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 Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 6:19 pm
When you play horn, do you play on your knee or off your knee????????
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Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 6:32 pm
i don't play french horn but, lot of my friends who plays horn they play on their knee and off too.
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 2:50 pm
I personally like to keep my Horn on the edge of my knee, and my bell facing hand on the inside of the side of the bell away from me. i fell this projects the sound better and helps with intonation belive it or not. when placing your hand like that; the sound carries up your arm and straight up. Very useful on moving parts.
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Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 8:20 pm
According to my band director, you shouldn't have to lean in to the horn to play it. In other words, either hold it up or get something to put under your foot to raise your knee, so you can put the horn there, making it so you're not leaning down to reach it. I'm not a horn player, so I can't verify this, but it seems to work. Our horns have been playing a lot better since he gave that advice.
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Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 7:55 pm
ya all these things make a lot of sense. I think that for on your knee it depends on the way you hold it. But it is easier to hold it wrong on your knee (so that all the sound goes into you) than it is off your knee. I mostly play with it off my knee, but if my lips are shot and I have to play high, sometimes I'll play on my knee because it feels like I have more control over my high range.
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 1:39 pm
I keep the bell on my knee, 'cause my band teacher instructed me to do so. Also, when I first started out with horn, I was watching a DVD about it, and it had said to keep the bell on your knee. I've read that some people outside of the United States usually keep it off their knee. I'm not really sure though. I've never really tried playing with the bell off of my knee, so yeah. I'm just used to playing with it on my knee.
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 3:28 pm
ya when I first started, I was too small to hold it correctly so I had to rest the whole back side of it on my knee, then as I grew, I eventually worked my way to being able to hold it off my knee (been doin it for awhile now) lol
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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 6:17 pm
for people who have just recently switched (weather it was on the knee or off) what changes did you notice (any none at all, elaborate)
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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 6:42 pm
chaudblaze According to my band director, you shouldn't have to lean in to the horn to play it. In other words, either hold it up or get something to put under your foot to raise your knee, so you can put the horn there, making it so you're not leaning down to reach it. I'm not a horn player, so I can't verify this, but it seems to work. Our horns have been playing a lot better since he gave that advice. see I don't really know what I want to do, because my old teacher that I took lessons from said that I should play with it off the knee because when you stand up its easier to adjust to the change. However, you hardly have to play standing its easier to adjust to the difference. Also you don't want to play into yourself, and playing on the knee does that. However I find that if you play on the top of your thigh so that the bell is not facing you (so your not muffling the sound) and you sit on the edge of the chair so your thigh is elevated. That way your posture is not affected. I find it greatly relieves pressure. Has anyone tried this??? I need pros and cons about it!!
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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:20 pm
If I play on my knee, my Band Director tells me to play louder. If I play off my knee, then the sound projects off my stand. Either way, it fails.
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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 7:39 am
Musical Band Geek If I play on my knee, my Band Director tells me to play louder. If I play off my knee, then the sound projects off my stand. Either way, it fails. O.o maybe it's you who fails...not the instrument
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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 3:19 pm
lol well even if it is partly him we're all kind of set up to fail since the sound comes out behind us lol.
For those who play off the knee, in your opinion what advantage do you think you have over the people who play on their knee?
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Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:53 am
I played off knee for about a year, during which I had about four embouchure changes.
The nice thing about off knee is you can tilt the horn to whatever angle you want without worrying about where it sits on your leg. It also projects a little better, I think, as your bell isn't facing the floor (although I know the sound bounces off your arm, etc). It can be really heavy, particularly when you haven't played that way, and I suppose the weight could potentially mess up your breathing or something like that. What I've observed is you play off leg when you want to be loud and sometimes when you want to be particularly expressive, play on leg the rest of the time.
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:56 am
Kinda depends on which song I play.
Or my mood.
o.o
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Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:46 am
To get the best tone you need to play it off your knee.
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