In addition to what has already been posted, you can also play the Bb
with open fingerings (a slight bit flat) giving you 4 notes in a row
open. Though I wouldn't offer that fingering in normal circumstances,
many newer students will hit that Bb when trying for the C and think
they have the right note. I always insist on the open D on the F horn
with my students an exception would be a fingered trill where the first
valve is necessary.
David Laraway
Mark Syslo wrote:
I am a band director at two elementary schools in PA. The band method book
we use teaches 4th-line D as open (no valves). (What band method it is
isn't important as it's not the only one with my concern.) I always teach
the 4th-line D as 1, as a 3rd-space C will always be open, and it seems to
make sense to NOT have two notes in a row with the same fingering.
Plus, the 4th-space E will always be open as well. Three notes in a row
with the same fingering?
We don't have double horns for our students until they move on to the middle
school or high school. Using a double horn is certainly better than ANY
fingering on the F horn, but that's not possible in our situation.
Open or 1 on 4th-line D?
Mark J. Syslo
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