scottito
disagreed but,
....
I was easily able to fill up a single F horn at 8 or 9
as were any of my friends. ....... Playing horn IS a physical
activity though some would
have it otherwise.
The Jack Attack!
Before I got my hands on a real horn at the age of 9, I spent a couple
of weeks in the garden (not quite continuously) playing a garden hose
that must have been about 10 yards long. All the notes in the scale
were there, but I had to keep one end near my ear to hear the result.
But the soft rubber "mouthpiece" and huge resistance must have built up
both agility and power without causing any damage.
I suspect this maybe why, as a child, I never understood why people
always talked about the horn being one of the most difficult
instruments.
(Pity I didn't follow through! )
Maybe the garden hose would be a good way to start all brass players
at that age. When they change to a real instrument it's easy!
Simon
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