Does anyone have contact information for Richard Rosolino? Three or four years back, he sent out a flyer promoting his arrangements of music for horn and...
MusicGalSls@... wrote: Yes! I get very frustrated sometimes with none horn playing people not understanding the terminalogy. "What do you play?" I play...
Greetings list, This is slightly NHR but I beg your indulgence. These types of questions are not relegated to the horn or the music world alone. I spend a...
Group: I have recently changed from a Holton Farkas MC mpc. to a Giardinelli C15 mpc., and have been quite happy with the results. Special thanks to Eric...
Metallic sounding buzzes are usually due to a loose solder joint somewhere on the horn. BUT, it might also be something else in the room that buzzes when...
"My horn (a very battered, scratched and dented single King 618) always sounds like it has fluid in it (especially when I play notes above the range of the...
We're doing Siegfried Idyll this weekend. Anyone ever circle-breathed the 2nd horn part? *************************** Great reason to learn to do this. I only...
I remember when I first got my horn and practiced it in the same room for a number of days. Everytime I played a B-flat, it made an awful buzz and I couldn't...
Karen wrote ... When I used to carry my old uncut bell horn in its hard case, people always asked me this especially while travelling. My favourite answer? ...
I am a pure lurker here and read the digest each day. I don't offer any advice as the highest level I ever achieved was All County (though I did that 6 ...
I use a G17 as my primary mouthpiece on all my horns, including my descant horn. It is my absolute favorite and responds well in all situations. Good Luck! ...
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... Snip! Hi! May I suggest that your maturity may partly responsible for the changes you perceive in your playing? I suspect that if you took up the horn...
... Playing in tune while stopping is just one more of the challenges that horn players face but if they are using their ears properly and have practiced ...
Greetings everyone. Another great option for a Rittuch style mute is manufactured by our hornist colleague, John Kowalchuk. I have one of John's fine mutes,...
To second that, I know of someone whose Ion Balu mute bought at the 2003 workshop is already falling apart. I've seen Stonelined mutes last longer than that.....
My sister recently purchased for me a Conn 8D manufactured in 1970. It had not been used for several years. After she gave it a bath, it had a vibration sound...
Hi Everyone, I ask rhethorically, where does this instructor expect you learn how to stop in tune? When your on a major orchestral job, where the music...
Even some professionals that I have heard play horriably out of tune stopping with the hand. Many of them use a stop mute to fix their problem. SO, your...
In regards to mutes for an 8D, TrumCor has a couple you can look into. I believe it's the Rittich mute. This was inspired by the former Principal Horn Player...
On this subject of giardinelli mouthpieces, where can one find a list of specifics about the model numbers? I'm currently using a Holton MDC. I'm pretty happy...
Paul, Thanks for the reply. My wife might have a different opinion of my 'Maturity' but I understand what you are saying. I'd love to play on a regular basis...
... My regular axe is an N series (1970) Conn 8D that I've owned since new. It also was not used for a while (26 years!) between college graduation and when I...
There must be caution on the previous advice on mouthpieces. Paul Mansur via Mansur's answers, said you should have a narrow rim and a deep funnel cup? This...
... How can he tell? If the horn player is hand-stopping properly, the conductor should hear no meaningful distinction. Does he have a multi-bell periscope...
I did an archive search and didn't find anything. Would either a Yamaha 30C4 or Holton MDC be acceptable for a young person starting off on an F horn? I ask...
In message <1115028959.805.35275.m17@yahoogroups.com> Walter Lewis ... Good point, but then he would still be out of tune with a stopping mute, unless he has...
I have two recordings of the Telemann Horn Concerto in D Major; Stewart Rose and Barry Tuckwell. They both play in very different and unique styles. Which...
Group: While not to belabor the obvious, the answer is neither (though both are proabley good interpretations based on our current ideas about Baroque horn...
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I am using the descant horn to perform the first movement of the concerto for a jury. I'm confused about some of the decorations that Tuckwell added in his...
Hornorphan: I have had occasion to take exception with Tuckwell's ornamentation at times as well--two different recordings of the Michael Haydn concerto come...