tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4749316170580143884.post5031485965126916337..comments2022-03-24T08:07:41.664-07:00Comments on The Balanced Embouchure for Horn: "How I Came to BE"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4749316170580143884.post-86676762172663389912009-11-03T15:09:51.171-08:002009-11-03T15:09:51.171-08:00Guillaume said:
"Dear Valerie,
Thanks for int...Guillaume said:<br />"Dear Valerie,<br />Thanks for introducing BE to the horn community. I am just glad I found someone as curious and open minded as you. Your energy to promote BE over Internet forum convinced me to try it, and I do not regret it any single day.<br />Moreover, you are always here to answer our requests and keep us on the right track.<br />Many thanks and happy horn playing."BEforHornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12118865086515094155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4749316170580143884.post-86874449587942738652009-11-02T08:25:16.176-08:002009-11-02T08:25:16.176-08:00This comment came from David Rogers:
Valerie;
I ...This comment came from David Rogers:<br /><br />Valerie;<br /><br />I expect you will enjoy this. Been "BE-ing" for a year with modest results. Do the RO/RI exercises regularly.<br />.<br />I was at my horn lesson on Friday and my horn teacher said it was odd I could lip buzz a high C but not on mouthpiece.<br /><br />So she had me put the mouthpiece on lips while buzzing and out popped a high C. And boy, does it take a different lip and embouchure<br />position (or feel) than I'd been using.<br />.<br />Hmm, this is how one is supposed to approach the Roll-in exercise and I'd been doing that, but apparently not quite right.<br />.<br />So today I played RI #1 as written for the first time, starting on C<br />instead of F.<br />.<br />What a laugh!<br /><br />Thanks!! <br /><br />DavidBEforHornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12118865086515094155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4749316170580143884.post-25664178087912497022009-10-31T17:57:47.070-07:002009-10-31T17:57:47.070-07:00X,
I like your Blog, very encouraging and motiva...X, <br /><br />I like your Blog, very encouraging and motivating!<br /><br />You're very clever and very keen - and very pretty.<br /><br />I couldn't find a way to write this on the Blog.<br /><br />Well done Wells!<br /><br />John<br /><br /><br />http://www.spinalcorrectivetherapy.co.uk/ <br />http://www.johnroberts-james.co.uk<br />http://www.alternativetherapyclinic.co.uk <br />http://www.sjambok.co.uk <br />http://www.effectiveselfdefence.co.uk <br />http://www.personalprotectionpublications.co.uk/pub10.htm<br />http://www.personalprotectionpublications.co.uk<br />http://www.musicsolo.comBEforHornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12118865086515094155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4749316170580143884.post-29158238011629620662009-10-27T19:49:23.061-07:002009-10-27T19:49:23.061-07:00Valerie,
Great blog, great story and a terrific re...Valerie,<br />Great blog, great story and a terrific reward for perseverance! Well done! I wish you and all the horn players out there great fun and satisfaction with horn playing enhanced with BE. I haven't played a French horn in many years (in fact I never played very well), but I still thrill to the beautiful sound of a horn in a symphony. Keep going and all the best, cuz! You were always the best I ever knew! I plan to tell my nieces and nephews about your discovery - some play trumpet, some horn.Grandma Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08970128499080285036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4749316170580143884.post-1164198484741131612009-10-27T19:25:12.164-07:002009-10-27T19:25:12.164-07:00This comment came through private email from one o...This comment came through private email from one of my dearest BE friends, Dave.<br /><br />Val, When you start citing examples of BE success etc., please feel free to mention my dilemma(and my NAME if you want) and what BE did to keep me going on the horn. If it was not for BE, I would be out of hornplaying right now. It is so hard to maintain and/or build chops with age and health issues. I suppose I could be called the BE-lite guy or whatever because I use it more gently then others. But it is the single biggest factor in keeping me in the game. When I play and/or perform with the various venues, I think about the RI/RO all the time. It gives instant results and I can do things on the horn that I never could quite so well in the past. But of course my days of unlimited stamina and effortless technique are gone forever. Now I have to mine real deep for the gold. BE could bring other senior players back from the brink, but unfortunately some are bull headed and their egos get in the way. I, for one, cannot rest on past laurels and jaw bone about being a former hog dawg player. For me to continue at the pace and level I have embraced, is nigh onto miraculous for me because of BE. <br /><br />Dave, your devoted amigo of the BEBEforHornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12118865086515094155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4749316170580143884.post-6526869228480369842009-10-27T19:14:03.236-07:002009-10-27T19:14:03.236-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.BEforHornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12118865086515094155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4749316170580143884.post-69380870511398921952009-10-26T10:02:27.364-07:002009-10-26T10:02:27.364-07:00Great looking blog! Know exactly what you mean abo...Great looking blog! Know exactly what you mean about some educators being a little touchy and defensive about anything that seems non-traditional. Looking forward to keeping up with you here. One suggestion for comments would be your offering to let people just e-mail you and you posting the comment for them. For people that don't have a blog of their own, there's sort of a rigamarole of choosing an identity that can be confusing.Lyle Sanford, RMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312150272934828223noreply@blogger.com