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Bill
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To: horn@music.memphis.edu
Sent: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 1:09 PM
Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Re: transposing
Another note(sorry about the pun...)on transposed vs. non-transposed
parts
as it ties to horn writing in the classical genre:
If you work in the original keys, even (gasp) using some hand horn
technique, you may discover some incredible genius in the part writing
becomes apparent. Try the Beethoven 3 excerpt (in F) that finishes
with the
crescendo to the subito piano high Ab (do, mi, do, sol, do, mi, sol,
sol,
sol, sol, sol, La(b)) on the modern horn w/normal fingering. A little
dangerous? Now try it all on horn in F and gently stop the Ab with a
nice
legato tongue. Absolutely perfect writing, and it would be so in ANY
natural
horn key. This one just happens to be in F. If you want absolute
security
during the performance, using your normal fingerings, but switch to
the F
side during the g's, use the hand horn technique to finish.
If you live and die by transposed parts you can never pick up that bit
of
information.
CORdially,
Charles "Andy" Harris
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