@J-Jericho said in Natural Trumpet:
Julian Zimmerman website (translated into English; also available in original German) https://naturtrompete.ch/en/natural-trumpet/ . Feel free to explore the rest of his website for more info.
VERY cool stuff, AND, the link opened in another tab!!
@GeorgeB said in Exercises for super fast tonguing:
The band I play with is doing a march called Colonel Bogey ( from Bridge On The River Quai ) and the last 66 bars of the march contain a series of four 8th notes played staccato in cut time. My attempts are spitty. Does anyone have a suggested exercise to help develop a nice clean dit dit dit dit.
In my younger playing days I never played marches and at 83 my old tongue just doesn't seem to work that well on the real fast stuff.
What arrangement? I've played it but I don't remember that being in our arrangement. You could go to you tube and play along with these Arbans single tongue exercises. You can go to the setting menu (little gear) and play it at half speed and the pitch stays the same. Here's an example. I would suggest "Tu Tu" for single tonguing.
I have an Olds Pinto in pinto bean brown! THAT is no Pinto! It is probably vastly superior to any real Pinto out there. 
@Newell-Post I jokingly posted on FB in a GOT thread were fans were REALLY upset about the ending. I suggested a Newhart type ending where a Peter Jackson looking 35 yr old man wakes up on the sofa in his mothers basement. He had been binge playing the Elder Scrolls video game. He runs upstairs to tell his mother he had a dream about a really cool idea for a TV show! She listens and takes notes. When he finishes, she says its a great idea and could be worth millions! As he turns around to leave the room, she quickly grabs a kitchen knife and stabs him to death. She maniacally turns to the camera and says, "And it's mine, all mine"!!!
They weren't amused.
@oldpete said in Detroit Symphony DSO Replay is free for a while:
That "Russian Sailor's Dance" in the encores section was very fine
BRAVO!!!!
@BigDub said in residue in valve ports:
@Tobylou8 said in residue in valve ports:
I would also venture a guess that he doesn't empty the 2nd valve when he plays. 99.9% don't. I mention that since the grey was only there.
What do you mean by "empty"?
Remove the bottom cap and drain it?
I usually remove all my bottom valve caps and shake the water off. My Getzen seems to accumulate a lot of moisture/condensation.
Pull the whole slide out like the Frenchies AND as Bach makes you do for the 3rd slide on their Strads.
From a collectors standpoint, it may be too modified. The leadpipe alone and not having the A-Bb tuning mechanism would knock it down a notch or two, but, it is very seldom seen. If it plays well, then I would proceed to make it flashy! The Vocabell 40B kind of stole the peashooter "flagship" designation at Conn with it's art deco styling. I have one and it's a beauty. But even the 40B lasted less than a decade. They were just too bright to blend with normally wrapped and tapered horns. Great for solo work and rock 'n roll bands even today. Duane Massey from TM days I think used one and maybe Nieuwguyski did too.
@SSmith1226 said in A little humour:
@J-Jericho said in A little humour:
@administrator said in A little humour:
I don't know I just think that giving the response of "I'm feeling suicidal today," to the cashier's question "How are you?" Just doesn't seem quite right.
Yeah... "I'm feeling homicidal." works better. It gives the cashier more to think about.
You don’t want the clerk to overthink this. Here is what can happen:
RrrrrrUSSIA!!!!!
@stumac said in Marching Season and Triple Super C:
I have one that will, you cannot have it because I need it myself.
Regards, Stuart.
Please leave it to me on your will, I'll glady pay the duty from OZ!!! AND, if you have any cool horns!!
@Newell-Post said in residue in valve ports:
...and what about piccolos and D/Eb horns where the #2 slide is fixed? I use one of these bladder things intended for flushing pipes to flush my horns. Make sure all of the slides are tight or tied in place, go out on the back deck, hook it up to the garden hose, stick it in the bell, and give the horn a good flush. Press the valves, and you flush all of the slides and valve ports. Before flushing, I usually use the snake brush on the lead pipe and main slide, and a 28 gauge shotgun swab on the valve casings. Then a good thorough flush of the whole horn is the last step before lubricating. Of course, I live in the Peoples Republic of California where I can do this outdoors on the back deck all year round...
YIKES!!!!! I know that works but the metal tip would make me think twice. I use this, AND you're correct about making sure the slides are secure. I've heard things, terrible things, things too terrible to mention.
I can't remember, so I use lots of pressure so I can see were it is supposed to go! Seriously, I'm a boring old 1/3, 2/3 guy like most of us. It feels like it's centered, but I don't think it is!
@N1684T said in Marching Season and Triple Super C:
No, no, no. The Triple SUPER C! Not to be confused with the SUPER DUPER C;)
Just making fun of youngsters questions in the past. I remember a guy who argued with Rowuk about a Double C being a "Super" C, etc.
For real! Clyde Hunt has the best explanation in his "Sailing the 7 C's"! I was taught that high C was double high by a trombonist director. 
https://www.bflatmusic.com/sevencs.html
Appears to be a transitional model with the mixed brass and silver/nickel slides! Nice cornet!
I just went and listened to Mr. Braff. I would call it style. It's his style and old recordings and "newer" stuff have it and it's pretty consistent throughout. If he didn't use it, I would be surprised.
@Kehaulani said in Monetization of/for TrumpetBoards:
Guys, no offense intended, but I think this forum has to elevate itself a little bit above just jokes and pretty pictures before it would be taken seriously enough to justify outside financial support.
So you're saying there is no market for recreational trumpeters? I would disagree. Many makers of trumpet stuff, I won't name names because I don't want to start and brand war, cater to the "recreational" player. I liken it fishing. I was given 100's of fishing lures of every type imaginable by a friend. I asked him which ones worked. He wryly smiled and said, "They all worked". I said, "Really"? "I bought them didn't I", was his response?
This site is still new and growing and is a welcome relief over the stodginess of oTHer trumpet related sites.
I have 2 black cornet pieces and they work just fine. I used one tonight to "play" a buddies Kanstul Piccolo. He had the A pipe in it. I was lost, but the mpc was okay. He said I did well to even make a sound having never played one. Fingerings were all screwed up and the 4th valve was "in the way"!! 
It was weird for sure.
A lot of confusion as to what a "Dubba" C is for many. I find this coming mostly from the orchestral side of the aisle. It's what I was taught and seems to be a common thought with some at THe oTHer site. I'll post this picture even though it is small. It's from Clyde Hunt's Sailing the 7 C's. The C's range from C1 to C7 on the trumpet with C1 and C7 being the most difficult, and also the least useful. C2 and C6 (HOLY GRAIL DOUBLE C!!!) are also pretty useless too. I know that's sacrilege in the jazz/DCI/Big band world, but realistically, very few can play those notes musically on a consistent basis. Not that it can't be a goal, but unless you're the top 1% of the 1% of the 1%, you're unlikely to ever use it. I'm still gonna work on C6 though!!! 
Anyway, here's the image and if a computer guru can resize it and make it "cleaner", that would be great! Here's what I posted over THere. One guy over there boasted of a "double" G. Maynard could play a double G, but I don't know if he ever did it for a tune!
Yeah, I saw that and it dovetailed from another thread on what dubba C was. The OP even suggested his range go to quad C!! I just chuckled. The "C"s range from C1-C7 and that's all for the trumpet. Very few have EVER hit C7 and this guy was suggesting C8!!! If you learned that "high" C is dubba "C", you were taught wrong. It's sounds impressive, until you have to play it. High C is C5, dubba C ic C6. You can call C5 a quint C, but it's still C5.
@Dr-GO said in How do you feel about vibrato?:
@Tobylou8 said in How do you feel about vibrato?:
My voice teacher from decades ago said it was not natural unless one had poor breath control! She preached the "Circle of Breath" 25+ years ago!
In listening to Timofei Dokschitzer, I can safely say he does not have poor breath control. And I would say sets an amazing example of "Circle of Breath". Perhaps, just perhaps, your voice teacher was giving you a lot of vibrato?!
Not a chance. She was talking about singing. Vibrato isn't natural is the point even for Timofei (who's MAGNIFICENT!!).
I see what you did there!!! Pretty clever!
