(TMEA All-State 2024-2025 #3) Henri Kling, Etude #3

[@williamnabors5185]

wait hold on the etudes are actually chill this year. I’m screwed

[@bigbrainben]

Why are the triplets harder than the sixteenths 😭

[@mmababysitting]

i personally love triples and think there easy it’s probably because i play alot of triplets and 6/8 and 12/8 things

[@ILoveMellos]

I hate the triplets so much 😭

[@Stutix]

how all you have to do is say 1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1

[@genesisscalderon]

i have all city tomorrow..wish me luck

[@ggmate3870]

LETS GO BAE YOU GOT THIS BEAT EVERYONE THATS MY GIRL EVERYONE 1# HORN PLAYER, ITS A CELEBRATION 🎉🎉🫶🏽

[@genesisscalderon]

@@ggmate3870😭 i love you babe lol

[@genesisscalderon]

@@ggmate3870I LOVE U BABE LOL

[@SilkAnimation]

My goofy ahh still cracks concert F and I have to play this in front of 30 people ain’t no way 😭

[@jacobc4841]

Can you come to Texas and give us a master class 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@yatesfam5022]

reall please 🙏🏾

[@curdust]

oddly enough, this etude specifically i was able to do the 16th note variation easier than i was able to do the 8th note section. this years etudes are a lot easier compared to last years for sure, really happy about that but theres gonna be a lot more competition evidently

[@yatesfam5022]

same expecialy because i played the mello for 5months without using my horn so it was hard to get my fingerings right!!

[@curdust]

@yatesfam5022 i mean technically all mello fingerings also work on horn as alternate fingerings but clearly better to use regular fingerings

[@nismo29]

@@yatesfam5022 we are not the same bro, i play snare for marching and then i come back to horn for concert im cooked

[@ramO6713]

I like this one

[@georgH]

What are these auditions for, exactly? I've read about tmea online but its not clear, I only see to broad and generic information (Non-us here)

[@ScottLegerHorn]

Most states in the US have an organization that auditions the best music students in high school once a year for an honor band. Texas is the largest and probably most difficult to join

[@georgH]

@@ScottLegerHorn Oh, I understand it now, thank you for the explanation! (love your videos!)

[@mmababysitting]

oh no i live in TEXAS! its so hard as a freshmen because yk we play 2 instruments and i forget french horn fingers sometimes when practicing but they still come out right but out of tune🥲

[@Someone2464-]

The auditions work like this first the TMEA release the etudes late July. Then you have until early December to prepare these etudes. Then each region of Texas(Texas has 33 regions) has an audition and usually the top 6 depending on your conference will take the top 6 musicians. Then in the first week of January you have area auditions(Texas has 8 areas) they audition usually taking the top 5 or 6. Then they go on to TMEA all-state.

[@jakelolzhaha]

I think this is the hardest one.

[@curdust]

personally the 2nd one is the hardest since it goes down to that really low A and you have to do a slurred chromatic run back up to E on the staff

[@mmababysitting]

the chromatic part is the easiest part but i suck at rhythms so thats probably why i like 16ths and triples so much cs there the easiest to count😭

[@nismo29]

this is lowkey the easiest imo

[@Cleanstickindirt]

How tf are the euphonium/ trombone etude easier that French horn?!?

[@spazz7957]

Person auditioning for all-state here, what are some other etudes that would help build my chops for these etudes? (like practicing etudes; I find #20 out of Klings 40 characteristics pretty good to help with arpeggiated pieces (similar to this one))

[@mjojco]

I'm guessing in high school you were all state horn soph, junior snd senior right? Probably would have been as a freshman too but lkely made area.

[@starwarsjunkie7776]

Too simple this year. Kids will have to have to push the tempo on this one to really stand out and add a lot more of their own flair to it.

[@mjojco]

How far from sight reading were you on this piece?

[@ScottLegerHorn]

I’ve been playing these etudes for decades at this point, so probably pretty far from sight reading lol

[@mjojco]

@ScottLegerHorn Gotcha that's an honest answer.. Regardless if they were old hat or brand new you smashed them.

[@Sir2Fiable]

You sound better on your Schmid.

[@tap7750]

No surprise here- It's his horn and costs what- 3 or 4 times what the Verus horn is. A pro can make any horn sound good tho.

[@sharkyidk8584]

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[@8greateight8]

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[@sharkyidk8584]

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