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What not to say when someone asks you for help!
Have you ever been told "it's all in your head" "don't worry about it" "it will go away"? This type of response is damaging and unhelpful. Hopefully this video will help us all gain a little understanding and empathy towards struggling musicians.
If you need help with articulation or breathing check out my website www.beatvm.com
If you need my help please reach out!
If you need help with articulation or breathing check out my website www.beatvm.com
If you need my help please reach out!
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Steph Smith's French Horn Snapback Final Day 60 Excerpts!
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Here is the link to the horn excerpts site: www.hornsociety.org/hornexcerpts-org Thank you for following me along in my series! If you want to hear more, comment below and tell me what I should play and like and subscribe to my channel. Need help with articulation? Check out www.beatvm.com
Steph Smith's French Horn Snapback Day 59
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Here is the imslp link: s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/c/c4/IMSLP675642-PMLP406545-IMSLP606672-PMLP406545-Mohr_12_E-tudes.pdf Let me know if you have any other practice techniques I should include! Like and subscribe to my channel. Need help with articulation? Check out www.beatvm.com
Steph Smith's French Horn Snapback Day 58
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Here is the imslp link: s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/d/d3/IMSLP321981-SIBLEY1802.22862.e71e-39087009886922score.pdf... Let me know if you have any other practice techniques I should include! Like and subscribe to my channel. Need help with articulation? Check out www.beatvm.com
Understanding the Half Nose / Half Mouth Breath
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The half nose / half mouth breath is a powerful tool when starting difficult passages. It is a gateway between regular healthy breathing and what we do oj our instruments. If you have any questions about how to perform this exercise/tool please let me know! If you haven't visited my website yet please do it is www.beatvm.com Here are the links for my other videos about the Valsalva maneuver as ...
Steph Smith's French Horn Snapback Day 57
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Here is the imslp link: s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/7/75/IMSLP637688-PMLP1022782-kling_40_studies_for_horn.pdf Let me know if you have any other practice techniques I should include! Like and subscribe to my channel. Need help with articulation? Check out www.beatvm.com
Steph Smith's French Horn Snapback Day 56
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Here is the imslp link: s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/e/e8/IMSLP506073-PMLP820184-Gugel,_E-tudes_(12)_-_New_York;_Sansone_Musical_Instruments,_Inc.pdf Let me know if you have any other practice techniques I should include! Like and subscribe to my channel. Need help with articulation? Check out www.beatvm.com
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Here is the imslp link: s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/c/c9/IMSLP315367-PMLP509414-Belloli-_8_Etudes_for_Horn.pdf Let me know if you have any other practice techniques I should include! Like and subscribe to my channel. Need help with articulation? Check out www.beatvm.com
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Here is the imslp link: s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/d/d3/IMSLP321981-SIBLEY1802.22862.e71e-39087009886922score.pdf Let me know if you have any other practice techniques I should include! Like and subscribe to my channel. Need help with articulation? Check out www.beatvm.com
Steph Smith's French Horn Snapback Day 53
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Here is the imslp link: s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/c/c5/IMSLP605913-PMLP972678-Gallay_22_fantaisies.pdf Let me know if you have any other practice techniques I should include! Like and subscribe to my channel. Need help with articulation? Check out www.beatvm.com
Steph Smith's French Horn Snapback Day 52
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Here is the imslp link: s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/8/87/IMSLP619989-PMLP995934-Strauss,_F._Konzert-Etuden_-_Mainz;_Eulenburg,_1909.pdf Let me know if you have any other practice techniques I should include! Like and subscribe to my channel. Need help with articulation? Check out www.beatvm.com
Steph Smith's French Horn Snapback Day 51
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Here is the imslp link: s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/a/a3/IMSLP675762-PMLP1084291-Mueller_Etu-den.pdf Let me know if you have any other practice techniques I should include! Like and subscribe to my channel. Need help with articulation? Check out www.beatvm.com
Steph Smith's French Horn Snapback Day 50
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Here is the imslp link: s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/a/a3/IMSLP675762-PMLP1084291-Mueller_Etu-den.pdf Let me know if you have any other practice techniques I should include! Like and subscribe to my channel. Need help with articulation? Check out www.beatvm.com
Steph Smith's French Horn Snapback Day 49
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Here is the imslp link: s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/7/74/IMSLP283785-PMLP460722-Blazhevich_70-Studies-for-Bb-tuba_vlm1.pdf Let me know if you have any other practice techniques I should include! Like and subscribe to my channel. Need help with articulation? Check out www.beatvm.com
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Here is the imslp link: s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/c/c0/IMSLP237093-SIBLEY1802.22164.378f-39087009994817score.pdf Let me know if you have any other practice techniques I should include! Like and subscribe to my channel. Need help with articulation? Check out www.beatvm.com
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I just change my mouthpiece Yamaha 31 GP for a Holton Farkas MC 🙂
nice !
hello ! at the beginning of the video, you put the water of the horn this way ?
Omg this helped so much I got after a couple of days getting introduced to it thank you so much!
Im just replying to my previous comment I got more consistently however im spitting constantly, but I got it so im happy!
Thank you sooo much for this technique, helps a ridiculous amount, may god bless you❤️
If i feel like im running out of air in raspberries and the sound stops, what could be the problem? It doesn't happen in tongue trills and lip trills.
no wait i need more explaination on "soften your tongue" like how do i even get it to UNTENSE?
You basically let it hang like its going to fall out of your mouth! It should feel wide, not narrow. If you drool a little bit that's a good sign. lol! :) Sorry for the late response!
Hi! for the last 20 years I have never been able to do this so my lower lip moves. It has always been the upper lip. How do I make the lower lip move?
In order for my upper lip to move I have to angle my tongue up and my lower teeth touch the bottom of my tongue when I blow air out. In order for my lower lip to move my upper teeth touch the top of my tongue and my lower lip is the only thing that touches the bottom of my tongue. Because my tongue is relaxed my tongue hangs down a bit, it doesn't stick straight out. I hope this helps! Sorry for the late response!
Thank you so much! I am trying to do that and it is not working very well but hopefully with practice it will happen! @@beatvm7345
Thank youu
Love from South Africa. Just found out about this today and loving the results but gotta get this hum down 100% cause damn this stuff is amazing and I have been a performing singer for like a decade...I am about to take this to a whole new level in 2022
Dang i cant get it please help!
I got it instantly, you are a life saver!
this is the real tutorial
Interesting exercise but now I'm going to clean my computerscreen....;-)
Hahaha!
@@beatvm7345 Just ordered your beat vm book , still working on the exercise. Keep up the good work! Regards, Martien de Kam
OMG this is truly effective!
Glad to hear it!
For me, when playing is not going well I need to step back and try to determine what 'playing actions' are not being achieved. That could be physical things such as body position, or lip condition, etc. It could also be lack of focus or concentration. I believe it is important for us to be aware of the various physical actions and conditions that go into 'playing well' - not to get 'hung-up' on those things, but to be able to recognize when something is amiss. If you don't know what's wrong, you'll try fixing something else.
I refer to this as my "inner billy goat". My inner billy goat emerges at the most inappropriate times. I'm sure there is a psychological component, but the manifestation is physiological for sure. And they feed on each other. I think we horn players are affected disproportionally by this, but I've been told if is an issue with many other brass instruments.
Wenn Sie spielen, hören Sie niemals auf und entschuldigen Sie sich, akzeptieren Sie es einfach und machen Sie weiter (niemand wird es erfahren). Du hast einen schönen Ton und ein gutes Gefühl. Technische Probleme lösen sich mit mehr Übung von selbst. Grüße aus Berlin!
You are over thinking but telling you to stop doing that won't help you but good start is stop asking random people to help you with a problem becouse there is high chance they don't have idea about teaching not mention about helping people that have stress issues good pedagogist with experience and will to help, not random people.
Thank you for your video. As beginners we are taught piece by piece, "flatten your chin, firm corners, vibrate lips, and do that in a tiny mouthpiece." As we progress, we add "pearls of wisdom" and hopefully improve bit by bit. Sort of a build from bottom up method. Once we become advanced players, we start to address performance issues, and IMHO the answer is "let 'er rip" and don't think too much about what you are doing. So if you are asking an advanced player, "what do I need to do" or "how do you do that", you are going to get an answer like "just sing through the horn", because that is what they are doing, after they've mastered the fundamentals. It might prove valuable to find a horn teacher dedicated to teaching or a friend who is a bit better and ask them. Most players don't shop for a teacher asking, do you focus on fundamentals or do you focus on performance practices. I don't think the subject has been discussed enough for most to realize there are different approaches, depending on the level of the student.
Thank you for your insightful comment, Kristine! I totally agree. In many ways, I learned that I grew up with a nontraditional education on the horn. I never was taught the "proper" step-by-step process until I made it to a conservatory. I was constantly told I was a "free spirit" on the horn and that I needed to "contain" myself. Like you said I didn't shop around for my teacher and did end up with my teacher by "default" which is another story for another time (but another subject that should be discussed as a community. I was discouraged to play horn from a prospective teacher without even playing for him!). The teacher I had was extremely technical. And while that may work for some, it created more issues for me in the long run. How do we help young high school students understand what kind of teacher they need?
"Don't worry, you'll get it next time." and you don't. oof.
The worst!
Nice video, this idea helped me with my practice this week 😀
I am glad it helped you!!
You are my Horn Hero! I'll use these videos for years to come. Thank you!
Thanks! Wishing you the best!
Steph, I have so enjoyed watching not just your progress but learning quite a bit about practicing. Thank you so much for doing this and working through the episodes is such a wonderful resource. All the best!
Thank you so much! I am glad you enjoyed it!
Those pesky key signatures. I have my community band charts "decorated" with yellow highlighter especially for key and time signature changes. Don't you know, as I'm playing I completely miss those reminders, at least the first time around :) :) :)
Nice following along Steph! great video & Series of videos, especially for those of us who have or are still dealing with VM!! (for those who have never suffered from VM, consider yourself lucky, some of us here don‘t know what it is like to play certain simple attacks without anxiety.. and that even after decades of professional playing!)
Thanks! For a long time I thought I would have to accept using breath attacks for everything. 🤣 It feels great to be getting back into shape without fear of getting "stuck."
I really like this one. Good job getting it done.
Me too It was pretty fun!
Back to here from flutter and I got a brief raspberry. Oh, I'm becoming quite a genius of this stuff!
OMG, I was just watching your raspberry vid again then switched here and I did get a couple of brief, singing flutter tones! Thank you.
and I just did a couple on the Horn. Yes, this is crazy-out-there, but in a wonderful way.
That is great! I am thrilled to hear about your progress!
Wow, that was beautiful. I tried to play it and I sounded just like you, except, not at all :) Thank you!
Thank you! I am sure you sounded great!
I’m going to try cold singing before playing. I do sing a bit but usually give myself a reference pitch. Are you aiming to do 100 of these? Cold garage practice = committed 👏
That's awesome! Yeah cold singing really helps out those first notes and prevents accuracy accidents! 🤣 I am doing 60 days to make sure that the habit is there (that's how long they sayyyy it takes to build a habit. Lol).
@@beatvm7345 almost there then!
Keep on keepin' on!
Hi Steph, congrats on your project! And Best of luck! How many days do you plan to record your playing and practicing? Is there a time-frame? I am enjoying them..congrats!
Thanks! Yeah for 60 days. They say that's how long it takes to build a habit.
@@beatvm7345 thanks and good luck! You're sounding good!
Belated Merry Christmas!
Thank you! Belated Merry Christmas to you too!
Good job Steph... !
Thank you!!
I'm really enjoying this series and I will start copying you, at a slower tempo, and including the flutter tongue. Like a master class for me. Thank you!
I am glad you are enjoying them! Let me know how it goes!
I love Raspberry Sounds like this 1:13
Oh, that's sounding soooo good!
Thank you!
Nice Steph!! It's great to hear your thought process when practicing and the tools you use to fix it. Bravo!!
Thanks Alex! I hope you are doing well!!!
you’re adorable
Thank you and happy Thangsgiving!
Thank you, maestra.
You are very welcome!
Good stuff. Lots for me to work on. How about a segment on the value of playing long tones, etc. at ppp? Feel better!
Thats a great idea! I will definitely add that in!
I definitely just spent a lot of time trying to get air to come out from under my tongue 👅
Hahaha did you get it?
@@beatvm7345 no, if I can get any air out it’s accompanied by a lot of spit. Most of it tends to form an air pocket behind my top lip.
@@Ives831 check out the reply I sent to Ulrik. I think that might help.
Great video! My buzz is on the top lip.. any tips to loosen the root of the tongue to get the underlip going?
I've been thinking about this a lot. I actually think the middle of the tongue has to touch the roof of the mouth to blow underneath. So if you imagine your tongue is like a cupped hand. The back of the tongue is low, the middle is cupped high, and the tip of the tongue is sticking out low.
me too
@@beatvm7345 Not quite there, yet, but this last tip feels like I'm closer. Thank you, granddaughter (I've adopted you with apologies to your actual grandparents).
This is gonna take some work.
Right?? It is totally worth it. Once you can do it reliably, try raspberry tongue humming a passage and then play the passage right after. You will hear how great it sounds and how easy it feels.
@@beatvm7345 I will. Thank you.