One of my horn teachers, Bill Caballero (principal of
Pittsburgh Symphony) had me practice "breath" attacks
without any discernable tongueing sound. He said it
was a necessary skill for a principal horn player, and
that it would let a player appear to enter "from
nowhere." He would demonstrate thes
Sounds like he's advocating a f attack. -AC.
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At 07:39 PM 1/26/2004 +0100, you wrote:
According to my teacher, a basic skill for a horn player is soft entrances
from nowhere, on any range, without using the tongue. He insists a lot on
exer
According to my teacher, a basic skill for a horn player is soft
entrances from nowhere, on any range, without using the tongue. He
insists a lot on exercise n.1 of the Singer book, played in strict
metronomic tempo and without tongueing. Boring, but it really helps.
--
Daniel Canarutto
mathemat
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