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yourbrass Heavyweight Member
Joined: 12 Jun 2011 Posts: 3634 Location: Pacifica, CA, USA
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2020 11:38 am Post subject: |
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Bb trumpet, flugelhorn. I sold all the rest of the other types.
-Lionel _________________ "Strive for tone." -John Coppola
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nieuwguyski Heavyweight Member
Joined: 06 Feb 2002 Posts: 2349 Location: Santa Cruz County, CA
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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This all represents gig-life before COVID:
The ultimate measure of importance is whether you need a horn to get the gigs you're offered. I absolutely need a Bb trumpet and a flugelhorn. I absolutely need a picc (once in a while).
Once in a blue moon I'm offered a (non-paying) opportunity to play with a community symphony. I think it's because I have a C trumpet, but I suspect if I showed up with a Bb and nailed the part it wouldn't matter.
I play a fair number of trad-jazz gigs and choose to play cornet on them. I wouldn't lose them if I played trumpet.
I have a D/Eb trumpet, and while I have chosen to use it, in either key, at times, it wouldn't have meant the difference between getting a gig or not.
And while it doesn't really matter in a trumpet group, I double on trombone. The reggae bandleader I play for demands slide trombone because he likes glisses, but I'd probably lose most of my other trombone gigs if I didn't play valves. _________________ J. Notso Nieuwguyski |
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Legitbrass Regular Member
Joined: 09 Jan 2002 Posts: 47 Location: Minnesota
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Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2020 7:27 am Post subject: |
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C, D, flugel, rotary pic in A, piston pic in Bb, various Bb cornets and trumpets - in that order. Of course I was put on a C full time in '71 (and I'm 64 now). And yes, I'm guilty of having played a lot of lead stuff over the years on C. (Shhhhhhh...) |
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Legitbrass Regular Member
Joined: 09 Jan 2002 Posts: 47 Location: Minnesota
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Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2020 7:31 am Post subject: |
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spitvalve Heavyweight Member
Joined: 11 Mar 2002 Posts: 2158 Location: Little Elm, TX
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Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2020 11:31 am Post subject: |
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I can count on one hand the number of paid gigs I've had that didn't require Bb trumpet and/or flugelhorn. Played a few weddings on piccolo and an Easter gig and brass quintets where I doubled on C trumpet. Everything else has just been Bb trumpet and flugel, with the exception of a few trombone gigs in my younger days. Cornet is just for my own amusement at this point, though I hope after this virus nightmare is over that I can do some brass band and/or Dixie stuff.
I haven't done any orchestral playing since college and sold the C trumpet about fifteen years ago. _________________ Bryan Fields
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1991 Bach LR180 ML 37S
1999 Getzen Eterna 700S
1977 Getzen Eterna 895S Flugelhorn
1969 Getzen Capri cornet
1995 UMI Benge 4PSP piccolo trumpet
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giakara Heavyweight Member
Joined: 13 Jul 2003 Posts: 3832 Location: Greece
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Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2020 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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Commercial musician and classic jazz lover so Bb,cornet and flugelhorn , C and piccolo just in case and pocket for vacation.
Regards _________________ Lawler TL5-1A Bb 2015
Lawler TL6-1A Bb 2004
Lawler TL5-1A Bb 2003
Getzen eterna 910 C
Getzen eterna 850 cornet
Selmer Paris 3 valve picc
Yamaha 731 flugel
Carol mini pocket
Reeves/Purviance mpcs |
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