Yes, no wonder the C# drives you nutes, if you play it on the F-side (perhaps, - with 12) , but do not get too much excited about this defect. The C# is sensitive for the valve combination (as all notes requiring more than one valve activated). Such notes react badly if the slides have a wrong length together. But why dont you play it as a flat note & convert all C#-s to Db-s & play them on your Bb-side (23). This works - you said it also that the Db works.
I think the biggest problem is it, to think too much, far too much & monkeying far too much. If you need the tuner, things are going wrong. Use the ears. It is much better. But you have to hear the pitches in advance. And how fuzzy & hollow does the C# go in which tonalities ? Please, describe your mouthpiece ? Describe rim diameter & width, bore, deepness of cup. Could be the source of your problems. ============================================================ =============================================== -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Valerie WELLS Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 11:50 PM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: [Hornlist] Re: centering pitch What I find challenging about centering pitch is that the same one note on my horn will sound lovely in one key, but hollow & fuzzy in another key. I've tried monkeying with the tuning slides, lipping up, lipping down, using the tuner, more air ... you name it, but I just can't get a C # (just below the treble staff) to sound good in every key that has a C# in it. However, the same note, Db always seems to sound "right" in all the "flat" keys, major or minor. Drives me nuts. ~Valerie _______________________________________________ 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
