RE: [Hornlist] mouthguards

2005-10-15 Thread Hans
How far is the nerve damaged ? It all depends on that not just on the repair of teeth. The nerve is all, teeth can be replaced easily with todays technique. Franz Soellner, fine third & second horn of the Vienna Philharmonic & also superb chamber musician, he fell in his dining room accidentally t

Re: [Hornlist] What The Heck Is It ?

2005-10-15 Thread Herbert Foster
Looks to me like the Horsck wrap described by Cabbage. Herb Foster --- Alan Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've seen plenty of odd-looking instruments, both hornish & > non-hornish. Here's 1 that defies recognition: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/Musical-Instrument_W0QQitemZ7357680114QQcategoryZ1

Re: [Hornlist] Youth Orchestra horn sectional ideas

2005-10-15 Thread LOTP
Michelle, Get some VOCAL music (SSAA unaccompanied) and have them play as written. No transposition is necessary and it should be well within their range. Teach them to SING through their horns. There is plenty to choose from...renaissance motets through jazz and pop. Paul - Original Messag

Re: [Hornlist] Fingerings

2005-10-15 Thread BrassArtsUnlim
In a message dated 10/14/2005 2:33:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The modern G# switch point is a good choice because the music we play now is harder and the Bb horn is more responsive to fast technique in that range. That said, there are also many pieces which can bene

Re: [Hornlist] What The Heck Is It ?

2005-10-15 Thread BrassArtsUnlim
In a message dated 10/14/2005 6:49:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sure is. I've owned various examples, but they've all been a more conventional wrap. I haven't seen one that bypasses the second valve on the way in, then connects the bell to it. Anyone recognize the ma

[Hornlist] RE: Corrosion

2005-10-15 Thread ken
I just want to expand a little bit on Hans' suggestions for cleaning a horn. He is correct in noting that nickel and gold brass horns are more corrosion resistant than brass - however, the build up of copper carbonate (that hard greenish stuff), is what will do the damage to a horn - and it will bu

RE: [Hornlist] RE: Corrosion

2005-10-15 Thread Hans
Yes, I agree, but if the horn is cleaned inside regularly, no accumulated copper carbonate will build up. It is up to the players care of the instrument. My own instruments look like just bought even after twenty years of use. That´s it. -Original Mess

Re: [Hornlist] Fingerings, Singerings

2005-10-15 Thread David Jewell
I guess that I would like to stress that even if you "can't" sing, you should at least try to sing through etudes and the like, it really does help strengthen one's inner sense of pitch relationships. Additonally one can often discover the most sensible articulations by vocalizing the melodies.

RE: [Hornlist] Fingerings, Singerings

2005-10-15 Thread Steve Freides
Absolutely. There is a reason most music schools require singing, and singing on note names or solfege syllable at that - it makes one a better musician. -S- > -Original Message- > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > du] On Behalf Of David Jewell > Sent: Saturday, O

RE: [Hornlist] RE: Corrosion

2005-10-15 Thread Aleks Ozolins
But Ken, Doesn't putting oil down your leadpipe just end up washing slide grease through the horn? And then you'll have to deal with rinsing out green slime every month or so? Or am I doing it wrong? Aleks Ozolins NYC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] O

RE: [Hornlist] Fingerings, Singerings

2005-10-15 Thread Steve Freides
I'd like to add one more point - if you do not wish to sing, for whatever reason, you have my deepest sympathy but there is another thing you can try that involves only your horn: Do not buy music, just think of a song you know "by ear" - a children's song like Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, a fol

Re: [Hornlist] Fingerings, Singerings

2005-10-15 Thread Paul Mansur
The late S. Earl Saxton was a very fine gentleman, a scholar, pedagogue, and a skilled horn player . He had several articles published on what he called "Hornsinging." The point being that one's horn can sing when played well even if your vocal talents are not very good. He was right. Ther

[Hornlist] Re: what the heck is it?

2005-10-15 Thread MUMFORDHornworks
It is indeed a Buescher cornet. In the early 1900s, Conn made a similar model which is sometimes called a "crossover" model because of the way the connections between the valves cross over instead of just going in line from one to the next. In the 1870s, Conn made some way more outlandish lo

Re: [Hornlist] Fingerings

2005-10-15 Thread Christopher Earnest
Dave Weiner wrote: Hey, here's a good exercise: play all your scales, arpeggios, and other warm up studies, but where you would normally play on your F side, play the Bb side, and vice versa. When I used to have a particularly difficult passage on piano, I'd practice it backwards. It forces

[Hornlist] Re:fingerings- historical?

2005-10-15 Thread MUMFORDHornworks
It's been my impression that the more years you go back, the higher the switch point was thought to be. I've wondered if, when the double horn first came into use, if it wasn't thought of something like the descant horn is today. Primarily a horn in F but with the Bb horn available for par

Re: [Hornlist] What The Heck Is It ?

2005-10-15 Thread billbamberg
Buescher double horns are very interesting, but little known. I believe the early ones were stencils made by Alexander. Later they had Conn make them a version of the 6D that, in my opinion, plays much more professionally than the Conn version. Very similar to a good Kruspe, and with unbeliev

Re: [Hornlist] Re:fingerings- historical?

2005-10-15 Thread billbamberg
Since suffering a stroke, I've found my Paxman 42 descant is egonomically my easiest horn to play, so I'm using it for all my playing. Most of my pro playing, many years ago, tended to be as a 4th specialist, and I was taught to rely heavily on the Bb horn, and develop my tone concept from effe

[Hornlist] Old music

2005-10-15 Thread Graham Jarvis
Hi Counting rests today during a rehearsal I noticed a list of music on the back cover of Beethoven's First Symphony (Breitkopf & Härtels edition). My curiosity was aroused and so far a google search hasn't helped. Do any of you know anything about any of the following works (availability, diff

Re: [Hornlist] Youth Orchestra horn sectional ideas

2005-10-15 Thread Michelle Fawcett
Awesome --- thanks! I posted to the list quite late last night, and the sectional was today --- so I have just read messages now, after the fact. I did take some motets and trios to play -- and sing! Nice to know that my singing approach was "on". If I do the clinic again next year, I will do e