On Jun 25, 2006, at 3:39 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Steve Freides
Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 7:46 PM
To: 'The Horn List'
Subject: [Hornlist] Fingerings in the key of B and A
Just curious to know, if you can divorce yourself for a
moment from the "I'm used to it so that's just the way I do
it," if any of you find my approach especially right- or
wrong-minded and why, and thanks for your opinions in
advance. Part of the reason I'm asking is because I've been
assigned the first Mozart horn concerto by my teacher, and
there are similar issues with the written pitch E (concert
A) for me - I often find, in the key of concert D, I like
this note better as 12 than as 0.
-S-
Its your choice what fingering to use. It makes sense to play that
note on 12 just as much as it makes to play the A above it on Bb horn
12. They are the same partial on different harmonic series' on
different horns. We get used to playing the e on open f horn as
beginners, probably because it is easy. It is, however, a flat
harmonic. That is why you should never tune to that note with that
fingering in the orchestra. If you played the A above it on Bb horn
open, you would hear the same effect- a flat note.
The downside to this is that the 12 fingerings are sharp, as all
multiple valve fingerings are sharp. If they sit on a flat harmonic
or partial, the effect is sometimes cancelled or reduced, as in the
Dd fingering 12 just above middle C. This is a matter for your
experimentation and decision making and has to do with how you tune
your horn as well.
Most of us like to have a consistent "regular" pattern of fingerings
and then use "alternate" fingerings to suit the situation. This way
we don't freeze up in certain situations where we just need to react.
We always use the "regular fingerings" and just make "exceptions" for
very specific things. You don't want to be going down your fingering
options every time you play a passage, especially when site reading.
So make your choices and stick with them.
Sincerely,
Wendell Rider
For information about my book, "Real World Horn Playing", the Summer
Seminar, and Internet Horn Lessons go to my website:
www.wendellworld.com
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