First Lesson!

I had my first lesson with Manuel Huber!  He's really nice and easy to work with.  He's 23 years old and is currently playing 1st and 3rd horn with the Vienna Philharmonic!  Crazy!  He's a really good player, obviously, and knows what he wants in his teaching.  He was very helpful.  His english is not the best.  It's pretty fun :)

We talked about:
Mozart's 4th Horn Concerto:
-Clarity in slight separation of articulated notes on the same pitch.
-Singggg!  Long phrases :)
-Viel Luft!  (lots of air)
-character changes and a darker color
-not making short cluck-y notes... give them length.
-evenness of 16ths, length to slurred notes (they get lost)

Mozart Quintet:
-much of the same
-weight on the downbeats
-weight and tongue in heavier sections

Words that I learned in this session:
-Bindungen- slurs
-Begleitung- accompaniment
-Bogen- bow (of a phrase)

Words that he learned:   :)
-Breath/breathe
-take a break
-separation
-slur (slow? sloor? slur!)
-rushing
-whatever (as opposed to: what is ever)

Nächtes Stunde: Brahms Trio  :)