I should think that removing the valve slides would help. You could wrap them
and put them with your clothes. While the slides are not as heavy as the
valves, they hang out there a distance from the braces and would put a big load
on them during a bump.
Herb Foster
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This is definitely not a good idea. The slides can be
squeezed. It is not the weight of the slides ripping on the
main tube the saolders, it is the weight of the valves
casings the rotors. If removing the slides, wrap them in
airbubblesheet place them at a safe place within the horn
case,
A horn playing friend of mine has emailed me to ask if I can suggest a horn
player for a job next week (I've given her a number and everything's been
fixed up now), but I thought I would share with you part of the email she
sent.
She wrote:
It's for ..(name of conductor here)
Hey! I've played for that guy! Small world!
Fred
On 7/1/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A horn playing friend of mine has emailed me to ask if I can suggest a horn
player for a job next week (I've given her a number and everything's been
fixed up now), but I thought I would
Valerie,
You and I have much in common. I started playing the horn about 6 years
ago after a 30 year layoff. I found that when I first started my
improvements were dramatic. I would improve a lot and then plateau for a
while and then improve again. After a while the improvements were not as
Valerie,
You listed all the different things you practice. You
put repertoire last.
Most other instruments use a series of musical pieces
to help build ones level, not just etudes and
excercies . Learning trills is not such a big deal on
most instruments. Now that I think about it, it is not
Well said, and Mathew (me) will add my two cents.
I was fortunate enough to attend and participate in a series of
masterclasses with Berlin Philharmonic horn player Fergus McWilliam. One
thing that he had mentioned to the group of us was, focus on the music and
the technique will fall into your
Peter wrote:
I believe that another good friend, John Mason, may
have some additional insights into this title that
he may wish to share since I recall an earlier
Equiano thread that John contributed to
significantly.
Peter, et. al.,
I don't know about insights, but it's true that
The latest sentiment on this subject seems to be reinforcing the notion
of suspending hard work long enough to have some fun with your horn.
Please visit this little corner of my website, download the mp3 files
and the sheet music for them (the jpgs) and have some fun.
Hello Listers,
I have found on the internet some recordings going back to about 1948 and
onwards of the Mitch Miller band, can any body tell me who the horn players are
please.
Thanks in anticipation
Tony Crosse
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post: horn@music.memphis.edu
Tony,
Mitch told me that the horn players on Tzena, Tzena (early 1950's) were
John Barrows, Jim Buffington, Ray Alonge and Fred Klein.
On Mitch's recording of Alec Wilder's Jazz Suite for Four Horns (c. 1953)
the players were John Barrows, Jim Buffington, Ray Alonge and Gunther
Schuller.
BTW -
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