A little bit about bass trumpet

[NickD]

After last week's blog about stage fright, I felt the need to write something a bit less intense this week. To keep it more mellow, I wrote this little thing about bass trumpet.

https://www.nickdrozdoff.com/single-post/2018/08/13/Some-Ideas-on-Bass-Trumpet

I hope you can enjoy it.

NDI
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[Denny Schreffler]

One caveat about spending a lot of time on trombone mpcs for anyone who plays off center on trumpet -- significant time on tbn might try to center your chops. It did mine.

-Denny

[dershem]

Yup. For me, when things get really hectic and my chops get too tight and unflexible, I pull out my trombone - it relaxes the chops (because if you don't relax, you get a strangled, terrible sound), and makes you think more efficiently. It also makes you breathe more deeply, which is always a good thing.
I could go on about the benefits of occasionally picking up tuba or french horn, but ... don't lock yourself in.
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[Brassnose]

I am only a hobby/semipro player, i.e., I make some money off playing but that essentially only covers the beer and the rent of the rehearsal room, so take this with a grain of salt.

I have played the trumpet since 1980 with a 12 year layoff and a restart in 2014, mostly soul and big bands. No need for a bass trumpet but I knew about Cy Touff since the 80s. When time and money finally were available to a little extent I bought a Prisma bass trumpet earlier this year. I really like it! Adjusting to the mouthpiece is easy, intonation requires some attention but it IS great fun. I also find it trains my intonation and air support. I also like the rotary valves (I knew that beforehand; my next horns, if any, will be rotaries) - playing Joy Spring, for example, is easier on the bass trumpet than on my piston instruments.

In fact I like bass trumpet so much that I am currently looking for a btp gig. Depending on what the future brings I may in fact play more btp than tp, who knows ... Hope to buy a really good Instrument, but those are expensive, especially if you like rotaries
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