Re: [Hornlist] Beginning Methods

2005-04-21 Thread Herbert Foster
Boy, you had it easy. The music direcector where I went to school did all that (except Tonette) PLUS footbal marching band before school, high school orchestra during 3rd period, and chorus at noon. In spite of that he inspired me to love music and to play the horn. Of course that was in the days

Re: [Hornlist] Beginning Methods

2005-04-21 Thread Alan Cole
Barefoot? -AC. ~~~ Of course that was in the days when I had to walk 5 miles to school in 5 feet of snow uphill both ways. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.1 - Release Date: 4/20/2005

Re: [Hornlist] Cabbage cries wolf

2005-04-21 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Ah. how boring life would be if we all had the same sense of humour! All the best, Lawrence þaes ofereode - þisses swa maeg http://lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at

Re: [Hornlist] Cabbage cries wolf

2005-04-21 Thread BrassArtsUnlim
In a message dated 4/21/2005 1:35:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't read anything Cabbage writes, nor do I read any message tittled: re: horn digest. Every time I have read something of The Cabbage, it has been really stupid humor a wast of my time. What is

[Hornlist] Tone quality

2005-04-21 Thread Ray Sonja Crenshaw
I'm going to indulge myself and repost Cabbage's last message There's a lot of dross on the list. This is the real deal Yeah, I especially like the part where he said that some horn players are brighter than others. Y'know, I've noticed that myself. jrc

[Hornlist] How Did They Find My Tux?

2005-04-21 Thread Ray Sonja Crenshaw
My son plays tr*mbone (family list, no cursing) in the local high school band, and today he received a letter from his band director containing instructions for their upcoming spring concert. Well, his director also e-mailed these instructions to me. I haven't yet read the whole thing because

Re: [Hornlist] How Did They Find My Tux?

2005-04-21 Thread Paul Mansur
On Thursday, April 21, 2005, at 04:48 PM, Ray Sonja Crenshaw wrote: It's bad enough that, just this morning, I shot a bear in my pajamas... but now I have to put up with THIS? How in the world did a bear steal your jammies and get into them? or are you really built like that? Gotta go!

Re: [Hornlist] How Did They Find My Tux?

2005-04-21 Thread Bill Tyler
Ray Sonja Crenshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My son plays tr*mbone (family list, no cursing) in the local high school band, and today he received a letter from his band director containing instructions for their upcoming spring concert. Well, his director also e-mailed these instructions to

[Hornlist] hornroller.. new to me!

2005-04-21 Thread Leonard Brown
Its a shock when someone like me, that knows everything, stumbles across something new like hornroller. How long has this been going on? Check out the Hatch Horns. http://www.hornroller.com/ Leonard in Laredo ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu

Re: [Hornlist] Beginning Methods

2005-04-21 Thread Wendell L Exline
Hi Paul, Your message about the olden days was fun. How familiar it all sounded. My 7th grade band had eight horns in the section. One was an old double Conn Schmidt model with a piston change valve. Mine was a Conn 4D, one was a Pan American single F, and the others were a mixture of

Re: [Hornlist] Beginning Methods

2005-04-21 Thread G
Hi, I learned out of the good ol' First Division Band Method. A few years later, I found my old copy in a box, so I took it and cut out the picture of Phil Farkas, entitled How To Hold The French Horn In F and stuck it on my locker at the university. Just in case I ever forgot. Thing that

[Hornlist] Bright or Dark

2005-04-21 Thread MUMFORDHornworks
To me, bright and dark are sort of two dimensional descriptions, like painting opaque yellow or brown on a flat surface. Niether entirely satisfying. Wouldn't it be great to have a sound that's like looking into a deep crystal clear pool of water? Not bright or dark, but complete and

[Hornlist] From The Oriental Schmidt House...

2005-04-21 Thread Ray Sonja Crenshaw
Since there's not much going on here on the list, and since this is going on over at e-Bay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7317410797 ...I'd like to take this opportunity to inquire about the innate goodness of these horns. For those too jaded to follow the link, it's a