Hornplayers & other musicians tend to develop a certain habit & get fixed on that. What has that to do with the slides ? Yes, it has to do with this, as hornplayers get used to their lipping up or down according to their first instrument & when they have not developed the right skill either to hit the notes on the place where they are located nor the skill to tune them right by use of the right hand. Many of them get hardship regarding storing the placement of the different natural pitches of the horn into their memory instantly. More than that, many hornplayers seem to have difficulties to remember the right position of the (doublehorn) six to eight slides, a very simple task indeed, but seemingly too difficult for many players, some professionals included.
As a consequence of this deficit in knowledge, they hit the notes at the wrong position either too sharp or too low, according to their hammered-in habit. Well, this is the cause, why they position the slides differently. The tumb rule is it, first slide out for 12mm, second for 9-10mm, third for a bit more than 12mm, all speaking for the F-side; the Bb-slides out a bit less. If the main tuning slide is out longer than usual, all slides must be out a bit more. Slides pushing full in before laying the horn aside for a while, yes, I recommend this also. Readjusting them is very simple. But I can confirm what Daniel said below. Lipping up or down is quite dangerous for not so experienced horn players, special late beginners, as it might ruin the development of the embouchure. "hand tuning down" or "hand tuning up" (open the bell hand wider than usual) is very easy & not counterproductive to the embouchure. ============================================================ ============================================= -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Canarutto Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 8:52 AM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: [Hornlist] Re: A few slide questions Hello Steve, I use to put the slides all fully back in because otherwise, according to my experience, after some time this operation tends to become more difficult; and I want to be free to adjust them at will. Yes I found that different players may tune the same horn differently. This is certainly true for me and the owner of a horn I'm going to buy soon. He is a pro, but I'm careful with regard to intonation and I'm having frequent lessons with a top level hornist, also playing along with him; so I think I know what I'm saying. By the way, the above said owner of my next horn is the second hornist of the main pro orchestra here in Florence, and he even tunes his horn slightly differently according to which of the two principals he is going to play with. Daniel Steve Freides wrote: >1. When I put my horn away in its case, should I leave the slides >adjusted or slide them all fully back in? I recall someone saying I >shouldn't leave them where I play them ... > >2. Is tuning a particular horn going to be different for people, e.g., >one of my horns was purchased from my teacher who carefully marked the 'right' >position for each tuning and slide, 9 in total on this double horn. >This is rather an academic question for me at this point - I will leave >them as my teacher has set them because I'm a beginner with perfect >pitch and I lip all my notes into some sort of tune no matter where the >slides are - but I am curious to know, e.g., if two people who play the >same horn, or even one player using two different mouthpieces, might >adjust any of the slides differently (assuming the same environment, temperature, etc., of course). _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans%40pizka. de _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
