Robert Dickow wrote: > I have some nagging questions:
Let me help - although I really see nothing horse- related among these. (If you instead have questions ABOUT nagging - well, then, you really should consult an expert. Perhaps there are list subscribers who would volunteer a spouse . . .)
> (1) Does playing a double horn mean that you can crack twice as many > notes compared to playing on a single horn?
No, nor does it facilitate horn chords, because, alas, you only use one side of the double horn at a time. If you could find a way to use both sides at once, well, the mind boggles.
> (2) Do piston valves get better gas mileage than rotary ones?
The possibiltity would exist, were the horn gas-powered. (Unless you eat LOTS of cabbage,) the horn is air-powered.
> (3) Why do horn sounds come out of my bell instead of bell sounds?
Because the manufacturer omitted the clapper. You should be grateful.
> (4) Since cows have horns why don't we ever hear them playing the > solo from Till?
1. It's an embouchure thing. 2. It's a little-known fact that cattle don't like Strauss - some grudge over the sheep in Don Quixote.
> ...and if they *could*, would it indeed still be > considered moosic?
That would depend on how much they "covered" with the right hoof.
> (5) How can it be possible for horn players to continue playing even > after playing stopped tones?
Apparently they stop ON the tone, almost like being stuck. (Hence certain pieces entitled "Conzertstuck".) The skill of producing "started" tones has, admittedly, been neglected in the pedagogical literature.
> (6) Somebody said I might have a case for my horn, but the guy wasn't > a lawyer so how would he know?
You are confusing "lawyer" with "somebody who knows something". The two sets may overlap, but there is no guarantee. Has your horn a case, you ask? Perhaps, depending on how badly you've injured it.
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