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rowuk · 02-09-2007, 01:56 PM

While it could happen, I am not sure that your case is realistic. Generally you hire a lead player for that type of work and a mellow player for the other stuff. We can get back to the chosen few that play everything like Lew Soloff or Wayne Bergeron, but even there, they will put their stamp on the gig and not comprimise their own concept. I can't imagine anybody telling those players that they brought the wrong horn or that their sound was not dark enough.............. even if that was the case!
I do have various horns and do change equipment if the gig calls for it. For lead work I have a Monette BL or B4L, for mellow a B2 or B2D mouthpieces and for very mellow I use my flugelhorn.
Classically, we have exactly the same case. There are players that do 99% on a Bach C trumpet. I switch between my rotary valved, piston valved Bb, C, D, Eb, G, High A/Bb or natural trumpet, cornet or flugelhorn depending what the conductor or I feels best portraits the music. There are valid arguments for using many different instruments. The most valid one is that the conductor wants to have you back for the next gig!
An active interest in the various "colors" possible with and without additional equipment is another factor that makes the trumpet so challenging!

02-09-2007, 01:56 PM	#9 (permalink)
rowuk Moderator Fortissimo User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 4,228	Re: A personal question: What do you do when...? While it could happen, I am not sure that your case is realistic. Generally you hire a lead player for that type of work and a mellow player for the other stuff. We can get back to the chosen few that play everything like Lew Soloff or Wayne Bergeron, but even there, they will put their stamp on the gig and not comprimise their own concept. I can't imagine anybody telling those players that they brought the wrong horn or that their sound was not dark enough.............. even if that was the case! I do have various horns and do change equipment if the gig calls for it. For lead work I have a Monette BL or B4L, for mellow a B2 or B2D mouthpieces and for very mellow I use my flugelhorn. Classically, we have exactly the same case. There are players that do 99% on a Bach C trumpet. I switch between my rotary valved, piston valved Bb, C, D, Eb, G, High A/Bb or natural trumpet, cornet or flugelhorn depending what the conductor or I feels best portraits the music. There are valid arguments for using many different instruments. The most valid one is that the conductor wants to have you back for the next gig! An active interest in the various "colors" possible with and without additional equipment is another factor that makes the trumpet so challenging! __________________ Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.