[Hornlist] RE: Circular Breathing - Good or Bad? Should it be used?

2004-12-24 Thread Joe Black
Hi all, Please share your veiws about this topic. Regards, jon _ Get MSN Hotmail alerts on your mobile. http://mobile.msn.com/ac.aspx?cid=uuhp_hotmail ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu

Re: [Hornlist] RE: Circular Breathing - Good or Bad? Should it be used?

2004-12-24 Thread Alan Cole
Circular breathing is a neat trick. If you can do it, great. If you can not only do it but also use it in a musically effective way, then you've really got something. If you can't do it, don't fret about it. (I can't I don't.) An outstanding example of circular breathing used musically is

[Hornlist] How to shorten key travel

2004-12-24 Thread Nick R
I have one of those horns, and find that it has very small key travel (I did, however, go from a king to the Yamaha...). Just crank the strings a little tighter (i don't know exactly what to do; I just figure it out as I go along ;) .) and you should have no problems. The horn can have extremely

RE: [Hornlist] RE: Circular Breathing - Good or Bad? Should itbe used?

2004-12-24 Thread Steve Freides
If anyone wants to experiment with circular breathing, I recommend they try it on an instrument that requires less breath than a trumpet or a horn. I play the recorder and taught myself circular breathing pretty quickly there - but it felt more like a parlor trick than anything useful and I

Re: [Hornlist] How to shorten key travel/ Geyer wrap players read...

2004-12-24 Thread JeremyWray325
Yeah, the horn plays awesome... The difference between my Holton's keys and and the Yamaha's keys were just the height of them. I adjusted it so it was a little higher and now it's great. It doesn't feel like I'm reaching down just to push the keys. A question for you Geyer wrap

[Hornlist] KEY CHANGE

2004-12-24 Thread Shaun Cooper
Sorry I'm a little behind the postings, but thought I would suggest to everyone if you want the ultimate key change, then try the E. Schmidt horns. My valves are the smallest distance I've yet to see. Happy Holidays, Coop ___ post:

Re: [Hornlist] How to shorten key travel/ Geyer wrap players read...

2004-12-24 Thread Chris Tedesco
I get some water in the leadpipe but to really empty it, I have to drain or blow the valves into the third valves and pull and empty them. I often just blow and spin the water out the bell if I am standing and practicing because I am too lazy to sit down and empty them. It usually takes a couple

[Hornlist] double concerto

2004-12-24 Thread Shaun Cooper
Rossetti/Rossini concertii are nice.. Coop ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org

[Hornlist] Past horn list postings

2004-12-24 Thread Paul Rincon
Hello, hornlisters! This is perhaps an unusual request, but here goes: I want to read every posting ever made on the horn list (I subscribed 9/24/2003) and I wish to perhaps...revisit some of the older threads. If anybody can perhaps save the horn list folder on their outlook and maybe compress

Re: [Hornlist] Past horn list postings

2004-12-24 Thread hxcorno
uh Paul if you go to hornplayer.net and look for the information archives you'll find pretty much everything you're looking for. ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at