RLA

Greetings from ATL No, I am not Madonna! But I am really almost a complete horn virgin. I can only imagine some of you are shaking your heads, thinking, Oh that poor child, He has sooo much to learn. Well the truth is, I am almost middle aged and I am a self taught rock and roller. I did rent a student horn for a couple of months a few years ago and I really enjoyed getting an actual musical sound out of it. Now I find myself wanting to try again, but I want to purchase, not rent, and I want it to be a C trumpet for obvious reasons. I'm wondering if I'd be better off with an intermediate horn or a used pro horn. I love the look of the Yamaha C 6445 in classified section. There's just something about that un-shinynesst that I find appealing. I like to improvise mostly and plan to get to know my scales and arp's and incorporate the horn parts into my little compositions in my DAW. Basically, I'm just desiring to learn something new for my musical growth and believe taking up the trumpet is it. So, any thoughts on C horn selection would be greatly appreciated. I know I'm just opening a door to a world that many of you have been exploring for your lifetimes. Congratulations to you on your discoveries and successes. Best, Rick

Richard Oliver

Rick,

Welcome to TM! Probably won't matter what C trumpet you buy as long as someone like Yamaha made it -- a reputable builder.

Why you want a C trumpet is not "obvious" to me, but I'm obtuse.

RLA

Thanks for the reply. When I'm strumming my guitar a D is a D not an E and that is just how I want to continue to think!

stchasking

A new Blessing Pro model would work fine for what you are doing. I had one and sold it when a brand new Bach became available.

I played in a concert band where a trombone player doubled our Bb parts on a C trumpet. He learned the fingerings for C trumpet based on playing a Bb part. Some one on this site can list those for you. It is too much for me at the moment.

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Welcome to the TM Rick! Great to have you here.

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rowuk

RLA,
welcome to TM.
In theory, it does not matter what horn you buy. The fingerings are the same, just the pitch that comes out for a given fingering is different.
The only disadvantage comes when you want to play duets or in a wind band. There the common instrument and notated pitch is Bb. True we can learn to transpose, but wind band music on the C has ALWAYS been more work for me (4 - 5 flats in the key signature is not unusual) compared to transposing up for the other stuff that I play.
What does your teacher say?

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RLA

Thank you for replying. I am still looking for a horn and don't have a teacher yet. I almost followed stchasking's advice to order a Blessing but then found a link to the Zues horns. I aslo hope to get lucky and find a good deal on a used Yamaha or Bach. The thing is, I am not a proffesional musician, more of a hobbiest but I like quality instruments. I enjoy playing instruments that I have a good feeling about, and that partly stems from brand recognition and appearance but mostly from a quality feel and intonation. The horn will probably only ever get used to add parts to solo rock/alt/electonica/reggae tunes. I guess it (typically) mostly comes down to money. I have to ask myself how much I should spend on an instrument I am thinking of taking up as a beginner. I'm not rich, so was was thinking about $1000 or a little more and hoping to get lucky and find a very good used horn. Rick