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ecarroll · 10-31-2007, 11:19 AM

Matt,

As you know I started teaching right hand technique a few years ago as being integral to sound production for two reasons: 1) a quick stroke allows us the stay in the center of the note for a millesecond longer, allowing more time for the sound to bloom and 2) I started noticing that many of my students weren't depressing their valves all the way (particularly that pesky 3rd). Imagine what that was doing within the valve block to their bore size.

Back to your experiment -- which coins do you prefer, dimes, Euros, or Looneys? :)

(Note for those of you that don't know Mazzrick: Matt's a McGill graduate that's been touring recently with the Gustav Mahler Chamber Orchestra and will be in New York in January with the Lucerne Festival Academie Orchestra (Boulez). He's the real deal.)

Best,
EC

10-31-2007, 11:19 AM	#4 (permalink)
ecarroll Artist in Residence Forte User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: NH/CA/PQ Posts: 1,560	Re: coins on the valves Matt, As you know I started teaching right hand technique a few years ago as being integral to sound production for two reasons: 1) a quick stroke allows us the stay in the center of the note for a millesecond longer, allowing more time for the sound to bloom and 2) I started noticing that many of my students weren't depressing their valves all the way (particularly that pesky 3rd). Imagine what that was doing within the valve block to their bore size. Back to your experiment -- which coins do you prefer, dimes, Euros, or Looneys? :) (Note for those of you that don't know Mazzrick: Matt's a McGill graduate that's been touring recently with the Gustav Mahler Chamber Orchestra and will be in New York in January with the Lucerne Festival Academie Orchestra (Boulez). He's the real deal.) Best, EC