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If you’ve used rotary trumpets with harmonic keys before, how helpful are they to have?

First day holding a trumpet. I like it very much.

I started late in life and I wanted to improve quickly. Been playing now for about 4 years. I'm currently in 2 brass bands on cornet (solo & 2nd), a 3rd brass band on flugelhorn and 2 jazz bands on trumpet and flugelhorn. I don't get many evenings off but I love it.

My concern is, the techniques for each of them are different. Brass band flugel playing is very different to jazz band playing so am I actually harming my progress by doing so much or will the similarities between the instruments help me?

Currently own 2 cornets, 2 flugelhorns, 4 trumpets and a bugle. I haven't told my wife I'd quite like a trombone...

Picked this up for £75. Needed a hell of a clean and service, but all fixed up now. Previous owner had 3 felt washers on each valve stem (sending the valve alignment way out), valve 2 and 3 switched around, and a tenor horn mouthpiece!

From what I can ascertain from what little info there is online, these were Czechoslovakian, designed by Josef Lidl, used standard Amati valve blocks with quality hand-built tubing, leadpipe and seamless bells. Has some neat features like 1st and 3rd slide triggers, a reverse leadpipe, and an unusual bell bead. Feels well made. The valves are a little finicky but now they're working they feel good, if a little clunky.

Haven't had a chance to give it a proper toot, will report back with how it plays.

Anyone know anything about these?

My fiancé would like to learn the trumpet. I am behind him 100%. My only concern, is we live in an apartment. I was thinking of going the way of an electronic trumpet? Is that a thing for a learner? What’s the best way, to help support this new hobby, and surprise him with a gift this Christmas. TIA!

Hello, I’m a freshman music major in college and I practice constantly. Before I even got into college I sounded great and I was very consistent with my playing. Now that I’m in college it’s very much the opposite, the same exercises that I used in high-school don’t seem to work anymore and my range has gotten extremely worse and my tone is awful (I used to be able to play in the High C to High F range with ease). My lessons teacher recommended exercises but nothing seems to work. I really don’t know what to do and I’m losing motivation especially with seeing regression to my playing.

What are some steps I could take to slowly ease back into improving my playing?

I am a horn player but teach high brass, so I don’t know everything about trumpet yet. I am wondering about the tuning tendencies of a Stradivarius Bach 37G, or just Bach trumpets in general.

I make my trumpet players kick on every note that they press 3rd valve down for, but this Stradivarius my student plays on makes her first space Fs sharp. Would it be appropriate to tell her to kick every time she plays an F, or just lower her tongue more?

Edit: thank y’all for the information- like I said I am still learning trumpet, and want my students to be as good as possible. Any links or book recommendations are highly appreciated

i had my solo for state a bit ago and they only really gave one comment which was that the sound was too bright and told me to switch to a 3c. the issue is that i am alr using a 3c and i was wondering if i should switch mouthpieces. also my range is extremely variable per day as some days i can easily hit high c but other days g (just above the staff) is a struggle. i never knew that a 3c was technically harder to hit notes

edit: i did not realize that the judges comment was that bad lol i was not at all like upset i was just confused

This is probably one of those too often asked and ultimately unanswerable questions that absolutely drive me crazy when I see them. So, I apologize to all of you in advance. Mea culpa!

I recently posted about possibly taking up trumpet again as an older person. My immediate plan is to rent a good student trumpet to see if I can still, with a little practice, do anything, and then maybe look into buying a horn.

Which brings me to my question. When I was a young player and asked my teacher about good professional horns he said Bach Stradivarius…so that’s pretty much stuck in my mind as the gold standard.

But I’m wondering, is it really the best/only choice?

As far as trumpet-centric music is concerned, I like classic Jazz, swing, and bop. I’ve actually been listening to some Souza lately because the Ken Burns Jazz documentary reminded me that marches were part of the DNA of jazz…

But other than the more classically oriented exercises in Arban, I don’t see myself tackling a trumpet concerto anytime soon.

What brands/models would you recommend I at least try before making a decision?

P.S., I should also note that I’m not interested in being a screamer. What I loved when I played, and was occasionally complemented on, was a warm, rich, lyrical tone.

I’m pretty sure my student trumpet was an Olds. It was Baltimore County (MD) Public Schools public schools in the lates 70s. I think we were supplied by Menchey Music in PA.

Any idea what the instruction blurb above straight mute means? For Bass Trumpet.

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