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Mars Gelfo
Добавлен 7 ноя 2013
Recordings and thoughts on music making, martial arts, and life here!
"High Range Magic Warmup" at Horn Geek Week / Artist's Retreat at Thunderhead
Mars Gelfo leading a 45 minute high range magic class & warmup at Chris Komer's Horn Geek Week, located at the Artist's Retreat at Thunderhead.
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Ghosting notes in the high range? #frenchhorn
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To watch the free high range masterclass for horn: www.highrangemagic.com To book a free 1:1 consult: www.highrangemagic.com/apply?
How important is the tongue for #frenchhorn ?
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To watch the free high range masterclass for horn: www.highrangemagic.com To book a free 1:1 consult: www.highrangemagic.com/apply?
TCE is why you don't even need two lips to play #frenchhorn 📯
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To watch the free high range masterclass for horn: www.highrangemagic.com To book a free 1:1 consult: www.highrangemagic.com/apply?
Gigi's affirmation 📯✨
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Part of the High Range Magic course is creating your personalized affirmation to propel your growth into a healthy high range mindset - here's Gigi's! To watch the free high range masterclass for horn: www.highrangemagic.com To book a free 1:1 consult: www.highrangemagic.com/apply?
Training the tongue for High Horn Excerpts
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Ryan asked about exercises to train the tongue to stay forward in high horn excerpts, without having to actively rely on the mechanics the whole time. But there is no "exercise" for that. I did give him a "prescription" though. It's good for: - quiet and soft playing - quiet and articulated - LOUD and broad - loud and articulated To watch the free high range masterclass for horn: www.highrangem...
High Range Magic - Eric's journey 🚀 #frenchhorn
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Eric talks about his journey through the High Range Magic course. In his intake call he couldn't get past a G above the staff - by the time he graduated he was playing a high D. He says his biggest takeaway from being a member is his new confidence in his horn playing; congrats to Eric on his horn success and becoming a High Range Magician! 🚀📯
The energy that creates high horn insufficiency #frenchhorn
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To watch the free high range masterclass for horn: www.highrangemagic.com To book a free 1:1 consult: www.highrangemagic.com/apply?
Adjusting to BETTER French Horn mechanics?
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French Horn High Range ARTICULATION secrets - Trailer
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Watch the full masterclass here: www.highrangemagic.com/highrangearticulation
The TYPE of Practice to Build a New Habit #frenchhorn
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A full step forward in range & confidence, FOREVER #frenchhorn #trumpet
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Cognitive Dissonance on the #frenchhorn ?
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Horn Eumorphia vs. Dysmorphia
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Can Cheek Puffing actually HELP your French Horn playing?
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Puffing your cheeks while playing...is it only ever a bad idea, or can it actually help release tension? Discover here, demonstrated by High Range Magic member, Jane 🚀 To watch the free high range masterclass for horn: www.highrangemagic.com To book a free 1:1 consult: www.highrangemagic.com/apply? #frenchhorn #musiceducation #tensionrelease #music #brass
The best way to extend a squeal #frenchhorn
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The best way to extend a squeal #frenchhorn
Shirt Size Related to Tension? #frenchhorn #brass
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Shirt Size Related to Tension? #frenchhorn #brass
Using Qi Gong to get continuous breath flow on the Horn #frenchhorn #qigong
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Using Qi Gong to get continuous breath flow on the Horn #frenchhorn #qigong
Sigh Progression - the antidote to fatigue on the horn 📯
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Sigh Progression - the antidote to fatigue on the horn 📯
Horn high range: flat or bunched chin? what the pros do
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Horn high range: flat or bunched chin? what the pros do
Planning for EXPLORATION in your practice 📯
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Planning for EXPLORATION in your practice 📯
1min Neck Tension Release Exercise 📯 Applied to Horn/Brass
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1min Neck Tension Release Exercise 📯 Applied to Horn/Brass
☯️ Holistic Horn Ep. 5 - Rethinking Brass Pedagogy with Paul Tarussov
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☯️ Holistic Horn Ep. 5 - Rethinking Brass Pedagogy with Paul Tarussov
😅 The PARADOX of high B #frenchhorn #highrange
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😅 The PARADOX of high B #frenchhorn #highrange
Nate's Free Consult - "Stepping Stones Appear"
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Nate's Free Consult - "Stepping Stones Appear"
"Tagging" long tones with a DRUM track 🥁
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"Tagging" long tones with a DRUM track 🥁
Absolutly fault,people without lung can play brass instrument and modulate ,never figure out about one people ,learn factecheck , cognitive bias and science
Nice to discover the name and face behind the app!
thanks!! i still use the app myself :)
It also helps stretching the notes downwards without letting it to snap to the note below. Starting at the middle G in F horn, and then half step lower, using all keys. Then repeat, also in F and for all combinations, starting in E then C, then low G and low C. It forces you to relax the embouchure otherwise you snap to the next note.
Claude Gordon taught anchor tonguing, i.e. keeping the tip of the tongue anchored behind the bottom teeth. TCE describes anchoring the tongue permanently on the bottom lip to control the resistance of the embouchure directly at rhe aperture. If you make educational videos, please make sure you use correct terminology. Your demonstration at the end has very little to do with your "tongue level" explanation before. All it proves is that the vibration of the upper lip is the most crucial in brass playing and that the lower lip functions mainly as a control of the embouchure rather than as vibrating surface.
interesting, thank you for sharing. i wonder if you have any links or resources that can substantiate this, or describe where you learned the above from? since I teach and make videos I absolutely do want to get the terms & acknowledgements correct, and it's possible I may have misunderstood or mis-remembered when I studied w/ Jeff Purtle (Claude Gordon's torch-bearer).
Google Jerome callet/bahb civiletti. There is plenty of stuff on RUclips, but also the publications "trumpet secrets" and "master super chops" are great resources.
You can Google "Jerome Callet" and "Bhab Civiletti". There is some material on RUclips but thei publications like "trumpet secrets" are a great resource.
You are an amazing communicator. What you say is not rocket science but somehow you communicate it so well. I am currently doing a difficult opera role and this helped me a lot.
Great stuff thanks man
Air Attacks can be helpful in conjunction with use "tongue hiss"/TCE
It was Jerry Callet who coined the phrase TCE, not Gordon. Bahb Civiletti contributed. And the tongue goes through the teeth, touching the bottom lip at all times, always forward in the mouth. Before his passing, he changed his pedagogy, moving away from TCE.. Other than that, you have the basics. Jerry used to say, CG was as close to getting it right as anybody, but missed by a fraction of an inch.
Interesting, thank you for sharing. Do you have any further details or links that I can study to get these details? I briefly studied Callet's materials but when I studied with Jeff Purtle (who wrote the book on CG) it was my understanding that TCE came from Claude Gordon.
what horn are you playing?
Call it what you will, the work must happen INSIDE the mouthpiece. All the rest is support for the middle muscles focus... it's really just that simple. Nice high squeeks, but I have never had to play higher than a Bb above high F in a 60 yr carrier. Nice if you can do it...I guess. Nice video...
I'm sorry but what you're describing is not TCE. Claude Gordon's approach was very different from TCE. I'm glad that tongue level is working for you but it's worth checking the terminology that you're using.
thanks for offering this. can you provide a resource that supports what you're saying? I got the term TCE from Jeff Purtle who studied with claude gordon. It's possible I may have misunderstood or misremembered - I was gobbling up texts and methods all over the brass world. Since I do teach a lot, it is important for me to have the right terminology and credit where it's due. Would greatly appreciate if you have any links or resources that can help me to get clear exactly who is using what terms and how they differ.
Vocal temperament. The new millennium band instrument!!😂😂😂
TCE - tongue-controlled embouchure I believe we intuitively learn how to use our tongue to shape our mouth cavity to achieve the cleanest sound at different dynamics and registers. We also use it to create different timbres like cuivre or a broad open sounding tone. I don't see how this is the embouchure though as that pertains to the facial and lip formation. I do wonder how it is we can roll the edges of our tongue without affecting the sound very much.
I agree Eric, most (or many) people intuitively learn to use their tongues to shape the oral cavity and produce desired timbre & pitches. How it pertains to embouchure is that your lips (the reed) will vibrate differently depending on the quality, speed, and volume of air stream. "Tongue controlled embouchure" (claude gordon's term), describes the relationship between tongue and embouchure, that your actual vibrating mechanism is more controlled by the tongue. For me, I do not believe this is the only factor to be coordinated - so I don't claim that the embouchure is 100% controlled by the tongue. But I do believe Claude Gordon was onto something, and I honor his teaching by using his term.
Mars do you think you get that compression at the front of the tongue nesr the mp or mote at the arch near the molars of all along. I find that i tend to get my compression more at the molars so what i do with the front of the tongue has very little impact, even on trumpet above above a high C, unless i force my tongue to sit in front of the lower teeth like super chops style. But when i do the latter my feeling is that it shuts down the lower lip which seems wrong 🤷
i'm not sure i understand your question. generally to avoid bernoulli-effect style low pressure zone in front of mouth, i feel like I'm compressing at the front of the mouth, not at the molars (those may be involved too). Think of putting your finger at the end of a garden hose versus the middle.
Increasing the velocity of the air
yes while not increasing the volume
This is excellent.
thanks! did you watch the masterclass? we go pretty deep into the mindset stuff
@@marsgelfo I didn’t. I’m a trumpet player that stumbled on your channel. I love what you’re doing. Please keep spreading the good information.
How do you record your French horn without saturating the sound?
i think i just used a Zoom H6 recorder here, nothing fancy!
Back in the day i was an accomplished professional horn player until i took some lessons from a major symphony player. Was told i had a lazy embouchure. Ruined my playing and my future. Never could get my embouchure to function again. Oh well such is life.
interesting, sorry to hear that. IMO you want your embouchure to be as lazy as you can get away with and still sound good. If you still play horn and want to get things back working, schedule a consult (link in description)
Baborak lets his air do the work. Sometimes he lets his chin go up depending on what type of sound he wants to make.
absolutely he does re: air.... about "he lets his chin go up depending what type of sound he wants to make", what is your source for that belief? did he tell you that? are you inferring that from something? my impression is that his chin movement is more tied to the range he's playing in, rather than the tone color.
@@marsgelfo hey thanks for the response I’m still an intermediate horn player in high school… any tips on improving tone quality fast?
@@baguettelord9741 yes, 1) find recordings of horn players you love and play along, 2) set aside time in your practice to focus on making sound that you LOVE. don't worry about making it "correct" or 'good' or like anybody else tells you it should should. just play a tone, and see how much you can enjoy it, and how you wish it would sound, and allow your mind and your imagination to guide the sound quality.
Method embouchures are a leftover from the 19th century when guys were trying to keep students coming back so they could keep making money. When guys "show" you stuff on YooBoob, all they're doing is showing what works FOR THEM. I don't subscribe to any method.
Hey Mars, I’m really curious if you use a Laskey mouthpiece at all? And what model do you use instead? I play a laskey 725g both American and European shanks depending on what horn I play at the time. Great work! Love the video on circular breathing!
thanks for the kind words! Yeah sometimes I play a Laskey 775F but it's a little bright for me. Currently play a Warburton, i don't remember the model. Not much of an equipment guy.
@@marsgelfo same here! I just play on the Laskey because my teacher David Griffin of the Chicago symphony uses that and it works for me too haha. 🤣 all the best Mars!
I believe vocal temperament will in the future become industry standard.😊
Dizzy would be proud.
he sure would!
OK but why's no-one talking about that double B flat!!!!!!
My lowest note before continuing to watch this video is a pedal F#. Right now my double horn is broken so I can't play the F below it but I will keep trying to reach that F.
The F is easier to play than the F#. Just instead of pressing 123, press the thumb valve only. It will come out much easier and clearer because the horn is about twice as short
Did you just play 0:15 - 0:26 in one breath? Wow!
yep! that's the best way!!!!
31:49 time stamp for the start of the note accuracy talk
Damn, you're sexy!
This sounds so simple, but it's bloody brilliant Mars. This thought instantly helped me to an incredible extent. I'm not going to lie, I'm going to ignore you recommendations at the end re progression, I seem to be able to apply it instantly. Thanks so much for this!
happy to hear that Raphael!!! sometimes instant application is possible, that said I really feel like slowing down with building blocks can be world changing
On a double horn
I love this!!! As a horn player of just under a year, I find this so inspirational and my incentive to keep playing. My goal is to play at this level, and I think the motivation this fuels me with will help me achieve that. Thank you :)
Good Morning, Mars, and thank you for this approach. Having just played a concert that included Tchaik 6 (without an assistant), I used a combination of pooching out my lips and opening toy mouth wide (almost like a scream) to reinvigorate my embouchure. I will try your antidote and let you know how things go. ~Avrum
Thank you for pointing out that we're all different and differences in embouchure can be ok. It sounds so simple but I realized I was fighting my own body when you said that.
Incredibly high range but what is with that background
just my collection of AI-generated french horn universes. can't have a boring background can we?
@@marsgelfo I think you could, your chops speak for themselves… don’t need a wild background setup lmao
@@thegoodgeneral thanks for the kind words re: chops! i guess I just like my galactic horn universe background - everyone's got their style.
Thanks!
welcome!
Tounge is "doing it's job" you say. What "job" is that ?
What does tce stand for?
tongue controlled embouchure
Tongue Controlled Embouchure (with the tongue attack between the teeth/lips method developed by Callet)
As long as the air flows inro the cup on each pulse "direction" is irrelevant. Attempting to manipulate the "direction" changes the lip posture and therefore the frequency of pulsation.
i think we're saying the same thing, but you're clarifying that the angle ("direction") is mechnically changing how the lips vibrate, which supports higher or lower frequencies, yes? what i'm saying is that for most players, leadpipe angle changes throughout the range when playing at optimal efficiency.
@@marsgelfo yes. The state of the lips controls the frequency of the pulsation that matches the resonance of the particular insrument partial. Of course pitch also has nothing directly to do with air pressure or tonge position either. Not in a causative sense that is.
Is that Messi ?
It isn’t exactly Messi, but I guess he is the Messi of horn lol. (He gives great advice and plays great!!)
"I just need to know the piece, rhythms and tricky passages" I think this summarizes any complex piece😅 Good idea I'll trying singing through the horn whole practicing 👍
Interesting - have had the exact same coaching point made for singing!
Very cool - my friend and fellow alphorn player from Vacaville
small world!
forsen
some parts sound like that bit in variations on korean folk song
thanks!
Balanced Embouchure by Jeff smiley
@geminimusicstudios9197 I believe that Jeff Smiley is the one who coined the term "roll in" and "roll out" as well as "drag down". My opinion is that while he did us a great service by doing so, thank goodness these are now fairly standard terms in brass pedagogy and don't need to be capitalized or origin-storied every time they are mentioned. If you want to read my full list of acknowledgements & credit for the system of high range liberation that I teach, and why I don't mention Balanced Embouchure every time I make content, please see this public post: facebook.com/groups/936224677134174/permalink/1258636548226317/
Looks like sorcery to me... I am a violinist)
haha it FEELS like sorcery to me when I do it :)
What is that mouthpiece?? Looks somewhat familiar. Stork?