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Richard III
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 Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 1:11 pm Post subject: Attacks Sound "Crunchy" |
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Trying to figure out what to call that. I've heard it in the past with well known jazz trumpet artists. It sounds like they are breaking up when attacking the note. Is that something that is desired?
I'm asking because I just heard someone do it when talking about a mouthpiece they like. Here's what I was listening to:
https://www.facebook.com/649352534/videos/10158676343992535/
What do you call that?
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| Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 4:47 pm Post subject: Re: Attacks Sound "Crunchy" |
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| Richard III wrote: | | Trying to figure out what to call that. I've heard it in the past with well known jazz trumpet artists. It sounds like they are breaking up when attacking the note. Is that something that is desired? |
In jazz, if you can make it work, why not.
In general, I wouldn't advise cultivating that exclusively because that's not going to be popular in many other genres. If you can turn it on and off it could be cool.
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The guy in your video sounds good once he gets going, even though at the beginning it seemed like he was in a cold room, and he gradually came up to pitch. Real good player though. I would say his attacks are nice, not crunchy or crispy. Usually when people say crunchy, or crispy it means the sound like bill hardman got. Real good player (a long tenure with art Blakey) his attacks were unusual, and crunchy sounding. Kind of like his mouthpiece did not have enough room in the top of the cup. The crispiest player ever, that I ever heard was the player on the Bob Dorough record that has devil may care on it. That is a great record by the way. That guy had a textbook crunchy sound. Howard McGhee sometimes was also crunchy
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Richard III
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I've heard Wynton have that kind of sound when he is doing a certain style of jazz. I don't like that sound. But it is interesting how they can make it happen, turning it on and off.
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Billy B
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It's just a personal style thing.
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Yes, a style thing.
If it is used in a manner that listeners find pleasing, then it is good.
If it becomes an annoyance, or listeners are waiting the hear the next 'not so good usage', then it is not so good.
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