Re: [Hornlist] A favor to ask you all
Hi ALL, Sorry for the "fyi" email to the group ... should have been a private email. Regards,Jerry in Kansas City ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] A favor to ask you all
Hi, ... more fyi J ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] A favor to ask you all
Hello Lawrence, yes, you are right. There are plenty teachers out there, who do not even look on to a students embouchure carefully enough, but insist for a change, a change to an embouchure of their own idea (teacher) to fit everybodys mouth & lips. There is just ONE right horn embouchure, but with many light variations according to the anatomy of the player. The principles are most clear: Centered mpc set into the flesh of the lower lip near to the edge of the red flesh so to pull open the "blow hole" in the center, typical brass player face or mask, not "crawling" into the mouthpiece, lip under control in all playing regions, relaxed as possible, minimum of vertical pressure against the lips (depending on range & dynamics), keeping the blow hole open as possible. One has to see the variables & move within these boundaries until the desired result will be achieved, preset the targets or expectations are not exaggerated. The bad teacher forces the student to do just everything after his advice precisely no matter of the different anatomy, instead of adjusting the things or correcting bad habits. == -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 11:19 AM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: Re: [Hornlist] A favor to ask you all Changing a student's embouchure at music college doesn't always mean he has been badly taught before going to college. At a music college I know there was one teacher who was notorious for changing embouchures as a matter of course. I was talking to some friends and mentioned that one of my ex-students had gone to this college and was being taught by this player - in chorus my friends finished my sentence - "...and he changed his embouchure". Sorry - rushing - I'm at work and have just been called away All the best, Lawrence ___ 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] A favor to ask you all
Changing a student's embouchure at music college doesn't always mean he has been badly taught before going to college. At a music college I know there was one teacher who was notorious for changing embouchures as a matter of course. I was talking to some friends and mentioned that one of my ex-students had gone to this college and was being taught by this player - in chorus my friends finished my sentence - "...and he changed his embouchure". Sorry - rushing - I'm at work and have just been called away All the best, Lawrence ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] A favor to ask you all
Hello Scott, Stories wouldn´t do it. It is not a matter to comfort the victim of embouchure change. It is rather a matter of discipline. I would first see, what she had done wrong with her embouchure. Second, I would recommend, not to think too much about the changes regarding muscle action, etc. Third, she should just play the horn - relaxed or as relaxed as possible, with the minimum pressure possible. Fourth, she should undergo a beginner course by herself, remembering all the beginner exercises - well, I know, it is boring, very boring - but there is no other choice: long tones, scales, intervals, some Kopprasch, etc. Fifth: most important - be patient, do not force things, let the high notes alone, concentrate on the middle range & low range. Sixth: leave alone all ambitiousness - for now. (new) Embouchure will work after some two or three weeks - not for Weber or Strauss 2 or Foerster, but it will work. If she is going hysteric, NOTHING will work, all will be ruined. Who is to be blamede ? She or her former teacher ? Such defects must be eradicated from the early stage of playing. Why was the change ? === -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Hartman Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 12:58 AM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: [Hornlist] A favor to ask you all Hi everybody, I have a former student who is attending a well known music school. She is going through an embouchure change and her life is no fun right now. She is depressed and I have cheered her up all I can. What I would like, if you would indulge me, is to collect as many stories as I can from people who have had to face tough situations and have come out well and happy. Horn related stories are best, but I'll take everything. Thank you in advance. Please send the stories directly to me at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] scottito ___ 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] A favor to ask you all
May I suggest that you do not pass onto her my favourite little rhyme from my college days (usually recited late at night from the top of a table in the college bar:) They said the job couldn't be done Said the confident man, "Lead me to it!" He tackled that job that couldn't be done And he couldn't do it! All the best, Lawrence ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] A favor to ask you all
Hi everybody, I have a former student who is attending a well known music school. She is going through an embouchure change and her life is no fun right now. She is depressed and I have cheered her up all I can. What I would like, if you would indulge me, is to collect as many stories as I can from people who have had to face tough situations and have come out well and happy. Horn related stories are best, but I'll take everything. Thank you in advance. Please send the stories directly to me at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] scottito ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
