Hi there.
I'm 19 years old and planning to be a professional hornplayer. Unfortunately there is
one big obstacle - I have terrebly bad eye sight and find it very difficult to
sightread music. In the youth orchestras I used to play in, it didn't realy matter
because there was months to prepare
Having just lost half of the sight in my left eye,
due to a minor stroke, I'm very sensitive to vision
issues.
First of all, I would get my eyes tested by a true
medical doctor, not just one of those people who
test eyes for Lens Crafters in the mall. Be sure
to have a field vision test done,
Hi Neil,
I think it would be helpful to know why your eyes
are bad. Two years ago, thanks to some input
on the subject on this hornlist, I had a lens implant
that cleared up a cataract problem in my right eye.
That helped my sightreading (more practice helped
also). With better vision I was
Hi all,
Have just put up some technique tips on my page - have a look...
http://home.earthlink.net/~rnward/mechanics.html
Bob
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In a message dated 1/24/2003 9:52:45 AM Pacific Standard Time,
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I use bifocal music glasses that are set to 70mm for
the music and infinity to see the conductor. It might
be possible to get special glasses that will magnify
the music.
Hi Neil,
That should be
Neil wrote:
I'm 19 years old and planning to be a professional hornplayer. =
Unfortunately there is one big obstacle - I have terrebly bad eye sight =
and find it very difficult to sightread music.
Go and look up the equipment craft people (e.g. sewers, quilters,
cross stitchers) use. I would
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Hi, all-
I've got a couple things related to stopped horn and French
literature that I'm trying to sort out. Anyone's comments are
welcome, but I'm especially interested in professionals'
experience/knowledge here.
Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique: I'm sure I could look up a
dissertation if I
Hmm I've wondered about the Reverie for a while. I have only the Cerminaro
recording of it and I beleive he plays stopped through the end. When I just
played it for my recital two weeks ago, I went open for the last note. Both of
my most recent teachers taught me to play the last note open.
Go to an optometrist and bring some music with you, maybe even a stand! Let
the doctor know how far away your music will be placed from your face when
you play. That should be the distance at which he/she gives you a
music-reading prescription. You may also need a separate prescription (and
At 3:12 PM -0500 1/22/03, Mark Louttit wrote:
NPR was full of news on the big earthquake in Colima this morning. Are you
okay and do you personally need anything ? Please let me know if you need
some help.
Hi, Mark - thanks for your kind note. I hope things will be okay. There's a
lot of work to
If by those people who test eyes for Lens Crafters in the mall you mean
optometrists, you are mistaken. While not a medical doctor, an optometrist
is trained as a specialist in diagnosing vision defects and disease; he/she
can and will perform all the tests you mentioned. An opthalmologist (who
On Friday, January 24, 2003, at 05:21 PM, joseph fuller wrote:
I have been approached about soloing with the
concert band at Henderson state university and i would
appreciate any suggestions you have on pieces to
perform. The only limitation is that the director
would like a relatively easy
Hello. I am looking for 1 or 2 horn players ( amateur) to get together
and play reicha trios and dauprat sextect. I have acces to a comunity
center in Waltham MA and we can perform in some meetings. anyone
interested please reply.
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On 1/24/03 5:21 PM, joseph fuller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have been approached about soloing with the
concert band at Henderson state university and i would
appreciate any suggestions you have on pieces to
perform.
How about The Glass Bead Game by James Beckel. You can find more info (as
Marceau de Concert (I think I butchered the spelling) by Camille Saint-Saens
is a very easy band arrangement and a good horn solo piece. Hope this helps.
Mike, Pittsburgh
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In a message dated 1/24/2003 5:57:30 PM Pacific Standard Time,
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Assuming that the vision problem can be corrected by glasses, bifocals are
not
necessary, and you can save the cost. If the corrected vision focuses on
the
music (about 28 inches), the conductor can
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