tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8810592925338095630.post5684486500746088618..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-6940171213374964762010-03-24T19:37:09.528-04:002010-03-24T19:37:09.528-04:00Jonathan - Well said, particularly, "they can...Jonathan - Well said, particularly, "they can read the notes and still have enough mental effort left over to look at some of the dynamics and expression marks".<br /><br />I have a glimmering of a notion that the way the brain is set up so as to maintain and coordinate various activities simultaneously when making music, there might be other examples of abilities of nature and/or nurture freeing up the mental space to go after deeper musicality.Lyle Sanford, RMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312150272934828223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8810592925338095630.post-18346035441057997142010-03-24T16:23:43.149-04:002010-03-24T16:23:43.149-04:00One other thing occurs to me. by the sounds of it,...One other thing occurs to me. by the sounds of it, the Charlottesville horns are probably pretty good at sightreading. The effect of this is that even the first time through, they can read the notes and still have enough mental effort left over to look at some of the dynamics and expression marks. <br /><br />Each additional time they play through, they have already got set into their minds what they worked out the last time, and so have the time and effort now available to notice something else.<br /><br />You were doing exactly the same thing in the 2 months in which you were rehearsing before, but because your technique isn't as advanced, you don't learn it as quickly. As a result, what they are doing seems to you to be almost magic, but in fact it is just a difference in degree - they have spent more time becoming more accomplished. <br /><br />So with music that is well within their "know how to do this" range, they can pick up the nuances very quickly.<br /><br />The way to approach their standard is simple. More practice, more technique, and work at your sightreading. (It's simple - I didn't say it's easy!)<br /><br />Playing in a section like that is fun! Especially if the horn parts include some juicy tunes!Jonathan Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00527063732905729010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8810592925338095630.post-27158910696454469012010-03-23T11:27:45.825-04:002010-03-23T11:27:45.825-04:00Jonathan - Wouldn't be as far along as I am wi...Jonathan - Wouldn't be as far along as I am without all the help you've given me via the great comments you've made here over the past year. Thanks very much.Lyle Sanford, RMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312150272934828223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8810592925338095630.post-91180196477972034072010-03-23T09:43:56.256-04:002010-03-23T09:43:56.256-04:00Words are going to fail me here, but what I heard ...<i>Words are going to fail me here, but what I heard from time to time was that point midway between brassy and mellow, an amazing urgency within glorious tone. I had an involuntary emotional response to the "call" of the horn.</i><br /><br />That's a lovely description! That sounds very much like the kind of tone I was trying to achieve at the climax of <a href="http://jonathanhornthoughts.blogspot.com/2010/03/raising-tone-3-fitting-your-tone-to.html" rel="nofollow">the solo in Brahms 2</a> I mentioned a while ago.<br /><br />As for "sculpting shapes in the sound of the music", I also agree entirely. It can be done on the piano to some extent, but it is harder since no matter how you strike the keys the sound always dies away. But with the horn, even during a single note the sound can grow and fade, the tone colour can change. You have all this expression available to you, if only you realise what can be done, master the instrument to the point where you can do it, and most importantly, decide how you are going to use it in interpreting and performing the music.Jonathan Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00527063732905729010noreply@blogger.com