Just about any trill can be made all over the range of the horn. Only it is not all trills, which are equally easy.
Trills across two partial will be OK as lip trills in the upper register for people inclined to the natural horn, but they are not advisable in any register, if there is any valve movement involved. The call for trilling with more than one valve at a time can be tricky. There are work-arounds from standard fingerings, but they take a good knowledge of the actual instrument: single, double, triple? Which permutation of pitches? However "your" trill is easy on the F horn as well as on the Bb horn and hence also on double horns. It is just about rolling the 2nd finger with some good air support to the sound. But if you moved that trill a semitone up, most players would not be happy about that. Depending on equipment some players would be able to do some trills loudly in an even lower range. But then we speak of a range, where the heavy artillery will tend to drown out the horn. That is why it is so fun to play 4th horn in Mahlers 4th. There are no trombones and no tuba. Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre --- Bear Woodson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, Horn List. > > My Thanks to a number of you, who gave clear > advice about the Ranges for my 6 Horns in my > present orchestral work! In this work I'm using > Woodwinds in Threes, one Timpanist, one Harp, > 3 Percussionists, Strings and my Brasses are: > > 6 Horns, > 3 Trumpets, > Euphonium and > Tuba. > > Now I have a further question: > > How LOW can I write Half-Step and Whole- > Step Trills, and get CLEAR, FAST Trills in good > intonation? > > For example, I'm writing a passage now for the > 6th Horn to play a long trill from the Concert Pitch > A to Bb, a 10th Below Middle C. (Which, of course, > is Written at the E to F a 6th Below Middle C.) It > needs to be VERY Loud and rowdy at that place. > (All my Brasses will have trills in this passage, but > this is the lowest one that I plan for one of my > Horns.) > > If it doesn't work on Horn, then I can switch > things around and let the Tuba and / or Euphonium > play that Bass Clef Trill. If I do that, How LOW > can I write Concert Pitch LOUD, long Pedal Tones > in the Horns? In this spot I'd need for my 4th and > 6th Horns to play Unison, Loud, Concert Pitch > Low E-Flats and D-Flats BELOW the Bass Clef? > (Normally I avoid Writing for Horn to Sound > Below the Concert F just Below the Bass Clef, but > now I need to ask about this, too.) > > Please let me know, both on the Horn List and > by E-Mailing me privately, as I could use a clear > answer NOW. (I normally do my best composing > all night long, and sleep during the day. I only get > the Daily Digest, so I won't receive the next one > until around Noon in my time zone.) > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
