tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8810592925338095630.post5601687357206465723..comments2021-06-10T10:33:31.583-04:00Comments on Music Therapy: Horn DiaryLyle Sanford, RMThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312150272934828223noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8810592925338095630.post-87036679348335517282011-09-28T08:30:48.034-04:002011-09-28T08:30:48.034-04:00Jonathan - Thanks again. Will follow-up, maybe ove...Jonathan - Thanks again. Will follow-up, maybe over there. Currently, due either to the steady tropical rains here for the past couple of weeks affecting the phone lines, or that solar flare, my internet connection is so slow as to be unworkable. Seems better this morning.Lyle Sanford, RMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312150272934828223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8810592925338095630.post-43566201739777236062011-09-28T05:44:02.270-04:002011-09-28T05:44:02.270-04:00I've written a more detailed response over on ...I've written a more detailed response over on my blog.<br /><br />http://jonathanhornthoughts.blogspot.com/2011/09/musical-decisions.htmlJonathan Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00527063732905729010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8810592925338095630.post-30988696530256229092011-09-27T09:07:12.065-04:002011-09-27T09:07:12.065-04:00Jonathan - Thanks - will come back to say more - r...Jonathan - Thanks - will come back to say more - really appreciate the validation on this.Lyle Sanford, RMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312150272934828223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8810592925338095630.post-24092722403143112242011-09-27T07:41:26.375-04:002011-09-27T07:41:26.375-04:00Having spent my early years on keyboard, there'...<i>Having spent my early years on keyboard, there's the tendency to think of a series of notes as mere switches to be flipped in sequence, but on the horn, more than any other instrument I've ever played, every phrase is more sculptural as it moves from one note to the next, with every note's tone and intensity affecting the next and so on down the line. And I keep being caught off guard by how an interval, of say a fourth, feels different up and down the range of the horn, whereas on the piano it feels the same everywhere.</i><br /><br />Very much so. It's not just from one note to the next, but even during an individual note of any significant length.<br /><br />You can think of the tempo (including rubatos), tone, volume, pitch and attack as five entirely independent variables which you can can adjust in order to get the musical effect.<br /><br />The number of possible permutations you can choose from is huge. And music notation only gives you the merest clue as to the appropriate combination in any particular circumstance. The dots on the page give you the pitch and a general idea about tempo, volume and attack. Very occasionally you'll get some kind of instruction about tone, e.g. <i>dolce</i> or <i>cantablie</i>. The rest you have to work out for yourself.<br /><br />And there is a lot of tradition involved - sitting next to people who have been doing it for longer and copying them. But ultimately you are there with the mouthpiece to your lips and an audience in front of you, and there is only you who can decide how the next phrase will go.Jonathan Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00527063732905729010noreply@blogger.com