I guess that I would like to stress that even if you "can't" sing, you should
at least try to sing through etudes and the like, it really does help
strengthen one's inner sense of pitch relationships. Additonally one can often
discover the most sensible articulations by vocalizing the melodies.
gt; Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 11:23 AM
> To: The Horn List
> Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Fingerings, Singerings
>
> I guess that I would like to stress that even if you "can't"
> sing, you should at least try to sing through etudes and the
> like, it really
, October 15, 2005 11:49 AM
> To: 'The Horn List'
> Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Fingerings, Singerings
>
> Absolutely. There is a reason most music schools require
> singing, and singing on note names or solfege syllable at
> that - it makes one a better musician.
>
The late S. Earl Saxton was a very fine gentleman, a scholar,
pedagogue, and a skilled horn player . He had several articles
published on what he called "Hornsinging." The point being that one's
horn can sing when played well even if your vocal talents are not very
good. He was right. Ther
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