Couldn't it be played as a false note on first valve? Actually, I have found that false notes are sharp, so 12 might be better. My false notes are not strong, but I should think that a good player would be fairly strong.
I forget the technical term for false note, but it means the same thing. Herb Foster ----- Original Message ---- From: Jonathan West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: The Horn List <horn@music.memphis.edu> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 9:01:12 AM Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Looooow F on Vienna Horn? 2008/4/24 Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I play > a Vienna Horn and my community orchestra has programmed Mahler's 4th for our > next program. I've been assigned 3rd Horn since the pedal F notes in the > 2nd and 4th parts are generally not assumed to be playable on a single F > horn. I was hoping you could provide me with the solution used by Vienna > Horn players for this not, since these parts were in all likelihood written > for them. I have a copy of all four parts to hand. The bass clef passages are old notation. The only pedal F I can find is in the 4th part, last movement, rehearsal mark 10, where the 2nd & 4th horns are in octaves for a slow pianissimo passage, the 4th starting on a minim pedal F, and going on to crotchet G, A, minim B, then crotchet A, G followed by a final minim F. The tempo marking is "Wieder plotzlich zuruckhaltend" (apologies Hans for not including the necessary umlauts). In other words, the passage is fairly slow and very quiet, which I imagine would leave an opportunity for the player to use hand and lip to push the pitch down to F from F#. As 2nd is playing the same passage an octave above, you would have a good reference pitch for the purpose of adjusting the tuning. Challenging for a single F horn, Vienna or otherwise, but by no means impossible. Regards Jonathan West _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/herb_foster%40yahoo.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
