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      Which trumpet to buy?
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      barliman2001

      @fels said in Which trumpet to buy?:

      @flugelgirl

      I have opined before that you may or may not find your idea of the best horn -- you have to be patient and it will find you

      Thirty or forty years ago I was playing a Selmer Paris and wanted something better....I went to our local music store and played several "pro' horns. I selected a Bach 37. Payed it for the next 20 to 25 years. A Schilke X3 was available at the store and that has been why horn since. I still play the Bach, but do not like its weight. I bought my Courois Flugelhorn unseen on Craigs List. There are better (cosmetically) flugels out there, but I can make the Courtois sound the way I like -- it found me.

      Courtois instruments seem to have a way of finding one... my 154R flugel came my way after a trade fair in Munich, when the Courtois people had a few more cases left over than they could possibly fit in their truck. I was hanging about there and admiring the way they tried to solve the problem, and when I asked whether I could help them in any way, they just told me to "take my pick". And so I walked away with a brand-new case with - as I found out later - a brand spanking new Courtois 154R flugel in it - for free. Haven't looked at another flugel since then - it's that good. Few years later, Votruba's in Vienna told me they had taken in a Courtois Balanced in part-exchange for a new instrument. Would not sell as it was cosmetically bad, so they let me have it for € 150... it's my main big band axe now. And only recently an old friend told me he's thinning his herd and letting go another almost unplayed Courtois Balanced - he likes "heavy" horns, the harder the better - and that will be mine as soon as I pay the postage...

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      How do I begin to learn "jazz trumpet?"
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      Kehaulani nailed it - and since "The Goal Note Approach" by Shelton Berg was mentioned - and in reference to the question about "patterns" and "riffs", I knew Shelley, I took improvisation from him before he put it all in that book, and he emphasizes up front that the more successful jazz solo is usually 'a COMBINATION of 'licks' and 'lines'". Repeated licks can build tension, and/or create a melodic basis for the "line" to embellish.

      Meanwhile, "The Goal Note Approach" is about focusing on how chord tones resolve (how they have always resolved in the Common Practice Period), as opposed to, say, thinking in terms of "scales" or invoking the needless complexity of 'modality' in music that is, in fact, "Tonal, not modal".

      Those who have referred so much to "melody" are, in effect, saying the same thing, because "tonality" and incorporating chord-tone resolution is exactly how a "melody" functions.

      Shelley once showed us transcriptions of two Sonny Rollins solos on the same song, played TEN YEARS apart, and Sonny played the SAME turnaround on the 8th chorus in both solos, LOL So the point of that is that you will always be much more likely to "improvise" with elements you have practiced, than suddenly find yourself blessed by the spirit and muse of Dizzy and play something you've never actually played before. Not to say that it never happens, but you probably shouldn't depend on it, LOL

      Another thing he always said was "Listen MORE than you play".

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      What's the best option here?
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      @rowuk said in What's the best option here?:

      If the pictures really represented the horn, a buyer backing out is pretty lame. I think that it is a buyers market for a 2B and the condition (including the valves) would have to be exceptional to get much more than $300. Without knowing what other issues the horn has, I would suspect that investing will not match the returns.

      If that's the case, I think I'd rather just hold onto it. It plays OK and I can always repair and sell it in the future.

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      Four Vintage Bach New York / Mt. Vernon Mouthpieces
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      Dr GO

      Who Dey think could use more mouthpieces.

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      Conn 2B New World Symphony Ebay *No Reserve*
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      The buyer decided the bell had "too many dents" (not sure how he didn't see the bell condition in the photos!). He is now returning the horn to me.

      I will sell to a TrumpetBoards member for $300 + shipping. Thank you.

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      Interesting horn with nice engravings
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      barliman2001

      Horn-u-copia has some nice details on Keefer... https://www.horn-u-copia.net/Reference/display.php

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      Earth, Wind & Fire -- Fan Thread
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      C

      @trumpetb You can add to that Boogie Wonderland, Got to Get You into my life, In the Stone,

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      What a wonky instrument...
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      Things to Come
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      Dr GO

      @georgeb said in Things to Come:

      @dr-go

      Yeah, Doc, and I'd love to see and hear them all but the admission price...well...

      And again, my trumpet teacher for 18 of the months when I lived in NYC was a prior alumnus of the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, Claudio Roditi. The price Claudio charged me for an hour lesson... $20.00. Yes, my, how times have changed.

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      If you are 13...THIS is your standard!
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      J. Jericho

      I think I posted this https://harderbop.blogspot.com/2011/04/james-carter-ruined-my-life.html on TM. It seems relevant to this discussion.

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      Please Flag Spam
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      And it looks like the spam users were from...Spain! Ha!

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      Is this a Buescher?
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      J. Jericho

      @rowuk said in Is this a Buescher?:

      @j-jericho Yes, there are means to go around blocked sites. The problem is that the "free" VPNs are serious security risks. Even although I use a Mac with all of the proper security tools, after using one of those VPNs, strange porn sites can pop up in the browser.

      Good point; that's why I said "... a good VPN or proxy server...". I use Norton's paid VPN. Someone who should know told me that their free VPN isn't worth the price, and neither are any of the other free ones.

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      TrumpetBoards Moving Servers this Week -- Expect Disruptions.
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      @j-jericho said in TrumpetBoards Moving Servers this Week -- Expect Disruptions.:

      @bigdub said

      It did not work. There were no disruptions as promised.

      FWIW - The next time I went to the TB website after liking your comment, I encountered Server Error. 🤨

      I never made the disclaimer

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      Funny story that's sort of trumpet related...
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      Seth of Lagos

      @dale-proctor said in Funny story that's sort of trumpet related...:

      I sat next to John Williams in a trumpet section years ago. No, not that John Williams…lol

      A few years before Brassed Off, my concert band had the honour of playing a set directly after Grimethorpe had given an absolutely spellbinding, vituoso performance of the Lohengrin Prelude.

      So I duly settled into the chair just vacated by THE Alan Morrison :

      ... and launched into Girl from Ipanema.

      And that, my dear friends, is the very definition of the phrase 'from the sublime to the ridiculous'.

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      FS: Vintage Conn 2B New World Symphony
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      Very sad news out of New Orleans
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      @administrator

      A very touching and a very sad story as well.

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      What is this Conn?
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      bobmiller1969

      @dale-proctor Looks like it was definitely the photo. The engraving looks great in this one. Beautiful! -Bob

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      Bach 43* (Lightweight Bell) -- $700
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      SOLD - 9/8/21

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      NOT a didgeridoo?!
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      @administrator
      A) It is nothing like a didgeridoo - which, in fact, is just a wooden tube hollowed out by termites, without a proper mouthpiece (the end of the tube is rounded off for comfort)
      b) Technically, it is a cornet (because of the conical shape of the bore).
      And, to finish off, it is a Tibetan temple trumpet, the use of which is now prohibited due to Chinese rule in Tibet. Any such trumpets seized are sold off to collectors in the West...

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      Latest Steal
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      @coolerdave said in Latest Steal:

      My first Bach was a 43* my graduation present.. probably 1973 ... didn't know they made different models when I bought it... some guy at Sam Ash brought me in a room with 20 Bachs.. said find the one you like. Nice find!

      Coolerdave, great to have you here!

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