Lessons 3

In my 3rd lesson with Wolfgang, I played Horn Yoga for him and he sat and listened to almost the whole thing.  This is what he said:

Ohms:  I'm leaving some slurs that are not perfect, cracked without going back and fixing them.  If I leave them cracked, then I am allowing for imperfection to be the norm in my playing.  Not acceptable.  Fix it!
Meditation/Tonguing: He said nothing and we moved on :) aw yea.
Flexibility 1: I'm not reaching high enough for the upper note and not getting the full interval, so i'm getting cracks in the upper slur.  I need to aim a little higher, and the slur will come out cleaner and the interval will be correct.
Flexibility 2: Going over my breaks is really difficult, the slurs from low C to G and then G to G are particularly difficult intervals.  Attack the upper note from above.  Think about it as if you're coming in on it from above, instead of below.  This helps push through the break with much less bump or space b/t the notes.  Get over the break with more AIR!  Also, if you think the upper note longer (don't actually physically make it longer), it extends the phrase and makes all the notes equal length.  Because you stay on the note the slightest big longer, it makes the note fuller too.
Trills:  Make sure you are paying attention to the harmonic series notes and not just the trills.  Make those slurs really perfect and clean and hear all the intervals.  Good trills.  Use a little more air on the way down, fill it out.
note: to practice the trills in En Foret, play the trills with crescendo in Yoga too!  This has proved to be quite difficult!

Villanelle:
-opening: without walves ;)
-getting little "grr's" cracks on the beginnings of notes in and above the staff, at a loud volume.  fix: use more air in relation to Tah of the tonguing. "It's not too much tongue, it's too less air." :)  Also, the vowels are not right.  The cavity in my mouth is too open, i'm cracking from below.  Use more "E" vowel.
-practice sections slowly to get the vowels correct and the attacks clear.
-don't play the end too short, just flow through the notes not thinking about making them short.

Thoughts of the Day:
-"never leave something unfixed"
-be picky with how perfect things sound (slurs in this case)  "taking care about everything" lol.

-"never be lazy with the vowels"
-More air over breaks
-look up all terms in different languages!!!!