To those out of school at young age & just practising horn: Do you really think, practising horn for (say) three hours a day would be enough to arrive at professional playing level, would be enough to prepare oneself for the profession as a musician, do you ?
I hope not. This would be not enough definitely. A real study does work only, if the student is integrated into a musical institute with regular lessons on the instrument, lessons in musical history, musical harmony, basic composition technique, instrumental science (about the different musical instruments), ethics, a bit philosophy, esthetic, Italian language, general history, chamber music, ensemble playing, orchestra playing, etc. This is all necessary. And do not forget to build up other skills, because you might not expect to make a living as a player in the orchestra, just because you have passed the tests in your school & graduated. This is definitely no guarantee for a job as musician. It might be wise to take courses in pedagogy or music management as well as to learn one of these music writing computer programs. Study music means a full time job. Playing loud: It is a false assumption to play everything loud in the section to match the first player. Your tuttist duty is it, TO SUPPORT THE FIRST VOICE not to compete with the principal player. All the dynamic is RELATIVE to piece, spot, room, acoustics, etc. If you have a little solo of one or two measures, be happy to get it, but do never try to use it to push yourself into the foreground. It is also a typical false assumption, that one has TO BE HEARD. No, ONE HAS TO INTEGRATE ONESELF into the ensemble & the ensemble as the whole will be heard. If your sound penetrates this ensemble sound by your obnoxious ignorant loud playing, you should build your own ensemble but never torture any audience by your anti musical performance. You would ruin the music. Supporting the better players in the section or the more important voices in the orchestra or on stage (singers) is a VIRTUE. You can go ahead with your self realization WITHOUT thinking EGOCENTRIC all the time. The performer is NOT the most important, but the composer is, the creator of the piece. Keep that in mind to survive as musician. Prof.Hans Pizka, Pf.1136 D-85541 Kirchheim - Germany Fax: 49 89 903-9414 Phone: 903-9548 home: www.pizka.de email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
