[Hornlist] High Low

2006-07-30 Thread jyhorn
Since Hans is on the move in NE Thailand with his family now, it could take a while to hear from him directly on this matter. This is just my impression (I cannot possibly speak on his behalf), but I think what Hans preaches perfectly makes sense. Listen to those “stratospheric” jazz

[Hornlist] Re: Siegfriedruf

2006-07-30 Thread William Melton
I think if you will re-read all of the message for LT in full you'll note his comment you cited were meant tongue-in-cheek (Bill Gross). Bill, LT's intended meaning is not what prompted the response, but his actual text: the myth that Wagner wrote the Siegfried Call for Franz Strauss is

[Hornlist] RE: Re: Recording (long)

2006-07-30 Thread Howard Sanner
Linda writes: Now I'm trying to research mics but am at a loss. I don't know anything about the technologies and am not sure of what specs to look for to record in a range of situations--from horn alone to full orchestra. The standard college-level text on recording is John Eargle's

[Hornlist] Re: High Low

2006-07-30 Thread Marc Gelfo
Hi JY in Bangkok, Thanks for your post. I am not necessarily challenging the wisdom that low practice helps high playing. I agree that a lot of very successful high players use low playing to work on their high register. Your scream trumpet example is right on the money. My question

[Hornlist] RE: Recording

2006-07-30 Thread Jeremy Cucco
Please, please, please don't rely on Google to find out information about recording orchestras and horns... There is so MUCH bad information floating around on the net, it's hard to sort out the good from the band and the ugly! If you're looking for a place to ask some genuine questions about

[Hornlist] Low range to high range.

2006-07-30 Thread matthew scheffelman
Passing from the low range in arpeggios to the high range in patterns such as the Farkas warm-up, will teach the chops to move into the high register relaxed. It may take a few weeks of the right kind of practice, or years Only with a proper teacher and many lessons will one learn how to

Re: [Hornlist] Re: High Low

2006-07-30 Thread David Goldberg
If you don't ever practice low to the point of fatigue, you will probably notice that when you do, your embouchure will feel very tired in places that it normally doesn't. This suggests that playing low exercises muscles that normally are not exercised. Strengthening these muscles has to