Bach Stradavarious
MARTIN HOROWITZ
I'm a avid trumpet player and play on a Bach Strad Model 37. I love
it but isit a really good trumpet. I know that it is great for
classical. But I can't really datermine why it sounds a little off
playing big band or pop music. Any opinions????
J Hui
Huh? The horn doesn't make the music, you do. Aside from some tone and
intonation problems you should be able to play stylistically corrent in
any setting with a good beginner horn. You can help the sound along by
different bores and tapers, but any horn should do.
Options are probably to get a different horn or look into modifications.
May be a "bad" horn for you (but it wouldn't work at all in that case).
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John Hukari wsb...@prodigy.com
J Hui
>
>Hi,
>
> I'm a avid trumpet player and play on a Bach Strad Model 37. I love
>it but isit a really good trumpet. I know that it is great for
>classical. But I can't really datermine why it sounds a little off
>playing big band or pop music. Any opinions????
Also, you probably have a Bach Strad 180ML. The numbers on the bell
pretain only to the bell, they are not model numbers.
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John Hukari wsb...@prodigy.com
DizzyX
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>>Hi,
>>
>> I'm a avid trumpet player and play on a Bach Strad Model 37. I love
>>it but isit a really good trumpet. I know that it is great for
>>classical. But I can't really datermine why it sounds a little off
>>playing big band or pop music. Any opinions????
I too have a Bach ML 37 and I have played in everything from ska to
classical, and I find that I can always produce the sound I want, not even
changing mouthpieces. For big band and ska and so forth, I play with a
brighter sound, for orchestral I use a darker sound, for wind ensemble I
use a warmer sound.
You might consider using a shallower mouthpiece, it will give you a
brighter sound which you might like better. The horn itself does not play
as big a role as you might think in the sound you get out of it.
Chris
UNREGISTERED VERSION
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm a avid trumpet player and play on a Bach Strad Model 37. I love
>I too have a Bach ML 37 and I have played in everything from ska to
>classical, and I find that I can always produce the sound I want, not even
>changing mouthpieces.
Ditto.
>You might consider using a shallower mouthpiece,
I usually recommend as deep a mouthpiece as possible (IMHO).
I have noticed that the backbore of the mouthpiece makes some difference.
I use a large backbore for a brassy sound, and a normal backbore
for a more mellow sound. Of course, I use my throat-mouth-air-embouchure
to make most of the difference in tone.
-jim-<
Jim Leininger
mlei...@metrolink.net
http://www.metrolink.net/~mleining/