Comments on: Traveling http://newhornist.com/2009/05/31/traveling/ Learning the horn again! Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: newhornist http://newhornist.com/2009/05/31/traveling/#comment-110 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:39:40 +0000 http://newhornist.com/?p=394#comment-110 Thanks very much for your suggestion. I can see how that would work if ones hand are big as you say. Unfortunately my hands are really small. I can’t quite reach an octave on a piano. Fortunately the last two nights I have been able to get hotels rooms away from everyone and have practiced without the mute.

]]> By: TonyS http://newhornist.com/2009/05/31/traveling/#comment-109 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:57:57 +0000 http://newhornist.com/?p=394#comment-109 If your hands are big enough, I spread my hand out so that my finger tips are curled a bit on the edge of the bell, and the thumb is by itself on in the middle of the end of the mute.

That way, I can still play off the leg, and move around a bit while playing.

Good luck!

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