For me, the approach to playing the horn (more) accurately is more a mental exercise than physical. John is correct in that you have to have the correct pitch in thought before you can hope to play it through the horn. The horn is basically a singing instrument. It is not a Halloween noise maker that you just blow and out comes the note. A mental "trick" that helps me may help someone else. When playing the extremes, upper or lower register, mentally approach the note from above rather than from beneath. In the upper register this helps me play with more confidence because I am not trying to reach up to the note and in the lower register it helps me to play the notes in tune because my tendency is to want to play low notes flat.
Loren [EMAIL PROTECTED] 001 (520) 289-0700 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 12:57 PM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: [Hornlist] Why do we miss??? Also Quoting Valerie WELLS: " Why do we miss so much? Because the horn is a beast to control that's why!" If your muscles are not fatigued, when you approach playing a tone, you hear it in your head, and like you are going to sing, you play the tone. If your horn is in tune with the tone you are trying to produce, you will not miss the note. Richard Burdick _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/loren%40mayhews.us _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
