Why making all this so complicated. First: get a mute ring for your music stand. (the orchestra should provide it). Second: hold the cone mute on ist end & stick it into the bell but without "screwing it in". Third: at the end of the muted passage just remove the mute & turn the upper side of your hand inside the bell to keep intonation, while you still hold the mute. Fourth: use the next short rest, to put the mute into the mute ring. That´s it. Very simple.
Or: play the full passage "hand muted" (NOT HAND STOPPED), which requires you to use the F-side & play all higher for an half-step. After few exercises you will make it. You could also hire several assistants to carry the mute, put it into the bell & remove it in time hopefully, or carry your horn ..... Just joking. Why should it be necessary to ask the conductor if two or four measures are delegated to another colleague just to perform the things right. Conductors will not notice that anyway, as their eyes are in the score most of the time & they are so much occupied with their "own show" ........ ============================================================ ====================================================== -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Henry Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 6:16 AM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: [Hornlist] Mute Removal Assistant Needed In the third movement of Mahler's Symphony No. 3, rehearsal number 32, horns 1, 3 and 5 are marked "mit Dampfer." Eleven bars later the indication "offen" appears (horns 4 and 8 join in, also marked "offen"). The issue here is that there is no time to remove the mute. The tempo for this section is clipping along, and "offen" shows up smack dab in the middle of the passage with no rests. I haven't yet checked the revised (1906) version of the score. I suspect my score is the original version (Kalmus) since no date appears on it. I wonder if this was revised later by Mahler, or if this is just one of those things that us hornists just have to deal with in the best way possible. If this indication is the same in the revised version of the score, well.....I suppose I could hire an assistant for mute removal. Or maybe have horns 7 and 8 ( who are not playing) come over and remove our mutes. Any thoughts/advice? -MH _______________________________________________ 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
