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rowuk · 03-12-2007, 04:17 AM

Hi ABCGirl,
a couple of things come to mind:
1) Put your music stand a little lower and play over the top if the conductor is having trouble hearing you.
2) If you are having trouble hearing yourself, then play a little more into the stand. The reflection of your sound will give you some clue.
3) Do not point your horn under the music stand. The body parts of the people in front of you at that low level only succeed in "damping" your sound..........
4) If you use a valve guard (made out of leather or plastic), take it off so that your hands feel the horn vibrate. Playing with so much pressure that your teeth pass the vibrations to the skull is not healthy.
5) Respectfully request that those damn woodwinds at the front of the band stop playing so loudly! (one could go deaf!)
6) Have somebody go into the hall itself and listen. It could just be that the conductors' position was not a place with a balanced sound but the hall was OK.
7) Last resort? Play at your normal musically acceptable volume, but turn blue in the face to make the conductor think that you are playing louder! I have used this trick several times to great advantage

03-12-2007, 04:17 AM	#2 (permalink)
rowuk Moderator Fortissimo User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 4,374	Re: Vanishing Music.... Yikes! Hi ABCGirl, a couple of things come to mind: 1) Put your music stand a little lower and play over the top if the conductor is having trouble hearing you. 2) If you are having trouble hearing yourself, then play a little more into the stand. The reflection of your sound will give you some clue. 3) Do not point your horn under the music stand. The body parts of the people in front of you at that low level only succeed in "damping" your sound.......... 4) If you use a valve guard (made out of leather or plastic), take it off so that your hands feel the horn vibrate. Playing with so much pressure that your teeth pass the vibrations to the skull is not healthy. 5) Respectfully request that those damn woodwinds at the front of the band stop playing so loudly! (one could go deaf!) 6) Have somebody go into the hall itself and listen. It could just be that the conductors' position was not a place with a balanced sound but the hall was OK. 7) Last resort? Play at your normal musically acceptable volume, but turn blue in the face to make the conductor think that you are playing louder! I have used this trick several times to great advantage __________________ Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.