Which way sounds better?
On Mar 1, 2006, at 9:59 AM, Steve Freides wrote:
I thought I'd share my thinking on a fingering choice and see what
y'all
say.
Last night I was handed Horn 4 on Copland's "Fanfare for the Common
Man." My
part opens with the figure F-C-F which also happens several more
times.
(First space F, 3rd space C, top line F.) The rhythm is two
sixteenth and
an eighth tied to a longer note, in a fairly slow tempo (quarter is
about
50) but it's still pretty quick for me as a novice horn player.
The "by the book" fingering for me, because I usually switch
starting with
C# or D, would be to F1, F0, T0 but the figure seems so natural-
horn-like
that changing fingerings for every note just seemed wrong. F1, T0,
T0 is
better, but T0 for all three notes is what I've settled on. I hope
this a
good example of "contextual" fingering - I usually play both the
first two
notes on the F side but here it doesn't seem right.
I would, if I could, try all three notes as F1, but I think that is
much
riskier because it's harmonics 6, 9, 12 versus 4, 6, 8 on the Bb horn.
Hans, et al, how am I doing?
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