Author: paul
Date: 1999-06-24 21:41
If the Greenline Festival plays and performs like its wooden brethren, then it's a pro grade horn with all of its capabilities and requirements. For instance, I can "shade" the notes on my Festival by holding my fingers just above the tone holes. It's a nice professional trick, but can you see how finicky the instrument would then be for sloppy fingerings for a high school aged player? This horn takes a lot of discipline just to play scales on it. It's almost too much horn for a novice. I'm not trying to scare you away from this horn. Rather, I'm trying to tell you the level of self discipline that is required to play it.
This is what I mean by saying a student and an intermediate grade horn are much more forgiving than a pro grade horn. The lesser grade horns let the player get away with all kinds of mistakes, but the quality of tone (sound produced) and quality of intonation (tuning) may not be as good as a pro grade horn. They will sound a bit bland and they may not play as well in tune. But for the younger, less mature players, these horns are ideal. They are build to take abuse in the field, minimal care, less than perfect fingerings, and perhaps less practice by the player. What's more, these horns are also significantly less expensive than pro grade horns. Make sure you consider all options for a young player, including the player's maturity level, ability to stick with a project for a long time, desire to learn through dull hard work (i.e. practice), and especially the thickness of your wallet.
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