Re: [Hornlist] endurance (for young old horn players)
Prof. Pizka I appreciate your advice as usual and have started to play much more on the F side and find it much less taxing for me. I continue to try and make as much music as I can within my limitations. As we grow older we need to modify our aspirations somewhat but we still can enjoy doing our part in this wonderful experience of music making. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'The Horn List' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 9:30 AM Subject: [Hornlist] endurance (for young old horn players) There is also another way to improve or keep endurance or to master taxiing concerts or rehearsals. Use the F-side as often as possible to take advantage of the higher overtone output thus saving a lot of energy lip power. Believe me, it works. Playing everything on the Bb-side consumes a lot of energy just to enrich the sound because the lack of more than 50% of the overtones has to be compensated by more air support. You can save this 50% excess energy, so to stretch the endurance span. Prof.Hans Pizka, Pf.1136 D-85541 Kirchheim - Germany Fax: 49 89 903-9414 Phone: 903-9548 home: www.pizka.de email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/paulnholt%40optonline.net ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] TIRED AND STIFF LIPS
Margaret if you don't mind sharing - how old are you? and what range are you able to cover? I am 60 and have been playing again now for about 4 years (with time off for braces on my uppers for about a year). I find I have to increase my practice time very slowly and I need to listen to my tone and not push the upper register too hard. I need to take a day off once in a while to recover from heavy playing. I too use the Farkas warm up but restrict my practicing to 1/2 - 1 hour a day - I'm currently working full time! I think the recovery time now is longer then when I was younger! I have a fairly good low range down to pedal G written but my upper register peaks out at a written G# or A above the staff. - Original Message - From: Margaret Dikel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Horn List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 8:24 AM Subject: Re: [Hornlist] TIRED AND STIFF LIPS At 05:00 PM 11/10/2004, Rn wrote: Does anyone have any ideas about building endurance and keeping the lips from becoming stiff. I'm an older horn player that's having problems in these areas. Colder weather seems to increase the stiffness problem. I find that a good warm-up that starts slowly with long tones and moving low to high helps. I like the Farkas warm-ups, but generally stick with the slurred exercises and work from the high register down, not low to high as he recommends. I finish with scales working low to high. This takes me about 20 minutes. After that, I split my time or even my days between high and and low. Today I might work on Kopprasch, tomorrow Maxime-Alphonse books 3 and 4 or Mueller, then low horn etudes and Bach Cello Suites. And I know when I'm just pushing it too far and need a day off to let the muscles recover. My daily practice routine is an hour, but I'll push it up to 1.5 hours if I have a big concert coming up and need the extra endurance. Of course, I start doing that about 8 weeks before the concert. And in the summer I rest, remembering to mark 6 weeks before rehearsals start so I can start practicing again. :-) Margaret Margaret Dikel JCCSO Librarian / Horn 11218 Ashley Drive, Rockville MD 20852 301-881-0122 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/paulnholt%40optonline.net ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] Northeast Horn Workshop 2005
I am very glad that she has been able to do this again. I have missed the opportunity to experience the fabulous horn playing I heard during the last Northeast horn workshop in Boston! Now, can we get Prof. Pizka to come as well. Please! ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] Happy Birthday, Hans
I would also like to wish Prof Pizka a wonderful happy birthday. I rarely contribute to this list as I am an aspiring armature but I always listen and have always found Prof Pizka's advice helpful, challenging and honest. He truly is committed to helping horn players improve. I would love the opportunity to meet him one day. ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] The Hoffnung music festival concert
Please, can someone tell me how to get a copy of this recording? I had it many years ago and it was fabulous. As I recall there was also a Tuba quartet that played Chopin - incredible! ---Original Message--- From: COLIN WAYLETT [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09/06/03 11:49 AM To: The Horn List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Hornlist] The Hoffnung music festival concert Ive just received a copy of the 1956 Hoffnung music Festival Concert,for the Dennis Brain fans its great.he plays a concerto by leopold Mozart.on a hose pipe and later on plays the organ..Columbia 33cx 1406 There is another record of the 1958 Hoffnung M.F.Concert.but Dennis doesnt appear on this one! Regards Colin Waylett (spain) -Mensaje original- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] nombre de [EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: sábado, 06 de septiembre de 2003 15:09 Para: The Horn List Asunto: Re: [Hornlist] Han's are you Here? Hoss, I am still in Bangkok but flying home tomorrow, so I will answer in details on Monday. Greetings Hans == [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: If so I'm looking for info. on your Pizka Classic horn. Please email me some more info. as I'm very curious about your horns. What are some of the dimensions compared to say a Carl Geyer horn? Pretty much any info. you have on your horns would be absolutely fantastic. Thanks, Hoss ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans.pizka%40t-online.de ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/colin-waylett%40terra.es ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/paulnholt%40earthlink.net ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] Bad eye sight
I had both eyes done(cataract removal and lens implants) one when I was fifty and the other 3 years ago ( when I was 55. I have not seen so well in my life. I now use glasses only for very close and driving. It took 15 minutes however the 2 experiences were slightly different . The 2nd operation the recovery was longer but I also started playing horn again after a layoff of 25 years. Can't guarantee this will happen but it did give life a new perspective. Paul Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Why Wait? Move to EarthLink. [Original Message] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 1/25/03 11:38:13 AM Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Bad eye sight In a message dated 1/25/2003 6:16:58 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Don't get me started on percussion players, or for that matter trumpet players on afterbeats! It may be that I'm so used to blurry vision, that I can tell who the conductor's looking at. YMMV. I'm getting those cataracts out this spring. Herb Hi Herb, Good luck with the bionic eye job. My lens implant took less than :15 and was completely painless. Yes, no kidding, LESS than 15 minutes. I was legally blind in the right eye and now it's better than the left. I was encouraged to do it because of a thread on this hornlist. Someone gave an account of how easy it was and how it completely changes their vision and several other listers jumped in with me too. I had been putting it off because I had seen an operation on a medical channel where they were performing a lens implant the old way by taking the eyeball apart and sewing it back together again. If anyone on the list has been putting off a lens implant for any reason, I would strongly suggest that you talk to a good eye doctor about it. . 15 minutes ... no pain the paperwork takes longer and is more painful !! Regards, Jerry in Kansas City ___ Horn mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/listinfo/horn ___ Horn mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/listinfo/horn
