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Horn and Trumpet Pedagogy. ISU Summer Band Director’s Workshop David W. Snyder. Horn Equipment. Double vs Single Horns Switch as soon as possible Good brands Conn 8-D (Vintage)- $6500 Conn 8-D -$4169 Holton 179 or 180- $3979 Yamaha 667-$4091. Horn Equipment Problems.
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Horn and Trumpet Pedagogy ISU Summer Band Director’s Workshop David W. Snyder
Horn Equipment • Double vs Single Horns • Switch as soon as possible • Good brands • Conn 8-D (Vintage)- $6500 • Conn 8-D -$4169 • Holton 179 or 180- $3979 • Yamaha 667-$4091
Horn Equipment Problems • Stuck valves and tuning slides • Penetrating oil • Move valve arm on back rotor • Oil valves at the rotors NOT the tuning slides • Water
Holding Position and Posture Problems • Student reaching up or down to lead pipe • It’s not a saxophone! • Lead pipe should angle slightly down from embouchure (should follow angle of the bite) • Adjust right leg height • Bell pointed in towards stomach • Playing off the leg? • Hand brace is helpful • RH is at 3:00 position • Horn rests on thumb and knuckle of 1st finger
Right Hand Position Problems • Hand blocks the bell • Hand not in the bell at all • Hand in wrong position • Hand should be slightly cupped; fingers together • Hand should be at “4:00” position • Knuckles should be where the flare of the bell gets wide
Embouchure Problems • Too much upper or lower lip in mouthpiece • Should be 2/3 top…1/3 bottom • Angle • Teeth too closed • Results in tight sound • Tongue to high in mouth • Results in closed / tight sound • Think “Aah” • Imagine a golf ball inside the mouth
Air Problems • Breath deep and use MORE air all of the time! • Paper exercise to teach support • Up close for low range • Farther away for high range
Tuning Problems • You need to know what slide controls what notes • Main tuning slide is always the first slide off the lead pipe • The F side tuning slide is the other one in back • Not all double horns have a Bb side tuning slide (Conn/Geyer/Yamaha 667 don’t) • Bb side valve slides should be pulled proportionally less • Tuning both sides • Use a written 3rd space C to get the sides in agreement • Right hand • More covered…flatter • More open…sharper
Special Techniques • Stopped horn • +,Gestopft, bouche’ • Finger the note a ½ step lower than written on the F side • Smaller hands may be able to finger a ½ higher on the F side • Don’t shove the right hand in farther… “close the door” • Stopped mutes ($40-55) • Lip trills • Should be used in all Mozart horn concertos • C to D can both be played open on the F side
Resources • Two articles by me out there with pictures… • SBOMagazine, July 2009 • Instrumentalist Magazine, November 2007 • Can access these on my website at: www.cfa.ilstu.edu/dsnyder/news
Trumpet Equipment • Cornet vs Trumpet for beginners • Yamaha • Shepherd’s crook • Good HS instruments • Bach Stradivarius trumpets ($2600-2800)
Trumpet Equipment Problems • Stuck valves • Loosen valve cap NOT valve stem • Oil the piston NOT the spring • Make sure piston is being pushed straight down • Third valve ring • Make sure they have one!
Holding Position and Posture Problems • Lead pipe angle should match teeth… • In most cases, lead pipe should angle slightly down from embouchure (should follow angle of the bite) • Coffee stirrer • …or bottom jaw should move out to line up teeth • Left hand • Make sure 3rd slide ring is adjusted to fit grip of students • Right hand • fingers should be curved like “C” • Thumb should rest in between 1st and 2nd valve
Embouchure Problems • Too much upper or lower lip • Should be half and half • Teeth too closed • Results in tight sound • Tongue to high in mouth • Results in closed / tight sound • Tongue position for different ranges • Oh(low), ah(middle), eeh(high)
Tuning Problems • You need to know pitch tendencies • 1-3 (D) and 123 (C#) are sharp (use 3rd slide ring and 1st slide saddle) • Fourth space E (5th partial) and fourth line D are flat • Top space G (6th partial) is sharp • Upper register • Young players pinch causing them to go sharp • Drop the jaw to open up sound and drop pitch
Special Techniques • Mutes • Different types • Match brands if possible • Different mouthpieces • Use deeper cup mouthpiece for darker sounds • Use a flugel mouthpiece with a flugel horn! • Range • Start doing lip slurs from the beginning (see hand out) • Multiple tonguing • Use t-k-t or d-g-d for fast triplets
What else?… • Questions? • Contact me at dsnyder@ilstu.edu