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buccinator · 02-07-2008, 03:32 PM

Hi siarr,

the lower trumpet parts in the works of Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler originally have benn performed on F-trumpets ( basso ). The time of the ending 19th and the beginning 20th century marks the point of changing from F to Bb Trumpet for the modern orchestral trumpet player. Nowadys the extremly low trumpet parts (such as 3rd trumpet in Tannhäuser)
normally are performed with the specific intonation and playing aids we all know ( trigger on 3rd valve, pitch-finder on main tuning slide or 4 valve Bb-trumpet )

02-07-2008, 03:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
buccinator New Friend Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bielefeld, Germany Posts: 29	Re: F trumpet question Hi siarr, the lower trumpet parts in the works of Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler originally have benn performed on F-trumpets ( basso ). The time of the ending 19th and the beginning 20th century marks the point of changing from F to Bb Trumpet for the modern orchestral trumpet player. Nowadys the extremly low trumpet parts (such as 3rd trumpet in Tannhäuser) normally are performed with the specific intonation and playing aids we all know ( trigger on 3rd valve, pitch-finder on main tuning slide or 4 valve Bb-trumpet )