[Hornlist] Shannon
Sorry for the open message but if Shannon who was looking for tapes of old IHS performances would contact me, I have information. Your email address just bounces the message back to me. Heather Pettit-Johnson IHS News Editor ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] More air enigma
All these terms we use are metaphors because we cannot really describe what goes on. These metaphors are not to be taken literally. However, the diaphragm is not a metaphor, and it cannot be used to pressurize your air supply. The diaphragm is the muscle of inspiration. It can only be used to fill the lungs with air and to resist exhalation. When you say push from the diaphragm (metaphorically), you really mean to relax the diaphragm and to push with the abdominal muscles. Too often teachers use metaphors that mean something to themselves. However, the student doesn't know the code and takes them literally, and is therefore, a poor learner. Herb Foster --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The term 'more air' is too limited, and just doesn't convey the process except to someone who already knows it. The explanation I find my students can relate to, and practice, is to equate it to blowing out the candles on a birthday cake. First you must learn to fill your lungs completely, then use the diaphragm to pressurize your air supply. Finally, the throat and lips are used to release the air in controlled puffs directed at each individual candle. When you are told to use more air it is often because your sound is fading out from loss of air supply, or you are sneaking up on attacks to preserve what little air you have stored. As you start to gain control of the air release, you will gain the ability to feel the quality and location of the natural resistance in the horn. There is a big difference between mouthpiece resistance and the resistance of a smaller bell throat. __ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] More air enigma
That´s exactly what I am preaching too often: Release air instead of pushing air through the instrument. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Herbert Foster Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 6:10 PM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] More air enigma All these terms we use are metaphors because we cannot really describe what goes on. These metaphors are not to be taken literally. However, the diaphragm is not a metaphor, and it cannot be used to pressurize your air supply. The diaphragm is the muscle of inspiration. It can only be used to fill the lungs with air and to resist exhalation. When you say push from the diaphragm (metaphorically), you really mean to relax the diaphragm and to push with the abdominal muscles. Too often teachers use metaphors that mean something to themselves. However, the student doesn't know the code and takes them literally, and is therefore, a poor learner. Herb Foster --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The term 'more air' is too limited, and just doesn't convey the process except to someone who already knows it. The explanation I find my students can relate to, and practice, is to equate it to blowing out the candles on a birthday cake. First you must learn to fill your lungs completely, then use the diaphragm to pressurize your air supply. Finally, the throat and lips are used to release the air in controlled puffs directed at each individual candle. When you are told to use more air it is often because your sound is fading out from loss of air supply, or you are sneaking up on attacks to preserve what little air you have stored. As you start to gain control of the air release, you will gain the ability to feel the quality and location of the natural resistance in the horn. There is a big difference between mouthpiece resistance and the resistance of a smaller bell throat. __ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans%40pizka. de ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] More air enigma
Just a wild guess on the more air stuff. One thing that may be giving some folks problems is that when they start to concentrate on other areas of horn playing they start to ease off on providing the required air movement. A couple of possible reasons for this might be 1) they haven't got to the point where moving air is near automatic. There a quite a few steps, it seems to me, in producing a pleasant sound on the horn. If air flow isn't automatic, when you get stuck on one of the other areas, you lose focus on moving air. 2) Some folks might have some insecurity and when things don't seem to be going well they might cut back on the air unknowingly to cover up that fact that things are going well. Or, speaking metaphorically, they sense the sound isn't right so they try to dig a hole to hide in by cutting back on airflow. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Herbert Foster Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 11:10 AM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] More air enigma All these terms we use are metaphors because we cannot really describe what goes on. These metaphors are not to be taken literally. However, the diaphragm is not a metaphor, and it cannot be used to pressurize your air supply. The diaphragm is the muscle of inspiration. It can only be used to fill the lungs with air and to resist exhalation. When you say push from the diaphragm (metaphorically), you really mean to relax the diaphragm and to push with the abdominal muscles. Too often teachers use metaphors that mean something to themselves. However, the student doesn't know the code and takes them literally, and is therefore, a poor learner. Herb Foster --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The term 'more air' is too limited, and just doesn't convey the process except to someone who already knows it. The explanation I find my students can relate to, and practice, is to equate it to blowing out the candles on a birthday cake. First you must learn to fill your lungs completely, then use the diaphragm to pressurize your air supply. Finally, the throat and lips are used to release the air in controlled puffs directed at each individual candle. When you are told to use more air it is often because your sound is fading out from loss of air supply, or you are sneaking up on attacks to preserve what little air you have stored. As you start to gain control of the air release, you will gain the ability to feel the quality and location of the natural resistance in the horn. There is a big difference between mouthpiece resistance and the resistance of a smaller bell throat. __ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/bgross%40airmail.net ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] Philadelphia audition
Does anyone have any information on the Philadelphia orchestra principal audition? I thought I heard that it would be over by the end of November. Thanks. Nick - Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] Eximious Clarino
Dear Friends -- If I didn't know those Eximious Clarino horns so well, I'd swear the 1 in the pictures was really nothing more than a passable copy of an Alexander 103. Check out... http://cgi.ebay.com/eximious-clarino_W0QQitemZ7370528350QQcategoryZ16215QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem ...or, if you prefer a more compact link, check out... http://tinyurl.com/9acrb -- Alan Cole, rank amateur McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.8/184 - Release Date: 11/27/2005 ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
