This sounds like a keeper. I'm passing it to my former teacher. He did work with a lot of HS students and probably will again.
On 6/23/08, Paul Mansur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear John: I found through the years that young students practicing > at home often had small rooms, as yours, and in addition they tended > to practice softly so as not to disturb their families. Then, when > they played in a large hall or a band room, the habit of underplaying > played havoc with their full dynamics and with pitch and attack > control. I learned to tell them (and show them) how to play > robustly when they practice. I urged them to practice loud enough to > get on mother's nerves until she shouted: "Play more quietly" or > "Shut UP!" When that happens, then you are practicing loudly > enough. In essence it comes to the fact that you will perform > exactly the way you practice. Timid practice leads to timid > performance. If you try to compensate by just playing louder when > in performance (or in a full rehearsal) your under-preparation will > result in poor performance. One has to learn to play with control > over every aspect of performance. That means intensive effort to > control attacks, pitch, and sound at pp and at ff. Practice the way > you intend to perform, and hang your environment! Learn to work out > well in any size room. You must learn to be adaptive by controlling > your sound at all levels of dynamics. > > Mansur's Answers > > On Jun 22, 2008, at 8:14 PM, John Stacy wrote: > >> >> Hello. I am a student player and I have a problem. >> I usually practice in my room, which is not too big, but not too >> small. I outgrew it 5 years ago. But the response on the horn is >> good and I am trying not to overblow. >> But when I go back up to the band hall, the response sucks because >> of the huge room. How do I make it better for practicing in my room? >> >> You have to deal with stupid questions sometime. >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Need to know now? Get instant answers with Windows Live Messenger. >> http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html? >> ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_062008____________________________ >> ___________________ >> post: horn@music.memphis.edu >> unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/ >> options/horn/p_mansur1%40comcast.net > > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/bgross%40airmail.net > -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
