| Period Music Debate
There are many opinions about using period instruments, copies of period instruments and instruments that are "improved" copies. Let us limit the debate to trumpet only. Try and keep the criticism constructive!
I'll start with some basic definitions:
Natural Trumpet= a true period instrument without vent holes to help tune
Baroque trumpet= looks like a natural trumpet but has 1 to 4 holes to help tune closer to what audiences expect today, and makes it easier for a trumpeter not specializing in this horn to switch. A recent invention (1960s)
Well tempered= modern audience expectations for intonation
mean tempered= a different sense of being "in tune" used by many musicians specialised in "period" performing practice |