Horn List' > Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Fingerings, Singerings > > Absolutely. There is a reason most music schools require > singing, and singing on note names or solfege syllable at > that - it makes one a better musician. > > -S- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > du] On Behalf Of David Jewell > > Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 11:23 AM > > To: The Horn List > > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Fingerings, Singerings > > > > I guess that I would like to stress that even if you "can't" > > sing, you should at least try to sing through etudes and > the like, it > > really does help strengthen one's inner sense of pitch > relationships. > > Additonally one can often discover the most sensible > articulations by > > vocalizing the melodies. If one is not inclined to sing in public, > > then I strongly urge one to do so in the practice studio. > Vocal tone > > quality is not the issue, but one of using every musical > tool to raise > > our performance level. > > Paxmaha > > > > David Goldberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, David Jewell wrote: > > > > > I firmly advocate that all horn players should be singers in some > > > capacity, especially choral, and that they should listen to > > - gasp - > > > opera some too. paxmaha > > > > gasp, sigh - for those of us who can't or won't sing, at > least we can > > play real songs and use them to learn to play lyrically. > For that, I > > recommend (again, sorry - but another holiday season is > approaching, > > and they make great gifts, especially from you to you) > various vocal > > collections with CD piano accompaniment. My short list for today > > comprises the Hal-Leonard Mozart Aria books; that is, one book for > > each of soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass-baritone. The > solo parts > > are written with the piano part, not on separate sheets, > they are in C > > (alto if you can get up there, otherwise basso), and the > bass-baritone > > book has the added attraction of being written in bass clef. These > > books are all fun, inspirational and not very expensive, > considering > > that the accompaniment CD is included. There are many other such > > books. > > > > > > { David Goldberg: [EMAIL PROTECTED] } > > { Math Dept, Washtenaw Community College } { Ann Arbor > > Michigan } _______________________________________________ > > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > > unsubscribe or set options at > > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/paxmaha%40yahoo.com > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. > > _______________________________________________ > > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > > unsubscribe or set options at > > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/steve%40fridays > > computer.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/steve%40fridays > computer.com > _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
