RE: AW: [Hornlist] Play high to play low

2009-07-10 Thread Robert Dickow
Message- From: horn-bounces+dickow=uidaho@music.memphis.edu [mailto:horn-bounces+dickow=uidaho@music.memphis.edu] On Behalf Of Reicher, Tom Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 9:55 PM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: Re: AW: [Hornlist] Play high to play low As I recall, Professor

RE: AW: [Hornlist] Play high to play low

2009-07-10 Thread Sandra Clark
das uberhohennotentechniquengemahertonen Oh my...that is VERY funny Sandra Toledo ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org

RE: AW: [Hornlist] Play high to play low

2009-07-08 Thread Robert Dickow
I am trying to increase my range too, and have made some progress. I am working on doing a whole octave now, with the goal of rising from the first note to an octave higher on the second note. By transposing the second note of the octave leap down an octave, I have found it to be much easier to

Re: AW: [Hornlist] Play high to play low

2009-07-08 Thread Reicher, Tom
=cooley@music.memphis.edu To: 'The Horn List' horn@music.memphis.edu Sent: Wed Jul 08 21:33:03 2009 Subject: RE: AW: [Hornlist] Play high to play low I am trying to increase my range too, and have made some progress. I am working on doing a whole octave now, with the goal of rising from the first

Re: AW: [Hornlist] Play high to play low

2009-07-06 Thread Steve Haflich
Prof.Hans Pizka h...@pizka.de schrieb: It is not important, how high you can climb up or how low you can crawl down. Important is only, which notes you can play with QUALITY and SECURITY. It is not necessary to know all the muscles involved being able to name them. It is solely

AW: [Hornlist] Play high to play low

2009-07-05 Thread Prof.Hans Pizka
-bounces+hans=pizka...@music.memphis.edu] Im Auftrag von Steve Freides Gesendet: Samstag, 4. Juli 2009 04:43 An: The Horn List Betreff: Re: [Hornlist] Play high to play low Larry, there is precedent for this sort of thing in the areas of strength and flexibility, not just our horn playing. I can't

Re: [Hornlist] Play high to play low

2009-07-04 Thread Sheldon Kirshner
many colors and other subtleties disappear. Best, Shel --- On Fri, 7/3/09, Simon Varnam simonvar...@gmail.com wrote: From: Simon Varnam simonvar...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Play high to play low To: horn@music.memphis.edu Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 11:05 PM Larry Jellison lajelli

[Hornlist] Play high to play low

2009-07-03 Thread Larry Jellison
For years and years many horn instructors have recommended one to develop the low range to be able to play well in the upper register. Some of us have had some doubt about this. My experience was that the oxygenation of the lips from low playing could help with high range playing, but that

RE: [Hornlist] Play high to play low

2009-07-03 Thread John Baumgart
@music.memphis.edu Subject: [Hornlist] Play high to play low ... If I can't get a high note to respond, my best chance to be able to play it seems to be to slur up 3+ octaves from a pedal note. Makes for a strange sounding practice session. Larry ___ post

Re: [Hornlist] Play high to play low

2009-07-03 Thread Steve Freides
Larry, there is precedent for this sort of thing in the areas of strength and flexibility, not just our horn playing. I can't prove that any of this is related to horn playing, but look at, e.g., proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation - google 'PNF stretching'. You'll find, e.g., that working

Re: [Hornlist] Play high to play low

2009-07-03 Thread Simon Varnam
Larry Jellison lajelli...@yahoo.com wrote: I can play my lowest notes after I have been working hard in the high range. So, I wonder if any of you find this to work for your low range, too. Yes, I've noticed that I can play lower notes than usual (pedal C inside the mouthpiece instead