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RE: Favorite Cornet
@adc said in Favorite Cornet:
Nice. I can't stand to play a new (old) horn until I thoroughly clean and sanitize it.
I can't stand to wait. I play it right out of the box the minute I get it. Then I take it in for cleaning and repairs. I also want to know the before and after of that process.
After:
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RE: How Does The Theory You've Learned Apply To Improvising?
Well, since this thread popped up, I'll relate a recent occurance.
Last Saturday was the first band practice in over a year. Trad jazz. New band. Never met these people before in person.
For a year I've practiced playing from lead sheets and doing improv. Occasionally use backing tracks. But mostly just improvising on the songs. I start in a different key and practice that too.
I wondered how it would all sound when playing with others. The answer? Wow, pretty darn well. The pandemic has given me the time to work on improv in the safety of my own home.
Now I say, "Give me the solo, man!"
Any theory involved in what I did? No. But also I've spent a year listening to a lot of music in this style. So that gets internalized and comes out.
Would it happen if I listened to another style. Yes. Works that way too. Listen, internalize, play and away we go.
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RE: Traits that make a great sight reader?
I think it also relates to math ability. Rhythms seem to be a problem for people. It's not the notes, it's the rhythm. People get lost. Also having the beat in the back of your head that allows you to know where in the measure you are is huge. I've been in so many groups where a difficult passage means the player slows down and is immediately lost.
And then there is the reading text issue related thing. When you read text, do you look at all the letters? Of course not. You read the sentence. Same thing in music. You read the phrases. You see the whole line. No?
Or are you thinking of how to produce the sound and playing and can't spare attention to the music?
I think there's something like that going on?
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RE: Finally, I amd playing a Conn Trumpet again
I'll just stick with my Toreador. Have fun with the Conn.
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RE: Favorite Cornet
Sometimes the planets line up just right between you and the cornet. Mine is a H.N. White Clevelander with the original mouthpiece. I have two of them just to make sure if anything ever happens, I can play the spare while I'm getting the primary fixed.
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RE: Traits that make a great sight reader?
@georgeb said in Traits that make a great sight reader?:
@dr-go said in Traits that make a great sight reader?:
I believe the hardest part of sight reading is being able to count. What really trips me up the most is reading where NOT to play (the rests) more so than were TO play (the notes). It all comes down to the rhythm, the feel of the song. That is what I find most challenging regarding sight reading.
I would have to agree with Doc on this part of sight reading, especially the rhythm. I don't realize how wrong I sometime get this in new pieces until I am playing with others. Then it all falls into place.
I've always found sight reading easy. But with difficult rhythms, I still use a pencil to mark downbeats in a measure. I've had band mates try this and they were amazed at how much it helped. I'm surprised at how little people mark their music to help themselves.
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RE: Beware the Ides of March!
I was in a bar band in high school. This was one of the songs that we really played well. Very popular.
Oh yea, bar band, teenagers playing in bars, it was the early 70's. I'm guessing it wouldn't happen these days. Our lead singer always got lots of female attention. Bar ladies loved that guy. Only a skosh older than him. Heh.
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RE: Why not another thread about bigger horns ?
I spend most of my time playing french horn. Or as we like to call it, horn. Does that qualify as a bigger horn?
As for why there isn't another thread, possibly because players of other horns don't spend all their time talking about it online?
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RE: H.N. White Silver Tone Cornet Mouthpiece
If you can find one, the Cleveland C vintage cornet mouthpiece is very nice. The shank contour seems to be unique for that era. I have two of the mouthpieces and the only difference is the rim. I also have a H. N. White C mouthpiece and it is slightly different with a smaller bore size.
FYI, I also have Cleveland mouthpieces for trumpet and euphonium/baritone that work very well too.
I also have a King 7M cornet mouthpiece that is simply fantastic. I have it loaned out to a friend. These are much harder to find that the Clevelands.
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RE: Favorite Cornet
Second favorite cornet in my collection. King Silvertone Long Cornet from the late 30's. And on advice from its former owner, I added a Holton Heim Model 2 mouthpiece and the planets aligned. Great for traditional jazz.
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RE: Embouchure Dystonia
Good read and a very good site for musicians:
[link text](https://www.musicianswell.com/stories/2019/4/16/michael-atkinson-overuse-and-the-pitfalls-of-going-it-alone[link text](link url))
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RE: Favorite Cornet
Favorite? Not sure at this moment due to some recent acquisitions. I meant to buy an old Bb made by M. Dupont, Paris. No serial number on it, so I'm not sure when it was made.
As it turns out, the cornet is in the key of C.
Then I added a Bb Conn Wonder from the late 1800's. That showed up and it was in pretty good shape. Just got it back from the repair technician. Plays great.
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So that made a new one in C and Bb. I thought I would also include my Boosey & Hawkes Eb cornet to show the compete set. Pretty much have everything covered now.
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RE: More physiological than medical
Ton of free stuff here. Really good information. I would work thought all the material.
[link text](http://www.bbtrumpet.com/home-page/[link text](link url))
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RE: Mouthpiece issue
@j-jericho said in Mouthpiece issue:
I always find it odd and annoying when a new member posts a question (in this case, two), gets good responses, and then........... nothing! No acknowledgement, no more posts.......... nothing!
Frequently I ask a question of them before adding anything else. That is to find out if they are still there and paying attention. I also ask myself if the comments I make are to help them, or just to impress everyone with my vast knowledge. If it is the latter, I usually skip posting.
Of course that means the world is denied a huge opportunity to expand their knowledge base and be guided to enlightenment. Ooops. Maybe this was one not to post.
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RE: More physiological than medical
And then there is another approach. Switch to baritone/euphonium. When I play mine, all of the trumpet problems go away. Range is easy. Endurance is not a problem. The larger mouthpiece makes life no longer a chore. Here's the current goal for this project.
I know most people think switching instruments is heresy. But making beautiful music is making beautiful music.
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RE: Eb Trumpet Question
So you are going to sub with an instrument that sounds okay and you have many mouthpieces that you can choose from. And you are not going to spend more money on anything else. And the time is short. What do you want to hear other than pick the best sounding combination and practice?
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RE: Night In Tunisia, Double Harmonic Minor
Though I have no expertise, nor do I really have any interest in the style of music, I think that the OP is discussing the tune the only real way of talking about it. It is very technical music. I just listened to Dizzy playing it. I listened intently to the backing of the rhythm section as well as the soloists. I heard occasional melodic movement with the soloists but generally just a variation of the harmonies. The backing musicians sounded like just a mass of notes without coherence.
I play jazz all the time, but it is trad jazz. I just don't have an ear for more modern stuff.