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| Don't own one, using school trumpet |
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 Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:28 am
iOggy Do I mind? eek Of course I don't mind. I was hoping I'd get Crew status... thankies! And back on-topic: I have two trumpets. One is a student-model Bach, "gold", that I use for marching. The other is a shiny, newful silver Yamaha that doesn't leave its case unless I'm in the band room or on the stage for a concert. I got it a year ago, and it still looks brand-new. *considers taking pictures of his trumpets and posting them* Ooh! Maybe we should have a BNG picture gallery? Same with me!! except my yamaha is gold. i got the bach first and its all beat up. i got my yamaha almost a year ago and it still looks brand new.
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Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:04 pm
im a total trumpet geek.
i own 4
--a silver CONNstellation: its gorgeous. its got the engraving for the Conn and on the side it has engraved "Pro CONNstellation" and the bell is engraved with incredible detail. literally its my baby. theres only three other people i let touch it. i use it for performances ONLY mrgreen
--a Bundy: ya its old but its a really good starter trumpet.
-- my sister and i each also have gold Bach TR300's. my sis uses hers for practice and performance. mine is strictly practice.
i have 3 7C and 2 3C mounthpieces.
see i am a total geek. haha its my life mrgreen
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Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:10 pm
iCrzyGuild
i have two trumpets..... a yamaha student trumpet and an accent professional trumpet i have three mouth pieces a 7-c that came with my student a 3-c that came with my pro and a "bobby shew lead" that i bought with my pro. it doesn't actually have a number size but it would be about 4 1/2-d if it did
also it's not a good idea to use a different instrument for practicing and playing especially if one is a student and the other is pro the main reason being, even if you have two of the same model the machine will not make them exactly the same because no technology is perfect so you will sound better on the instrument you practice on even if the one you use for concerts is pro
iCrzyGuild
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Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:35 pm
Masquanade I have a 5c and a 7c and I'm debating on a getting a Kelly Mouthpiece for marching season this year. kelly mouthpiecings are plastic mouthpieces that won't get messed up if you drop them and it makes you instrument lighter to carry. I'm not quite sure yet because I will have to pay for it with my own money. they're also made of plastic because they won't get very cold out side. since its made of plastic it can shater if you drop it. don't buy one without trying it and making sure you like it, i got a plastic mouthpiece for marching and it makes the tone really airy iCrzyGuild
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Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:47 pm
Wendy Wicked So Dynasty horns suck END OF STORY lots of resistance, very heavy, thick and horrible with intonation But I'm stuck with it until the end of the corps season GREAT just because you can't sound good on it doesn't mean it "sucks" every person is built differently. a horn that sucks for you could be excelent for someone else. (my friend has a sax called a bundy which is one of the worst built sax's there are and he's been 1st chair since he started three years ago) horns can be compared to shoe sizes whats right for one person isn't the best for another iCrzyGuild
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:03 am
just little sally walker I have a sliver Yamaha that I use for performances and practice at school and a gold bach that I use for practicing at home. I need a new mouthpiece though. What is the best kind? I am trying to figure out what kind of mouthpiece to buy. what you should do to find a mouth piece is try some shallow moth pieces and see on which one you have the best tone, sound, and range.. a deeper mouth piece isn't very good the lowest i'll ever use is a 3-c, because the deeper the mouth piece is the "glumier" it will sound i usually use my "bobby shew lead" which is about 4 1/2-d. also its not a good idea to practice with two different instruments because they aren't built the same so they'll play different. try only using one trumpet for everything and i bet that you'll notice improvements in a couple weeks iCrzyGuild
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:11 am
iCrzyGuild
Lolz!! Complaining at 'high' e; my teachers mean and makes me play top c, (above the stave)...
wow there is nothing hard about playing high c i can play much higher than that... and your calling your teacher mean playing high notes is fun
iCrzyGuild
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:12 am
I have 2 trumpets =D one is A nice shiny gold one and I have a nice shiny shiny silver one =DD I also can play Trombone,Flute,Saxaphone,Percussionand Clarinet =D Mostly trumpet though Cause TRUMPET IS AWSOME!!!
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:46 pm
Yes, high notes are very fun to play.
I play lead trumpet during marching season. I rather enjoy it.
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:57 pm
I always get mixed up between c's and d's.probably because i can't see very well.*shrug*.But,yes,i agree that they are fun and somewhat easy to play,then again I'm an upstream player.
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Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 6:53 pm
cIochach Wendy Wicked So Dynasty horns suck END OF STORY lots of resistance, very heavy, thick and horrible with intonation But I'm stuck with it until the end of the corps season GREAT just because you can't sound good on it doesn't mean it "sucks" every person is built differently. a horn that sucks for you could be excelent for someone else. (my friend has a sax called a bundy which is one of the worst built sax's there are and he's been 1st chair since he started three years ago) horns can be compared to shoe sizes whats right for one person isn't the best for another iCrzyGuildHave you ever played on a Dynasty? -.- And yes I can sound good on it, it's just a terrible quality horn.
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Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 3:24 pm
I'm struggling with my scales for my Grade 6,
whats the best way to master them??
I can easily wor out and do the major ones, but minor ones are harder to do like that. What do you do?
Do you just remember the finger patterns, the sharps/flats or work it out as and when you have to do it?
I'm terrible when it comes to scales =/
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:21 pm
I have to say, I've never worked on minor scales. The band program at my high school wasn't all that great.... And I don't need to know scales much for marching band up here at university. I've never had too much trouble memorizing stuff. I always liked to do scales because I thought they were easy.
Muscle memory is key- concentrate on learning the finger patterns and attach notes to them. That's how I've always done it. Perhaps that will work for you. wink
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Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:47 pm
(I don't know how much you have dealt with minor scales, so please forgive me if I am explaining things you already know.) The best way to really learn your minor scales is to really LEARN the concept! A minor scale is really just a major scale beginning on the wrong note, essentially. Here's an example- Your page says C minor. Looks like this on paper -  The third, or the mediant, is Eb. So, an easy way to learn C (natural) minor is to think of it as an Eb Major scale starting on C. A good way to practice this would be practicing your major scales starting on the different degrees. C-C, D-D, etc. Actually, you'd be learning not only minor scales, but all of the really weird modes that you may or may not have encountered yet, such as phrygian, dorian, etc. Then again you could just play 'em a lot! Whatever works for you. (:
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Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:04 pm
Yes high notes are very fun to play. I love the irony, though, in our trumpet section.
Most would think of a lead trumpet player as a bigger guy with lots of lung, right?
Well, my band director [as a joke] said I should play lead trumpet along with my buddy EG. We are both skinny blond chicks, but with very full sounds. We started practicing and have been lead trumpet for 2 years in a row. [sadly I graduate this year sad ] However, we successfully added the D above the staff to our range this year [on standard 3C or 5C mouthpiece... no cheaters!] and used it repeatedly in our halftime show [Beatles music (w00t!)]. My band director also proudly introduces us as his lead trumpet players [2 little girls] against most others trumpet players [1 or 2 buff looking guys].
He is really weird.
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