> -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Jellison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 4:18 PM > To: horn@music.memphis.edu > Subject: [Hornlist] Re: Single F horns - Conn 4D > > Steve asked: > >Anyone playing in a community band or otherwise and using a single F > >horn?< > > Steve, we know you also have a single Bb, so do you play that > in ensembles?
I haven't done much ensemble playing since I got that Bb single, and most of what I've done has been on the double. > I also have a single Bb as well as an 8D. I > use either one of them to play in ensembles. Depending on > the characteristics of the music, the ensemble, and the horn > section, I chose one or the other. Generally, the single Bb > does just fine with most ensembles. The Bb single will, I think, be something I use more when I become a better player. I'm still spending a good deal of my time playing from the Horner method book, and it got kind of frustrating playing those exercise on the Bb single because they're _so_ written with an F horn (or a double) in mind. I got to the point where I could do it but, as they say, the operation was a success but the patient died - I didn't want to keep dealing with the Bb horn for that material so I went back to the double. I could say the same for band fourth horn parts. > Playing the single F horn, or playing more on the F side of a > double is good practice; I play up to 4th line D of the F > side of my 8D because I like the sound of that D on the F > side of the 8D (as well as the C a second below). I play my double up to about the same area on the F side, usually taking written C on the F side, D on the Bb side most but not all the time, and the C# however it seems most convenient. I find myself using alternate fingerings a lot, mostly because I enjoy playing around with them, e.g., that Du Bist Die Ruh in the Horner book - I find myself playing the first section on the F side of the horn and then the repeat on the Bb side, just for the nice contrast in color it provides. > But I also > use the Bb side of the 8D throughout all ranges if I want > clarity, quicker response, and better projection. It is a wonderful luxury to just noodle around on the horn and not have to be concerned with what's quicker and more reliable and the like. I confess that I am enamored of the sound of the F horn. To me, those notes right in the middle of the staff just sound so wonderful on an F horn. Thanks for your reply, Larry. I've got three nice horns, an F single, a Bb single, and a double, all of which I enjoy playing; I'm a lucky man. -S- > Larry > > > > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/steve%40fridays computer.com > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.21/1678 - Release > Date: 9/25/2008 7:05 AM > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.21/1678 - Release Date: 9/25/2008 7:05 AM _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
