English Horn playing tip for Dvorak "New World" excerpt

Here's a tip for the upper register I got from someone who plays the English Horn full time. It takes time to implement this as you need to support more with the air. I'm still trying to get there.

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Music

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• English
• Horn
• Dvorak
• No
• New World

[lennic95]

You're an amazing player as always! I'm playing the EH in my Conservatoire orchestra and we're do Ma Mere L'Oye (Ravel). It's a gorgeous piece for the EH but do you have any tips on the fast technical stuff in the 3rd mvt. I'm just asking you on a hunch, I'm not even really sure you've played it before! :) Thanks for the attention and as always for your videos :)

[simontai1]

It's been a while for me, I played this in school as well. There is a trick finger for the high D flat that escapes me at the moment. It may have a forked fingering in the right hand to allow you a better chance of getting the F. Let me work it out and I'll get back to you. I hope this is the section you are writing about.

[lennic95]

@simontai1 Thank you very much! Yes that is the part I meant. The D flat and that F never come out. Perhaps it's not a very good Cor Anglais (It's a very old Riec), but if you do have some tips I'll be very grateful. Thank you again for spending time on this :)

[simontai1]

Here's what I got. For the passage four meas. before reh. 6: use forked F for Db: 2 3 1 3 go to forked F the passage four meas. before reh. 8: use forked F and leave the left Eb key down throughout Don't shy away from the high Db, it's a pick up into the following bar. You can hear on recordings the note is not audible and it can makes the phrase musically incorrect. Hope that helps!

[windstorm1000]

so beautiful

[CharlieRutan]

yah thats the way to do it :) cool

[lennic95]

@simontai1 I hadn't thought of leaving the Eb down. Thank you very much for your help :) I'll go practice it!

[osverdennis]

GREAT GREAT GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!