A wide bell throat and a speedily expanding leadpipe diminishes slotting. But the mouthpiece is a factor also. The more narrow and the longer the cylindrical "throat" portion of the mpc is, the better the total set-up will slot.
When I was in full playing shape, I hated tight slotting, as my fairly strong embouchure and my quite exact ears were better served with myself being in command of the intonation. I use a fairly large, but now discontinued, Giardinelly 18mm flat and narrow rim with a sharp inner edge. The cup is a Giardinelli J4, where I have opened up the backbore and modified the throat (to have no cylindrical portion). I damned (sorry) well recognise the wish by high horn players to have tight slots. I have been there. But after I specialised in playing the lowest part, be it 2nd or 4th, I preferred a freer approach to intonation control. (Tight slots are fine, if they are in tune, but does the ideal horn/mouthpiece combo exist?). I even have played the solo flugelhorn part in a Tyrolean band on my Syhre Bb descant horn (named corno da caccia) utilising the same mouthpiece. Tough on endurance, but not on musical output. Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre --- Steve Freides <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Would someone care to list the variables involved in how well a horn "slots" > its note? I recall reading that non-leaky valves are important but I'd like > to know what else is a relevant variable, e.g., do larger bore horns tend to > slot better or worse? What about overall pitch level, e.g., do Bb horns > tend to slot better than F horns. Is there anything about a mismatch of > parts, e.g., can a change of leadpipe change how well a horn slots, or a > change of mouthpiece? > > Or are all these things less relevant individually than the overall quality > of the horn - does a good horn slot better than an inexpensive horn? > > I know we've discussed this in the past, I'm just trying to get together a > mental checklist for my own edification, apologies for the redundancy. __________________________________________________ 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
