Re: [Hornlist] A weird thing happened to me two days ago...

[Scheimy]

He has been telling me to switch mouthpieces for a while now.  I haven't 
gotten around to doing so.  He also gave me tips for playing higher without 
choking the notes.  They have worked, as I have already played the piece 
three other days in band class since then.  I trust my teacher and his 
judgment.  He pushes me to work hard, without being a jerk about it, and he 
teaches really well.  He has put many kids through PMEA, and has many 
students in the Youth Symphony, as well.  As for switching to trombone 
because I'm thick lipped: never.  Horn is a great instrument, I am pretty 
good, and constantly improving, and I will never switch.

Michael Scheimer, Pittsburgh
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Re: [Hornlist] A weird thing happened to me two days ago...

[Scott Pappal]

Mike:

A 19mm inner diameter is quite extreme! Who is your
teacher, may I ask? I got my undergrad and grad
degrees in Pittsburgh (at Duquesne) studying with Bill
Cabellero and Zach Smith of the PSO, so I know or have
played with most of the horn players active in your
area. Most normal orchestral mouthpieces used by
professionals have pretty standard dimensions.
Somewhere in the range of 17.5 mm (roughly) inner
diameter is normal - 19mm is very large: do you want
to play the trombone, or the horn?! If you're closing
off the throat or articulating with the throat, there
are other ways of solving the problem than switching
to a mouthpiece which is at one extreme end of the
diameter spectrum. Are you sure its not time for a new
teacher? 

Scott

--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I was practicing Fanfare for the Common Man today,
 and I got a really weird 
 sensation when hitting the high Bb's.  I nearly
 blacked out.  Later during 
 the day (actually, it was in German class) I felt
 like there was a different 
 pulse in the left side of my neck and something has
 felt strained since 
 then...
 
 Back to the blacking out, though.  I called my
 teacher to ask what to do 
 about it because this has never happened to me
 before.  He said that I have 
 to stop pocketing air in my throat while trying to
 force the notes out up 
 top, but I don't know how to do this because that's
 how I'm used to hitting 
 the upper range.  Any suggestions?  He also said
 that it's time for me to 
 move on to a mouthpiece with a larger inner
 diameter.  I already am using a 
 Schilke 31b.  He want's me to go to a mouthpiece
 that has close to a 19 mm 
 inner diameter because he says that combined with my
 embouchure and what he 
 says are the thickest lips out of any student he
 has, the 31b does me no 
 good.  Any suggestions on mouthpieces?  I really
 want to not have this happen 
 again, so I hope I get help.  Thanks in advance.
 
 Mike Scheimer, Pittsburgh
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[Hornlist] A weird thing happened to me two days ago...

[Scheimy]

I was practicing Fanfare for the Common Man today, and I got a really weird 
sensation when hitting the high Bb's.  I nearly blacked out.  Later during 
the day (actually, it was in German class) I felt like there was a different 
pulse in the left side of my neck and something has felt strained since 
then...

Back to the blacking out, though.  I called my teacher to ask what to do 
about it because this has never happened to me before.  He said that I have 
to stop pocketing air in my throat while trying to force the notes out up 
top, but I don't know how to do this because that's how I'm used to hitting 
the upper range.  Any suggestions?  He also said that it's time for me to 
move on to a mouthpiece with a larger inner diameter.  I already am using a 
Schilke 31b.  He want's me to go to a mouthpiece that has close to a 19 mm 
inner diameter because he says that combined with my embouchure and what he 
says are the thickest lips out of any student he has, the 31b does me no 
good.  Any suggestions on mouthpieces?  I really want to not have this happen 
again, so I hope I get help.  Thanks in advance.

Mike Scheimer, Pittsburgh
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