Some Of Your Favorite Trumpet Gals
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I am not asking who you think is the best, just some of your favorites.
One of mine happens to be Bria Skonberg, and not just because she is Canadian. I just love her smoky voice and the way she plays that trumpet> And she is easy on the eyes, too.
The video I chose is a really hot performance of a bluesy song she composed called SO IS THE DAY.
While watching this video I found myself wishing I was that mouthpiece on her trumpet.I have the lead sheet for this song. It is a lot fun to play.
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Very nice, George.
Here is a favorite of mine, and I am not sure how I came upon her music, but she is one of, if not the most Famous trumpet players in Norway. Her name is Tine ( Tee-nah ) Thing ( ting ) Helseth. By the way, I probably have more Norwegian blood in me than many of the performers you will see in any of her videos, just saying....haha, it does have a lot to do with why I like her. Her effortless style and beautiful tone have a lot to do with it, for sure.
It is also to be noted that I picked one where she plays one of Edvard Greig's composition, appropriately.
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Yeah, she is good, Wayne. I've watched quite a few of her videos.
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@bigdub Beautiful playing, beautiful music. We used to play a Brass Band arrangement of this in the 60s, and I recently arranged it for my local band.
Also, I included this piece in my collection of tunes "Music 4 Fun".
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@georgeb said in Some Of Your Favorite Trumpet Gals:
Yeah, she is good, Wayne. I've watched quite a few of her videos.
Did you watch closely at 3:39 on. You can really see the facial muscles from the upper lips toward the orbits of her eyes work as she uses the "phwoooooo" embouchure. It is a much softer approach to the embouchure, and is the most efficient from the concept of expanding energy for trumpet playing.
It was TIne that said in an interview posted elsewhere on this blog that "I do not buzz". In fact, she "phwooooooooos".
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@dr-go said in Some Of Your Favorite Trumpet Gals:
@georgeb said in Some Of Your Favorite Trumpet Gals:
Yeah, she is good, Wayne. I've watched quite a few of her videos.
Did you watch closely at 3:39 on. You can really see the facial muscles from the upper lips toward the orbits of her eyes work as she uses the "phwoooooo" embouchure. It is a much softer approach to the embouchure, and is the most efficient from the concept of expanding energy for trumpet playing.
It was TIne that said in an interview posted elsewhere on this blog that "I do not buzz". In fact, she "phwooooooooos".
I also saw her demonstrate the fact that she cannot buzz at all without the mouthpiece....physically can not get a buzz....
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Yes, I could tell she used the phwoooooo embouchure right from the outset. The shape of her mouth and lips is similar to Chris Martin's and have the forward push look.
