| Well, obviously I disagree with some of that.
I have been playing instruments of various weights for years and have never had a problem producing a variety of sounds. It's up to the strength of the muscles that surround the embouchure and ones flexibilty of the soft tissue of the lip. All of that becomes secondary to the imagination and needs of the player.
Player + thought + physical ability = music
The equipment will allow more or less of those thoughts to be amplified into music.
The heaviness of the horn is not the only factor. If you take a conventional instrument and ONLY make it heavier, well, you'll have a heavier instrument. If you change other aspects of the instrument as well to balance the whole thing, you have an entirely different concept of trumpet making.
Arrivederci, mio amico!
ML |