Posts made by IrishTrumpeter

Jellyfish have survived for 500 million years despite not having brains.
This gives me hope for the next generation.

Would you rather kiss a shark or a jellyfish?
A jellyfish. That’s a no-brainer.

@SSmith1226 i just love watching and listening to him play - my goal (posted here is https://trumpetboards.com/topic/695/new-player-has-entered-the-game?page=1) - an octave lower of course - is still a work in progress but I do like to "play" along where i can.

I think my version of play along would be more butchering rather than playing a tribute TBH ....

I only started playing during the lockdown, so while i loved Mr Morricones music, i didnt really know of Mr Giufreddi - I do now and i would love to see him play live if at all possible when we are out of this

@Kehaulani said in New Player has entered the Game - Part 2:

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@Kehaulani yes i was - I guess i am now learning from 4 separate sources, which is great for variety and if i am failing on one thing i can switch and come back a few days later..

Got up to high D working well ish at the weekend - which was great fun

@Kehaulani Thanks for the Advice - I did a bit of local googling and found out about the Music Grades thing - so I have ordered a grades 1 to 8 scales book and Grades 1 to 3 music book from my local book shop

Here you go

@Kehaulani Is was the "2 Octave Scales" bit that confused me - I did look up what an octave is (As per wikipedia) but it didnt really help.

I have zero musical background - no instruments at all growing up - so this is all very new.

@GeorgeB Thanks for the explanation and I found them on my app - I'll give them a go tonight

Hey George - everyone here seems to have an amazing trumpeting history!!

My music history began on the 22nd March this year

I wish i could spend that much time - i am 45 - three kids (15 to 8 ) and a job...

can i ask what do you mean by 2 Octave Scale? - I cant see that on tonestro - or maybe i do but its described differently -

Hi All,

I am not usually a poster on Forums - i think my default setting is lurking with the like button out!

Anyway still in lockdown here in Ireland and i reached a little milestone on my Trumpeting.

When i started playing in March I watched a quite a lot of different how to play videos and settled on the series of play along from Learntoplaymusic.com who have a 30 video series on the Trumpet for beginners. I worked my way through these to when the slurs started and started struggling quite a bit

I The also saw that Tonestro had improved the Trumpet part of their app and took out the subscription to follow their learning series. Their app is very different from the videos and has quite a lot of things lacking (To be fair its a new app and most of what is missing is in their development list).

The thing i miss the most is in the learning series the background is only a metronome, so I have no clue what I am playing. Its a mix of songs i know and stuff they made up themselves - its unreal how much easier it is to complete a lesson well after picking out what the song is!!

So i have been bashing away every day on Tonestro and got to the slurs which suddenly are much more doable which is great.

The current struggle is with 3/4 timing (I think its cause the tunes are written by them, so tricky to get into) Have also started on the 2/4 which is fun.

Notes wise I am C to C on the scales and in a few tunes - slowly making my way up!

Anyway yesterday was not a great day for practice and getting frustrated I went back to my videos - i couldn't believe it - i was able to complete each of the remaining ones first time out and pretty well (For a given amount of Well)

I really enjoy reading the advice on this forum - (I am trying to keep my high notes with less power to let my lips close naturally. ) - so please keep up the advice

@Dr-GO said in Re: Caruso on Piccolo trumpet:

How does the trumpet sound with the current mouthpiece?
I am playing it so rough at best! I am going to say it sounds fine to me - kinda in tune with the video tutorials and on pitch on Tonestro.

I have found there to be many advantages but more with the back end related to the gap.

Would you be able to explain what you mean by this?, i really dont follow you?

Thanks very much

Hey @barliman2001, I am curious about this. For a beginner like me, is there any advantage to be gained in getting different mouthpiece sizes now, or should I just keep going with what comes with the new trumpet?

Great video - thanks very much

@ROWUK Thanks very much for your offer - I am in Ireland though - but would still welcome any thoughts

@Gendreauj - hi - I had not thought too much about rotary trumpets - i can see online what the physical difference is, but can you say what the playing/result difference is?

My teachers, Tonestro and "Learn to Play the Trumpet" apps, are silent on the matter of which trumpet to buy. We are locked down till at least the end of August here.

Hi Everyone

Thanks a million for the words of encouragement and advice

I live in Ireland - should have said - lots of food for thought

Thanks again.

C

Hello everyone

Nice to meet you all - I am a new trumpet player and wanted to say hi and ask a question

My music background is non-existant - but on the 12th March this year (just before the lockdown in my country) I ordered a plastic Trumpet from Thomann.de - half for me and half for the kids ---- now its just me and I love playing it most evenings and remakably (for me) i am slowly improving - I really have never been into music so it come as a surprise to me, while locked down, that I have done this and that I am now listening to far more music than before.

But I am now at the stage where I want to get a metal trumpet and this is where my question comes from.

My budget is not massive c.400 to c.500 eur, but what I am afraid of is buying the 'wrong' trumpet for me or one that's beyond my poor breath control!

for example on the thoman site there is a copper/gold trumpet that they recommended would have a warmer sound - versus a gold brass which is sharper - the trouble is I really am not sure what that really means.....

So instead of trying to understand what each type of trumpet does here is my question

I have set myself the goal of playing this song by Christmas (fistfull of dollars theme playalong)

Given my budget - what type of Trumpet/Finish & Mouth Piece should i be looking for and should i go new or 2nd hand?