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| Mezzo Piano User Join Date: Oct 2006
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![]() | Bb bass trumpet I'm thinking about getting a Bb bass trumpet. Can anyone with this experience tell me the pros & cons of playing both the bass and standard Bb trumpets? |
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| Forte User | Well, I play the Gentzen bass every now and then. You'll probably never need it on a real gig and if you do, a bone usually will cover it. Pros and cons... well, the cons are the tuning and sound. The pros are increased air support and a nice workout for the bigger muscle groups. I like the bass because it is a bigger mpc and uses more air and lets me just blow without the resistance of the Bb. Anyways, just my two cents. I do think there are some positive aspects to playing bass/baritone/trombone for trumpet players.
__________________ The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts. -C. S. Lewis Life is about learning; when you stop learning, you die. -Tom Clancy And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. -Revelation 8:6 |
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| Mezzo Piano User Join Date: Oct 2006
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![]() | Am I assuming incorrectly that one could play the Bb bass trumpet off of a regular Bb trumpet music sheet or score? |
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| Forte User | Correct, just sounding will be 8vb.
__________________ The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts. -C. S. Lewis Life is about learning; when you stop learning, you die. -Tom Clancy And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. -Revelation 8:6 |
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| Moderator Fortissimo User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Parts Unknown
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Properly played, the bass trumpet will sound like a trumpet. Alexander makes great bass trumpets (in Bb and C) but they are pricey, and unless played correctly will sound like a cheap baritone anyway.
__________________ "A tool good enough to be so used and not too good" C.S. Lewis That Hideous Strength www.letsbuildhope.org |
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| Moderator Utimate User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Germany
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | I play tuba and tenor horn (bavarian folk music - accompanying a diatonic accordian) from time to time and it does not affect my trumpet playing at all. If anything, it is a great warm down after some heavy duty trumpet practicing. Finding a bass trumpet that is in tune will be your biggest challenge-then the trumpet player things like what mouthpiece, embouchure and support will eat your time up. In any case, it sounds like fun. Let us know what you do!
__________________ Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again. Last edited by rowuk; 10-12-2006 at 12:17 PM. |
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| Mezzo Piano User Join Date: Oct 2006
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![]() | Bb Bass Trumpet-thanks Thanks to BEAR, VULGANO BROTHER, AND ROWAK for your input about Bb Bass Trumpet. I'll announce my find when I get one...............crowmadic |
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