I'm hoping that some of you might get a good
chuckle out of the following news from my fair
state.
The following Valentine's Day ad appeared in the
February 12th issue of The State Newspaper from
Columbia, SC, our state capital. Section C, page
8.
Buy a Gunny for your Honey! Super Special
Someone asked about clothing interference while playing. I push my bell
side sleeve up as far as it goes - exposing - gasp, arm skin during a
concert. I'm sure it makes a difference!. Why waste that extra energy
into the cloth - we're already playing an instrument that points the
'wrong' way.
Try sheetmusicservice.com
I've had great luck finding anything I've needed.
Sonja Reynolds
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I need a metronome system that allows multiple players to see a beat-light.
Do any of you know of such a product (price is a concern)?
What I'd really like is to have multiple lights on a pole that would
individually show each beat - for example top light as 1st beat, next light
down as 2nd beat,
Barbara, I'd have to take issue with your viewpoint on this. You don't find
labeling the defense secretary and the president as warmongers,
questioning the president's intelligence level and implying that the
evidence presented to the UN was falsified to be rude or disrespectful? I'd
read all of
My quartet/quintet has begun rehersing some Gabrieli (Canzona per sonare
Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, edited by Robert King) and it is difficult to keep
everyone together.
Hi Jay,
If that is the problem, then a metronome is unlikely to be much of a help.
You need to find a way of getting them to count
I agree with Jay. Even though light travels faster than sound,
lights have a builtin and perceived delay due to warm up from off to
full brightness. They are therefore comfusing to use as a beat
indicator because one is never sure exactly where full brightness will
be. Clicking sounds are
Jay, the easies way is it, to listen each other while counting by yourself, instead of
waiting for the others to come first. One has to be the leader give the tempo, if it
is not indicated by metronome figures in the music. Usually the concert master does
it. It is the first trumpet in a brass
Are you using a pinky hook, duck foot or strap? If so they should handle the
force on the horn from the thumb action. If not, I can understand your problem.
I need a hand strap in order to keep tension out of my hand and arm. The
tension is in part caused by keeping the horn still while using the
Wilbert K was writing about conditions in the
state of South Carolina:
The High School graduation rate for South Carolina
has reached a new high of 65%! Wow!! This was
reported in the above issue of the State Newspaper.
*
Yeah, Wilbert, but you left out the good news.
The Governor has
The Cabbage is about to hit the road. Luckily,
he will not be delivering his usual lecture
on the physics of music instruments. Even
so, list members may want to avoid the following
venues and dates, for which the Department of Homeland
Insecurity has announced a special green alert.
8PM Feb
Jonathan is being slightly modest here - he omits to say that Simon Rattle
was conducting Bruckner 9 with Jonathan on 1st horn at the time (I was on
7th :-)
Tim Costen
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My quartet/quintet has begun
Greetings and Happy Valentine's Day to all!
I do long tones on a daily basis: I start on a C right below the staff
very quietly and crescendo as loud as I possibly can, slowly over eight
beats at 50 bpm. Then once the eight beats are done, I immediately
(without stopping the note or airflow) move
I also am in a brass quintet and I have found that you, not only have to
listen to each other (which is very important), but also watch each other,
from time to time. You'd be amazed what a little eye contact between members
can do. Also, of course the basics, like moving before a breath,
Good question, Jerry. I haven't tried them for metronomic purposes.
I suspect they would be faster to full brightness but I can't guess
they would be preceived as instantaneous without trying it. At any
rate, I suspect such a light big enough to be seen easily by a group
might be on the
Hans Lifer Pizka wrote:
It is not my business, to change your mind on political issues, while on
horn issues I might be authorized to do so.
Now, Professor and all, this is mostest of absolutes not true because you
mostest of certainlies have my permissions, authorizations, allowances,
First off, I realize this is horn related but..
I have a student who is really interested in buying a new Alexander.
Specifically, the student is interested in the 403s and 200. Anyone on
the list care to give comments on these specific models? I don't want
to enter the debate on what is
Has anyone seen or heard from Barry Benjamin lately? I'd like to get in
touch with him sometime. I lost track when I left Chicago despite the
best intentions.
John Dutton
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Hi there Jay,
There used to be a quintet ensemble awareness set of exercises which for
the life of me I can't remember the author. I hammered part 2/page 4
(which is all I have left) into my quintet every time we changed
personnel and then periodically (once a week) for continued ed so to
speak.
Once every couple of years in my community orchestra, if things aren't
falling together right, the conductor will stop conducting, forcing us to
work together and listen. If that fails, he breaks out what we've dubbed
The Metronome From Hell, hooking up the metronome to a large wall speaker.
Heya, Listers-
Today in quintet rehearsal we were having an issue with keeping rhythm and
tempo steady during a Bach fugue. I suggested that we clap our rhythms, the
metronome banging away through the PA all the while. That made us much more
aware of how our lines work together when we're
John,
I've owned an Alex 200 for some eight years now,
and love it. Without a doubt it's the finest
double I've ever had. It did, however, take a
while to find a mouthpiece that gave me the same
volume above the staff that I had on the rest of
the horn. I finally settled on a Bach 10 cup, cut
Jay, in spite of all the people who say you should not be looking for what
you asked, there is indeed a metronome for you. It does not have Christmas
tree flashing lights, but it is loud enough (adjustable) to be used by
drummers, and was originally made for that purpose. It is the Tama
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