Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 7:19 pm Post subject: Questions about a specific note in a chet baker solo
Greetings everybody, please refer to this particular chet baker song "tenderly" LINK IS AT THE BOTTOM now please listen to the short phrase composed by 4 notes played from 2:06 to 2:11, on a Bb trumpet I believe its G - Bb - E - F.
Now here is the deal, please excuse my very poor choice of words in the following attemps to describe those notes, I'm not a native english speaker:
The second note quality differs greatly from the first and specially third and fourth notes, it sounds kind of "duck like" to me, I'm find it very hard to describe to be honest, but the differende in timber is very clear to me, now the reason why I'm interested in this is the fact that this "duck like quality" in timber is everywhere and on esteroids in my playing, I've been studying for one year and a half.
Now the questions:
1. What is the word im looking for to describe this duck like quality?
2. Is this quality bad in your opinion? (It is to me)
3. How do you get rid of this quality on your playing? I know learning to play the trumpet is a very subjective path nonetheless, sharing your stories -if you have them - could be very informative.
Thanks in advance for your answers, best regards. Stanislaw lem Link [youtube][/youtube][/url]
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 7:35 pm Post subject:
he bends the note _________________ ron meza (deadbeat jazz musician) & (TH 5 post ghost neighborhood watch ringleader)
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 12:00 pm Post subject:
homebilly wrote:
he bends the note
I think he's actually scooping up into the Bb, or possibly just a hint of a half-valve grace note A leading into the Bb.
Chet's tone is very distinctive; I think he gets that "airy" sound by moving the airstream around in the cup (rather than close to straight down the throat) - more turbulence w/low airspeed/volume seems to produce more "air" in the sound (see early Jack Sheldon, too).
I'm sure this creates all sorts of interesting tone inconsistencies...
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