Greetings from Prescott, AZ! I bought a single Bb horn off eBay a while back and the brand name engraved on the bell reads "Academy." Good little inexpensive...
Hi group , My name is Steve , I have recently picked up the horn again (about a year ago) after a long absence (around 10 years), and loving it , still trying...
Sort of like buying a 1964 Chevy with 283 and Powerglide: You can bet it came from the factory that way, because that set up isn't worth the effort to...
... That's the way to do it. ... That isn't *necessarily* a problem - it might be that your front teeth aren't precisely centered, in which case you do that is...
Jonathan West
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Jul 1, 2008 2:44 pm
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About 8 years ago I also picked up the horn again after 10 years of not playing. I didn't get a teacher until I'd already established 6 years of bad habits. It...
Thanks for the info , you are right about my teeth , my bottom teeth are very much of centre (feel like a freak now lol) thanks, ill stop moving the Jaw and...
Thanks I'm playing nearly a year now again, My Teacher gave me very much the same advise that you have given me, One of the first things i did buy was a BERP...
Again, a teacher is in the best position--in all senses <g>--to advise you on this. ... the gap ... bit to ... This, per se, doesn't raise any red flags for...
I used to play horn in high school and was relatively competent for my age. Now, after 7-8 years of dormancy, I'd like to pick it back up. However, I have a...
I like the Bernard Krol Sonata. It is not as difficult as many modern pieces. Robert ... From: echen1112 To: horn@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008...
My dos centavos would suggest you might look into some of the movie sound tracks from the 70s till now (i.e: Themes from Star Wars, Star Trek, or something...
Bernard Heiden sonata Alec Wilder - lots of stuff with a heavy jazz influence, challenging and fun Gordon Jacob concerto Paul Basler has a bunch of stuff, all...
bernard heiden sonata... that one is good. it took me a while to figure out what heiden was trying to say musically with it. before i figured it out the piece...
48 Etudes by Verne Reynolds. Three of them together make a nice little unaccompanied suite. His duets for horn and trombone are pretty cool, too. There's...
... From: George Gorham <ghgorham@...> Subject: RE: [horn] new again to horn and craving modern To: horn@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2008,...
Thanks again and to all who I haven't Replied to , I really appreciate your help To the question about the mouthpiece Sliding , No it doesn't , Its only the ...
I just finished playing a lot of early, early Mozart Symphonies with an amateur orchestra. Going in I was sure I knew how to play the little duet with 3rd and ...
Thanks I will try that , When i used the BERP I was doing something similar for awhile but I Stopped , mainly because i forgot people were around while i was...
Nancy: Don't disparage 'amateurs.' Some of us amateurs are sticklers for such things. My first college teacher Nancy Cochran called the type of horn playing...
"But I am sorry that we did not play as I think Mozart would have  wanted." While I appreciate your artistic integrity and concern, I cannot help but reflect...
Amen to that! I'm moving on. Next it's Shostakovich 5th. Quite a different style. And I expect a few clams on this one! Nancy ... help but reflect that...
Greetings from sunny Arizona. Lowell Shaw has a wonderful little book called "Just Desserts" for horn with an optional bass part. Lots of fun stuff to...
Why? Why not expect to play it perfectly? Loren Mayhew Loren@... 001 (520) 289-0700 From: horn@yahoogroups.com [mailto:horn@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
... Maybe you can get the same 4th horn player. From your description, it sounds like his style would suit Shostakovich better than Mozart ;-) Seriously,...
... In such a circumstance, I would ask for a couple of minutes with him at the end of the rehearsal to go over the duet, and try to get him to play in a style...
Jonathan West
jwest@...
Jul 2, 2008 6:27 pm
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... help but reflect that Mozart would have wanted you to play it on a hand horn. :-) Would he, really? There were no valve horns in Mozart's day; he didn't ...
... The Edith Borroff Sonata (pub. Robert King) should not be too hard for you. Very nice piece that would almost certainly be played more often if it were...
... similar ... around while ... Go ahead and use the BERP, do free buzzing in public, whatever. You play the horn, which is quite sufficient in itself to get...
... You're in good company. Many a fine musician believes Mozart, or Beethoven, would have loved to hear their music played by 21st-century ensembles and ...
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