[Hornlist] Free sheetmusic at IMSLP.org
FYI, The IMSLP.org site is now open again. Timothy A. Johnson -Original Message- From: Jay Anderson Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 9:18 PM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Free mp3 and sheetmusic at musopen.com IMSLP (http://imslp.org/) is supposedly opening back up in a month (1 July 2008... Click here for great computer networking solutions! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/Ioyw6i4vC4gd6q11wGSKdeJXgw1tYd5fOVa041K6fUz0erAcReAH3W/ ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] Practice Room Acoustics
And don't forget the neighbors who rudely yell and pound on the walls when I'm trying to practice. Timothy A. Johnson Northwestern College St. Paul, Minnesota -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 12:39 PM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Practice Room Acoustics And there's that * next door with the telly on too loud when I'm trying to sleep. :-) Cheers, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] Horn resistance
The Horn Resistance is an underground movement made up of small bands of musical partisans seeking to overthrow the ignominious association of our chosen instrument with anything "French." While there are various factions within the resistance (e.g. some who follow Kruspe, while others follow Geyer - not to mention the fiery Bb vs. F division), they unite under the rallying cry: "A Saxophone is not a Horn!" This is well documented in the clandestine web publication, "The Horn Players' FAQ" which can be found at http://www.boerger.org/horn/faq.shtml#french. There are no official membership lists for the Horn Resistance, but its members are easily identified when they respond to the pass phrase, "What do you play?" with the counter-phrase, "The Horn." Timothy A. Johnson Information Technologies Northwestern College St. Paul, Minnesota http://tajohnson.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 3:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Horn resistance How do I join the Horn Resistance? What does it do? Is it like the French Resistance? All the best, Lawrence "þaes ofereode - þisses swa maeg" http://lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] Hornlisters in Philipines or Taiwan?
Are there any Hornlisters and or Horn related events in the Philippines or Taiwan in the following weeks? I will be in the Philippines (Manila) from the 23rd of July through the 30th, and then in Taiwan (mostly Kaoshiung) from the 30th through the 8th of August. Timothy A. Johnson Information Technologies Northwestern College St. Paul, Minnesota http://tajohnson.org ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] Cor Anglais & French Horn
In my extensive research on the topic which entailed talking with a London cab driver, I found that he had no idea what I meant when I said I played the "Horn," until I modified it "French Horn." Timothy A. Johnson Information Technologies Northwestern College St. Paul, Minnesota http://tajohnson.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Benno Heinemann Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 2:04 PM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Cor Anglais & French Horn That's only in american English the case. I don't know what "common english" should mean. To a speaker of british English ( or one like me who tries) or even an Australian I think, there could be not much chance of thinking Horn means Trumpet or Saxophone. Greater of the danger in England of thinking it is an E-flat tenor horn as Mr Kampen recently pointed out. Benno ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] RE: oRssini recroding
Arghh - my spell checker is too efficient - The last message should have read: Actually, I didn't know. My spell checker still indicates that "porgress" is an incorrect spelling of "progress." Why is it they never tell me these things? Timothy A. Johnson Information Technologies Northwestern College St. Paul, Minnesota http://tajohnson.org -Original Message- Actually, I didn't know. My spell checker still indicates that "progress" is an incorrect spelling of "progress." Why is it they never tell me these things? Timothy A. Johnson Information Technologies Northwestern College St. Paul, Minnesota http://tajohnson.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 1:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Hornlist] Rossini recording *** But porgress is progress, you know. Glad to be helpful. Gotta go, Cabbage ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/timothyjohnson%40netzero.net ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] RE: oRssini recroding
Actually, I didn't know. My spell checker still indicates that "progress" is an incorrect spelling of "progress." Why is it they never tell me these things? Timothy A. Johnson Information Technologies Northwestern College St. Paul, Minnesota http://tajohnson.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 1:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Hornlist] Rossini recording *** But porgress is progress, you know. Glad to be helpful. Gotta go, Cabbage ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] NHR - Digital recordings of old audio records
While this is not horn related, I think many will find it interesting. It details how physicists have found a way of scanning old records and cylinders that are now too damaged or fragile to be played with a stylus. http://www.nature.com/nsu/040419/040419-4.html Timothy A. Johnson Information Technologies Northwestern College St. Paul, Minnesota http://tajohnson.org ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] Re: Horns for Middle School
Mr. Smith, With all due respect (and I do have enormous respect for hard working, underpaid, often unappreciated middle/high school band directors), I started on the Horn in 4th grade and was neither confused nor frustrated. This year, my 11 year old son has started the Horn (in F) and is neither confused nor frustrated. All the horn players I have played with up until a couple years ago had started on the Horn. Of course, no one told me that the horn was too hard for me to play. I guess that wasn't part of the pedagogical repertoire back in those days. Timothy A. Johnson Information Technologies Northwestern College St. Paul, Minnesota http://tajohnson.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Smith Sent: Monday, 15 March, 2004 8:18 PM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Re: Horns for Middle School As one who has taught both middle school and high school for 25 years, I can assure you that the surest way to run off beginners is to give them a horn (Bb or F) as their first instrument. They will be terribly confused and frustrated. All of the concern about starting on a Bb or F horn can be solved by making sure that the student's first instrument is not a horn. Have them play flute or clarinet for a year. They will develop as horn players faster and without the drop out rate of those who start on horn. ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] Gustav Holst's The Planets
7 - all the planets except Earth and Pluto (discovered in 1930 - The suite was written during WWI and first performed in 1918). Timothy A. Johnson Information Technologies Northwestern College St. Paul, Minnesota http://tajohnson.org -Original Message- From: blackjack_ cajun Sent: Friday, 05 March, 2004 9:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Hornlist] Gustav Holst's The Planets can anyone tell me how many movements there are in the suite? jon ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] keeping horn in working condition when not in play.
William wrote: "A good horn is like a violin, you really should play it every now and then or if you don't, the next time you play it the valves could be stuck or much worse the oil could be gummed up." That can be a real problem too. The last time I got the valves on my violin stuck, I couldn't find a repair person who even knew what I was talking about, let alone how to fix it. Timothy A. Johnson Information Technologies Northwestern College St. Paul, Minnesota http://tajohnson.org ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] John Williams concerto premiere
I too was at the concert. About as far up in the highest balcony as one could get, but I was just glad I got seats before they were all sold out. And the sound was superb, even though there seemed to be about a two second delay from the time the musicians started to play and I heard it. One thing that I find interesting, though, is that while John Williams claims not to make a distinction between composing his movie scores and his "serious" concert works, there appears to be a quite distinct difference. His movie scores almost always are immediately accessible, but also bear repeated listening, unlike some other popular composers. On the other hand, his concert works seem to require repeated hearings before I can really appreciate them. Any comments? Timothy A. Johnson Information Technologies Northwestern College St. Paul, Minnesota http://tajohnson.org ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] Speed of Sound/length of horn/pitch
Ok - for you non-physicists out there: How does a particular length of tubing relate to pitch and how is that altered as the speed of sound changes? You are probably aware that sound is a pressure wave in the air. If several consecutive waves arrive at your ear at regularly timed intervals, then you hear a tone or pitch. When you buzz your lips in your mouthpiece, you are creating a series of pressure waves. As your lips open slightly, a higher pressure burst of air is released, the high point of a wave. This burst of pressure travels the length of the horn at the speed of sound. When it gets approximately (but not exactly since our horns are not a straight tube, but a sort of modified cone) to the end of the horn, an inverse pressure wave is reflected back. At this point, the returning wave is low pressure, so it re-enforces the low point of the wave, which in turn travels back down the length of the tube, is reflected back as a high pressure wave and re-enforces the next high pressure burst of air. Thus one wave-length, the distance from high pressure to low pressure back to high pressure, is about four times the length of the tube. If your lips attempt to send a high pressure pulse when the reflected wave is low pressure, the waves are canceled out and don't sound. Thus, the speed of the sound, divided by four times the length of the tube, gives us the frequency at which a particular tube resonates. I can get additional higher notes or harmonics, by buzzing at some multiple of the pedal frequency. Thus twice the pedal note's frequency is an octave above. Three times, a fifth above the previous one; 4 times, the next octave, and so on. Buzzing some frequency between those multiples is very difficult because you are fighting the resonance of the horn. Now - when the speed of sound increases - such as when the temperature of the air rises, it means those reflections arrive back sooner so the interval between pulses is shorter, so the frequency (pitch) rises. Timothy A. Johnson Information Technologies Northwestern College St. Paul, Minnesota http://tajohnson.org -Original Message- From: Daniel Canarutto Sent: Tuesday, 18 November, 2003 5:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Hornlist] Re: Speed of Sound Friends, it has already been said, but I'll state it again since there seems to be a lot of confusion around: the Doppler effect has NOTHING to do with the matter we are discussing (variation of horn pitch with the temperature). Also the effect of the lenghtening of the metal is obviously negligible. The point is that the wavelength of the stationary waves is LOCKED by the horn length, while (speed of sound)=wavelegth*frequency. Do you see? If speed of sound increases, also frequency increases, because wavelegth is constant. This referes to what's happening INSIDE the horn, while the generated pitch is transported to the audience's ears unchanged by air at whatever temperature. All the best, -- Daniel Canarutto mathematical physicist & dedicated amateur hornist http://www.dma.unifi.it/~canarutto/ (professional home page) http://www.corno.it (Il Club del Corno) http://www.amadeusorchestra.org (orchestra Amadeus - Firenze) ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] Doppler this
a=440 Timothy A. Johnson Information Technologies Northwestern College St. Paul, Minnesota http://tajohnson.org -Original Message- From: Robert Marlatt Sent: Wednesday, 19 November, 2003 8:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Hornlist] Doppler this OK all you real, imagined, and armchair physicists: I am at the top of a hill sitting on my bicycle. I tune my horn to a440. I proceed down the hill (still playing the concert a) where a highly-sensitive tuner is positioned to determine the pitch of my instrument at precisely the moment I have achieved 10 miles per hour. What is the frequency of my a as I go speeding by? Cabbage-Bait, Bob Marlatt Boston MA ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] Throwin' the high heat (NHR)
Lawrence asked, "Is this a bit like cricket?" Well, a bit, though in baseball you don't stop for tea, and usually events occur in less time than an elephant's gestation period. Timothy A. Johnson Information Technologies Northwestern College St. Paul, Minnesota http://tajohnson.org ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] Leadpipes, Mouthpieces
Unless your horn is unusual, you don't need to seal anything with duct tape - as the leadpipe should lead to your first tuning slide (that's the seal). All you need to do is tape the trial leadpipe alongside the original one, then rotate the tuning slide so the leadpipe side goes into the trial leadpipe. Timothy A. Johnson Information Technologies Northwestern College St. Paul, Minnesota http://tajohnson.org -Original Message- From: Josh Cheuvront Sent: Tuesday, 12 August, 2003 12:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Leadpipes, Mouthpieces Yes, I noticed that part. I wonder how well tape can seal the two pipes, and especially if it keeps the leadpipe completely steady? I love duct tape just as much as the next guy (even used to have a wallet made completely from "kentucky chrome"), but the slightest leak or movement in a leadpipe makes a huge difference, especially in the extreme registers. ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] Cabbage reports on Bloomington
Thanks Cabbage for the review. Since I wasn't there, I can only wonder about your final analysis: Personally, I ususally find that I feel much more connected when I can concentrate on the music being played on stage, not when I am listening to what happens in the back row. Timothy A. Johnson Information Technologies Northwestern College St. Paul, Minnesota http://tajohnson.org -Original Message- Subject: [Hornlist] Cabbage reports on Bloomington ---lots of interesting stuff deleted--- We hornists are a community, connected as teachers and students, as members of sections, as audience members listening to what happens in the back row... ---Even more interesting stuff deleted--- ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] Singing through the horn
OK - I've read this a few times, the idea of "singing through the horn." Would someone care to elaborate on this a bit more? Is this a specific technique, or more a matter of state of mind? Thanks, Timothy A. Johnson Information Technologies Northwestern College St. Paul, Minnesota http://tajohnson.org -Original Message- From: John Dutton Sent: Wednesday, 12 March, 2003 5:31 PM Subject: [Hornlist] Trills in Dvorak 8 That's a good question Hans! I speak quite a bit about Schantl and singing through the horn as well but I haven't mentioned that lately I guess and it didn't seem pertinent to the question asked;-). My students are even now learning the joys of Bordogni! However, a few tricks in the bag are nice too. The Jack Attack! ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] Different bell question
I have a different question for the Horn repair folks. I recently had my bell cut and had Lawson Rings put on. Greg Beckwith (who does an outstanding job of horn service here in the Minneapolis area, I might add) was the one who did it. When I picked it up from him, he recommended that I NOT put any lubricant on the screw. He thought that the squeaking would get better once they had had a chance to wear in a bit. He said that putting lubricant on it could cause it to collect grit, which would wear them out. Well, I have gone for a couple months of this, but the squeaking only got worse and the bell became more resistant to turning. I finally decided to risk wearing out the rings and put just the tiniest bit of slide grease on the screw. Instantly all the squeaking went away and the bell turns on and off beautifully and noiselessly. Now my questions for you are: 1. What are your opinions on this? Have I opened myself up to trouble by doing this? 2. Given that I keep my horn clean and try to take good care of it, are there special precautions I should take with the care of my rings? Thanks, Timothy A. Johnson Information Technologies Northwestern College St. Paul, Minnesota http://tajohnson.org ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] here's a reason for F...(somewhat more Horn related)
Define "better." Would you prefer to drive 5 KM or 5*10^7 mm/10 (or would that be dmm?) to the instrument repair shop to shave .3 mm off your F tuning slide so that you can make sure that A is tuned to 440.000 Hz at 25.00C? Timothy A. Johnson Information Technologies Northwestern College St. Paul, Minnesota http://tajohnson.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 10 January, 2003 11:02 AM ---snip--- Just like .01 of an inch is better than a .1 of a centimeter. Just an interesting tidbit there :) If it was my way we'd always go to .01 of a cm and .01 of a degree C but most thermometers aren't that accurate. ___ Horn mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/listinfo/horn
[Hornlist] Thompson Horn Case
A few weeks back, I decided to start looking for a case for my recently cut-bell Conn 8D. I was familiar with the Marcus Bona case, but when the discussion came up on the list, I was made aware of the Thompson Edition case as well. Based on the comments made, I decided to check it out. I corresponded with David Thompson, who was extremely helpful as well as prompt in his replies (as he has been at other times with sheet music inquiries). I ordered the case and have just received it today (very timely service) and I am very pleased with it. It has high quality workmanship and is a very sturdy, yet compact case. And - I save more than $100 from the cost of a MB case. Thank you David, and thank you Hornlist. Timothy A. Johnson Information Technologies Northwestern College St. Paul, Minnesota http://tajohnson.org ___ Horn mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/listinfo/horn
