tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534568135940084548.post986354430283606445..comments2024-02-26T01:48:07.140+01:00Comments on Flutin' High: Notes from Patricia Morris, Oxford '06Flutin' Highhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247994800560776502noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534568135940084548.post-54644053305192838202009-12-01T21:13:14.564+01:002009-12-01T21:13:14.564+01:00Thanks, I had the honor yesterday of meeting with ...Thanks, I had the honor yesterday of meeting with Pat Morris in her home. We had a very interesting discussion about many things, esp. intonation and articulation. She talked of some of the typical problems of coming from flute playing: the tongue needs to be much lighter than on the flute. Also some players pinch the upper lip down too much, thinking that will make the embochure smaller and more focused. Well, it does make it smaller but not in the right way. Better to think of bringing the lips forward to make the hole smaller, but never by pressing down the upper lip. This pressing also doesn't help intonation. She mentioned that sometimes you need a "spread" sound to blend with a string section. If the sound is too focused and direct, it won't fit - either intonation or color.<br />Another interesting thing she mentioned which suprised me: on a panel for the auditions for her former job she heard many fabulous piccolo players who could make wonderful soft dolce sounds. What she didn't hear was really good loud playing! I mentioned that that is also a problem I have in the middle and low register - you wouldn't think a piccolo would have problems being heard, but it is more common than you would think. She suspects it has to do with the make of piccolo (in my case at least). There seems to be a dynamic limit to Hammig piccolos for example. You don't hear this problem on Braun piccolos. Hmm, another thing to save for!<br />I was very pleased she was interested in my intonation exercises!Flutin' Highhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05247994800560776502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534568135940084548.post-4904289905935327592009-11-23T03:05:54.287+01:002009-11-23T03:05:54.287+01:00Lots of valuable suggestions! It's always hel...Lots of valuable suggestions! It's always helpful to learn more about piccolo . . . thanks for the post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com