TrumpetMaster - View Single Post - OK now which is really cooler, trumpet or sax?

Jude · 02-10-2008, 11:44 AM

I think there's anti-trumpet propaganda out there being directed at little kids. When I showed a trumpet to a 4-year-old, he immediately clapped his hands over his ears and screwed his eyes shut. (No, I didn't have time to play a note.) I'm pretty sure he'd never seen one before, in real life, as it were. (And there are no string players on either side of his family.)

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Perfect for the street performer - light, rugged, pleasant-toned (not sure about "touchy"). Cheap. Comes in a variety of colors. Key of C (no transposing from vocal music). Two octaves instantly. Practical - start learning tunes immediately rather than working to develop muscle. Can be played for longer stretches than the physically exhausting trumpet. Does not frighten small children. Awakens warm, protective feelings in pretty clarinet players (probably).

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Jude Piano User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 318	Re: OK now which is really cooler, trumpet or sax? I think there's anti-trumpet propaganda out there being directed at little kids. When I showed a trumpet to a 4-year-old, he immediately clapped his hands over his ears and screwed his eyes shut. (No, I didn't have time to play a note.) I'm pretty sure he'd never seen one before, in real life, as it were. (And there are no string players on either side of his family.) Here's what you need - the American-invented, American-manufactured Xaphoon, a pocket saxophone/clarinet: Maui Xaphoon Pocket Sax/BRAND NEW - eBay (item 230220023037 end time Feb-11-08 18:16:45 PST) Perfect for the street performer - light, rugged, pleasant-toned (not sure about "touchy"). Cheap. Comes in a variety of colors. Key of C (no transposing from vocal music). Two octaves instantly. Practical - start learning tunes immediately rather than working to develop muscle. Can be played for longer stretches than the physically exhausting trumpet. Does not frighten small children. Awakens warm, protective feelings in pretty clarinet players (probably).