[Hornlist] Re: Leadpipe Question
Or, even better, why not just use the fingering that puts it right in tune, with a great sound and makes it impossible to miss? Some years ago I did a tour where I had to play "Somewhere" every night. You know that solo, "There's a place for us, Some-(G#)where a place for us". I never even had a thought of missing that note. The 2nd valve G# made that note sing out on the old Kruspe. No favoring, no lipping, no waving the right hand or magic wands, no praying. Just play it and enjoy. Not the same on many other horns of course. 2nd valve makes the G# flat on a lot of horns. It works pretty good on a lot of Holtons though. - Steve M message: 4 date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:33:49 +0100 from: "hans.pi...@t-online.de" subject: Re: [Hornlist] Re: Leadpipe Question But why not combining ear & right hand to fine tune the 23 g# Or 1 on the F-side & open right hand a bit ? == -Original Me ssage- Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:27:49 +0100 Subject: [Hornlist] Re: Leadpipe Question From: Steven Mumford To: horn@music.memphis.edu First of all, please send all your original Kruspe leadpipes to me! G# above the staff has been sharp on pretty much all the pre-war Kruspes I've tried using the 2-3 fingering. 2nd valve locks it in nicely, open for the A. That's with an original pipe. It's anybody's guess with a brand X pipe. If a note is squirrely on a particular horn, it's often because that note wants to be very flat or sharp. You want it to be in tune, so you're trying to play it somplace that it isn't. Try and figure out where the horn wants that note to be and go from there. - Steve Mumford ___ ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] Re: Leadpipe Question
But why not combining ear & right hand to fine tune the 23 g# Or 1 on the F-side & open right hand a bit ? == -Original Me ssage- Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:27:49 +0100 Subject: [Hornlist] Re: Leadpipe Question From: Steven Mumford To: horn@music.memphis.edu First of all, please send all your original Kruspe leadpipes to me! G# above the staff has been sharp on pretty much all the pre-war Kruspes I've tried using the 2-3 fingering. 2nd valve locks it in nicely, open for the A. That's with an original pipe. It's anybody's guess with a brand X pipe. If a note is squirrely on a particular horn, it's often because that note wants to be very flat or sharp. You want it to be in tune, so you're trying to play it somplace that it isn't. Try and figure out where the horn wants that note to be and go from there. - Steve Mumford ___ 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
[Hornlist] Re: Leadpipe Question
First of all, please send all your original Kruspe leadpipes to me! G# above the staff has been sharp on pretty much all the pre-war Kruspes I've tried using the 2-3 fingering. 2nd valve locks it in nicely, open for the A. That's with an original pipe. It's anybody's guess with a brand X pipe. If a note is squirrely on a particular horn, it's often because that note wants to be very flat or sharp. You want it to be in tune, so you're trying to play it somplace that it isn't. Try and figure out where the horn wants that note to be and go from there. - Steve Mumford ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] Re: Leadpipe Question
Quoting William Gross: Is it possible that the physics of the match of the new leadpipe and the horn prevent that note from sounding? Definitely. IMHO, this is one of the big things a new leadpipe can help. Of course, if you try a bunch of pipes and they all behave like this it's probably something elsewhere in the horn, and all this presupposes that you can play the note well in general. Howard Sanner hornl...@terrier.ampexguy.com ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
