In my tremendous ignorance of too many things about the horn world, I request assistance on the following matters:\
(1) Due to a modest inheritance from a comfortable, rather than rich, uncle, I have the funds to buy a leadpipe. I play a 1968 Conn 8D. Once in the past, about 8 years ago, for about a week I played another Conn 8D with a Lawson leadpipe and found that my accuracy was much better than with my horn (but my horn was also then in need of valve reboring, as they were as much as 10/1000 out of tolerance, and the reboring helped my accuracy quite a bit.) (I played the other horn quite by accident -- I grabbed his horn case by mistake after a rehearsal, and noticed that it greatly improved my accuracy). I posted this general question about a year ago, but the people who were kind enough to answer were obviously extremely knowledgeable music theoreticians -- and what they said went WAY over my head. So my simple -- or perhaps simple-minded -- question is, is such a leadpipe likely to improve the accuracy of my playing, assuming all other factors remain roughly the same? I don't want to spend $600 or more, then find out that I went in a wrong direction. And, again in layman's terms please, are other aspects of horn playing or sound that are improved by a lead pipe? And last, are there any besides Lawson that are worth looking at, in terms of improving accuracy? (2) Are there any good sheet music web sites for french horn that anyone can recommend? I have come across some web sites for sheet music that claim to offer hundreds of horn pieces, but it takes forever to wade through, and a lot are just the horn parts for ensemble pieces. (3) Is anyone familiar with any good church music for horn and piano, or unaccompanied, ideally a book or it -- meaning traditional church music, rather than the "praise" type music? (4) Is anyone familiar with any good Christmas music for horn and piano, or unaccompanied horn? (5) Has anyone run into a brass quintet transcription of the Carmen Dragon arrangement of America the Beautiful? I've always loved the horn obligato towards the end of the orchestral and band arrangements. Thanks for any help anyone can give me. Ross Taylor Tacoma, Washington ************** Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW AOL.com. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity& ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002) _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
