Hey folks,
I've only been playing a short time now (less than a month) and I'm an old guy who hasn't played a horn in ages (started on Sousaphone). I picked up two cornets on Ebay-an Olds Ambassador and a Holton C603 shepherd's crook, and have been trying different mouthpieces and techniques, and still can't get decent sounding low notes on them-except once in a while I get a passable one, but still not pretty to listen to for sure! I have thin lips, and find the higher notes more accessable most times than the lows-with the mid range the best and easiest. I'm fairly sure that it's a matter of developing the right emboucure for the notes (as I have done with flute), but I'm still not convinced that low notes on a cornet can sound great!
Any suggestions for great lows? Or should I go to the flugel to get the nice low tones? Is that much easier to get the lows on flugel than cornet, or am I just being impatient? I've gotten some nice tones throughout the scale on cornet (except the lowest notes), but it's after I've warmed up and have been playing a bit.
Or should I just go to trumpet?!!
