Dear Hans, Please explain further what you mean by hairy sound, ³ ... the sound would become too hairy ... Bb-side (the hairy side)².
Thank you, kindly, Avrum H. Golub, M.D., J.D. > From: hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: The Horn List <horn@music.memphis.edu> > Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 22:40:29 +0200 > To: 'The Horn List' <horn@music.memphis.edu> > Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Air Support > > Breathe as normal (if you experienced what´s normal) but > dont experiment with making fire in your living room. If you > need to think too much about breathing, you might miss a > note here & more there while you are thinking about > breathing. The horn playing does need less air than you > might expect. > > If you have breathing problems, go swimming & try to dive > from one side of the pool to the other or even lengthwise > through the pool, but a real swimming pool of olympic sport > size. If you master that, you should not have any breathing > problem. It is not necessary to "push" the air through the > instrument, as the sound would become too hairy - as can be > heard with many horn players, professionals included, > special if exclusively relying upon the Bb-side (the hairy > side). > > And, if you have severe breathing problems, why not losing > weight ??? And why thinking about the high nots so much ? It > is more fun to play in the overall range of the horn from > low c to g2 on top of the staff & just going higher (very) > occasionally. What are good principals (should be > specialists for high , middle & low) without good section > players ? > > ============================================================ > ============================================== > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mathew James > Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 8:51 PM > To: The Horn List > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Air Support > > My support to air support.My opinion on air support is as > follows. > > You need to approach it with both sides of the tension and > relaxed ideas. > Think of the starting with a very firm foundation. On top > of that stay relaxed. as the air dissipates from your > diaphragm introduce tension from the sides (think of a > Billow (sp) that you would use to start a fire at home). > Then at the inhalation relax the sides and while pushing > down cause the lower abdominal region to return back to the > foundation of the air column and repeat. > _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
