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Post by Blacksunshine on May 29, 2022 11:44:38 GMT -5
Challenge accepted. If anyone was wondering what that awful sound coming from my house was this morning, we were not torturing a flock of geese. It was me playing my trumpet for the first time in probably a decade.  |
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Post by tahitijack on May 29, 2022 11:49:39 GMT -5
Sadly this reminds me that we have a shortage of trumpet and buglers in our military today. It's so bad that standin players are being sent out with a programed instrument which contains a small speaker and battery powered amp inside.
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Post by Leftee on May 29, 2022 12:03:22 GMT -5
I’m a former trumpet play as well. I know where my trumpet is. 🤔
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Post by michael on May 29, 2022 12:19:32 GMT -5
there is a volunteer organization that provides buglers/trumpeters for military funerals...
i had plans to do this until covid. i had forgotten it, but your conversation reminded me... thanks. also, tomorrow at 3 pm eastern, it is hoped that anyone that can play TAPS on any instrument will do so. the last 2 years i've played TAPS on a TUBA that belonged to one of my best buds that was killed in an agricultural accident 3 years ago. |
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Post by hushnel on May 29, 2022 12:32:42 GMT -5
I picked up an antique bugle thinking I could learn taps, not as easy as I thought it would be. I should keep at it. I can almost cover it with a conch shell though, but it wouldn’t be as respectable or traditional as the bugle.
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Post by Blacksunshine on May 29, 2022 12:40:35 GMT -5
I was still able to hit all the notes, but man did it sound bad, lol
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Post by Blacksunshine on May 29, 2022 12:42:44 GMT -5
there is a volunteer organization that provides buglers/trumpeters for military funerals...
i had plans to do this until covid. i had forgotten it, but your conversation reminded me... thanks. also, tomorrow at 3 pm eastern, it is hoped that anyone that can play TAPS on any instrument will do so. the last 2 years i've played TAPS on a TUBA that belonged to one of my best buds that was killed in an agricultural accident 3 years ago. Yeah I saw a story about it this morning. It's what inspired me to dig out the trumpet. Not sure if I'm gonna participate or not though. Maybe my best contribution to Memorial Day would be to keep away from my trumpet. |
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Post by michael on May 29, 2022 12:53:25 GMT -5
I was still able to hit all the notes, but man did it sound bad, lol practice buzzing on the mouthpiece by itself for several days. buzzing slow, soft scales... don't press or force. just put the mouthpiece to the lips and start blowing softly, increase the air until the lips buzz BY THEMSELVES... you're blowing the lips open and causing them to vibrate instead of forcing them to.
after you do that for a while, pull the tuning slide from your horn, put the mouthpiece into the horn and buzz the same for a few days. when you finally put the tuning slide back in you won't believe what you hear!
just don't force it... it will happen naturally... and will sound better. a lot of forcing sounds pinched. This guy does a good job of explaining how.
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Post by hushnel on May 29, 2022 13:04:20 GMT -5
Thanks,, I’ll give it a shot.
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Post by Taildragger on May 29, 2022 15:04:40 GMT -5
At one time, I was learning to play the Highland Pipes. I'd made pretty steady progress by the time I wound up packing it in, for one reason and another.
Can't imagine what sort of auditory atrocities would result if I were to try playing a set now, 30 years later.
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Post by Lesterstrat on May 29, 2022 18:55:22 GMT -5
If I were going to play the trumpet, I think I’d play something a bit more pleasant like some KC and the Sunshine Band.
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Post by michael on May 30, 2022 15:33:37 GMT -5
did anyone play? we did... i played a Memorial Day Ceremony with a community band at a cemetery this morning... then at 3 we played taps. in between we had brats and beer, strawberries and vanilla icecream.
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Post by Mfitz804 on May 30, 2022 16:19:50 GMT -5
She’ll be real happy at daybreak tomorrow when you play Reveille!
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Post by HeavyDuty on May 31, 2022 18:48:18 GMT -5
I purchased a trumpet for this purpose a few years ago, but haven’t pursued it yet. I should get off my butt and do it.
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Post by NoSoapRadio on Jun 1, 2022 16:03:38 GMT -5
The trombone I played in grade school has been stored in my attic since I moved into this house. I could play play Taps pretty well according to my music teacher -- but he's probably dead now, so I can't prove that.
The horn hasn't seen slide lube for at least twenty-five years. The slide doesn't need to move to play Taps but my lips need to be in shape -- they aren't.
I should probably go up and get it at least to give it some TLC.
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Post by Leftee on Jun 1, 2022 17:59:48 GMT -5
Taps -literally the easiest thing to play in trumpet.
1. Pick your valve(s)
2. Play Taps
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Post by HeavyDuty on Jun 1, 2022 18:53:41 GMT -5
Taps -literally the easiest thing to play in trumpet. 1. Pick your valve(s) 2. Play Taps I was advised to get a trumpet instead of a bugle because it would be easier to learn. We’ll see… |
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