[Hornlist] RE: Valve question

2006-11-01 Thread Adam Watts
%20archived%20files.htm Standing Waves in Wind Instruments: http://cnx.org/content/m12589/latest/ Hope this helps. Adam Watts ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org

[Hornlist] Music Physics

2006-10-22 Thread Adam Watts
would greatly appreciate any advice. Thanks in advance, Adam Watts ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org

[Hornlist] Re: Ear Training

2006-05-15 Thread Adam Watts
My AP Music Theory Class has been using a program called Auralia for ear-training. I'm not sure how much this program costs, but I find it very easy to use (the interface is a bit childish-looking though), and there are many different types of exercises like melodic dictation, chord and

subject: RE: [Hornlist] Buzzing without the Mouthpiece

2005-11-16 Thread Adam Watts
. Regards, Adam Watts Original Message- message: 8 date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 22:28:17 -0500 from: Steve Freides [EMAIL PROTECTED] subject: RE: [Hornlist] Buzzing without the Mouthpiece Adam, this article and your synopsis of it are fascinating

Re: [Hornlist] Buzzing without the Mouthpiece

2005-11-15 Thread Adam Watts
This whole discussion reminds me of an article I read on the Stork website about pressure and buzzing sans mouthpiece (found here: http://www.storkcustom.com/html/pressure_buzzing.html). The article seperates horn players into two types: those who employ the compression aperture control method

[Hornlist] Re: Band Music...

2005-09-02 Thread Adam Watts
While I have rarely seen pieces composed /for/ band that call for French Horn in bass cleff, my school's Wind Symphony has played tons of orchestral arrangements where the fourth, and even third, horns play more than half of the time in bass clef. An example of such a piece would be Carl Orf's

Re: [Hornlist] bi-instrumentalism

2005-07-19 Thread Adam Watts
My lesson teacher played trombone as his secondary instrument in college, and he actually advocates trombone as a way to strengthen parts of the horn embochure. Like Mr. Jewell said, though, it is very important to be careful when transitioning between the two in one sitting. I used to

Re: [Hornlist] Al's Tenor Horn Page

2005-07-06 Thread Adam Watts
My old director used to play with the Phantom Regiment, and she told me about the marching horns they used; they looked like beefed up, larger throat and bore sized mellophones, but she said that the partials were all much more consistent than a mellophone and that they were completely different

Re: [Hornlist] unbranded JUNK!

2005-06-26 Thread Adam Watts
You mean people actually pay MONEY for mellophones? ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org

Re: [Hornlist] Slightly OT: Playing two brass instruments, or two...

2005-06-19 Thread Adam Watts
I used to play jazz bass trombone semi-frequently, and it actually seemed to help my embochure. I also took up jazz tenor and bari somewhat more seriously two years ago and haven't had any sort of major problems. The only thing I've heard about doubling horn and a woodwind instrument is the