[TPIN] A trumpets(was Carmen)

[Graham Young]

Roy Lawlor would build a A trumpet if asked . I have seriously considered
it.

Graham J. Young B.Mus B.Ed
 
Hamilton Musician Services
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-----Original Message-----
From: tpin-bounces at tpin.okcu.edu [mailto:tpin-bounces at tpin.okcu.edu] On
Behalf Of Glenn Bengry
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 9:58 PM
To: pdhuse at pacbell.net; tpin at tpin.okcu.edu
Cc: Achias1 at mchsi.com
Subject: [TPIN] A trumpets(was Carmen)

Fellas,


      An awful lot of 19th century music was written when trumpets and 
cornets in A were common.    Composers wrote these parts since they were 
playable on A horns.  Trumpets and cornets from the 20's and 30's commonly 
had that little extra piece of tubing and a switch lever to put the horn 
into A.   You can play a low F# on an A tpt a lot easier than you can play 
pedal F on a Bb tpt.  Sounds better too.

    Perhaps someone could build a nice A trumpet.  A lot of us would 
probably buy one to avoid the headaches associated with transposing and with

playing the pedal Fs.

     Until then, all of us who hate to transpose will just have to deal with

it.  Sure its a pain in the butt.  Just one more source of butt pain.

       How many of you have played Stars and Stripes off of the A trumpet 
part?  The first time I saw that part I was sure wishing I had my A 
transposition down a little better.  That part has been butchered by a lot 
of players including me.


glenn


>From: Paul Dhuse <pdhuse at mirapoint.com>
>Reply-To: pdhuse at pacbell.net
>To: TPIN <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
>CC: Achias1 at mchsi.com
>Subject: Re: [TPIN] Transposing "Carmen"
>Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2007 11:24:01 -0800
>
>And I just remembered:  In _Carmen_ there's at least one low note that's 
>not available on your Bflat trumpet without doing exceptional things with 
>the valve slides; on an A trumpet it's just there.
>
>Paul Dhuse wrote:
>>The A parts are most likely in sharp (concert) keys, keeping you out of 
>>most of the really bad intonation valve combinations for Bflat.  At least 
>>that's the only thing that seems to make any sense to me.
>
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