[TPIN] Starting a beginner on a Cornet vs Trumpet

[Ellis Workman]

Tim is incapable of sarcasm and in my experience
most people can't discriminate differences in timbre
in all the shiny hardware that we like to lug around.
I have played the same licks on 3 different Bbs, a C, and Eb
trumpet and my violinist wife can't (or won't try to) tell the difference.

Most people can detect the difference in the piccolo trumpet
sound; I guess because it's higher, and sounds nasty
when played lower. Some people are able to distinguish
a flugelhorn from a trumpet, but these are also the same
people who can tell an oboe from a clarinet. Only
other trumpet players really care about this.

The difference is sound between a cornet and trumpet
for beginning students has been overstated here; particularly if
they are using one of the infinite varieties of Bach
7c cornet mouthpieces. Cornets are easier for kids to hold.
They are less likely to have posture problems or point the
thing at the floor like a clarinet. Trumpets are cooler
looking than a cornet, and most kids will want them instead.

Thats about it.

-Ellis, equally dangerous with a trumpet or cornet.





>
> In a message dated 6/5/2007 11:44:41 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> iplatrpt at unifourbrass.org writes:
>
> unless  thou needest  something smaller to make the part  easier
>
>
> I suspect that was pure sarcasm.
> I suspect you know that the timbre of a smaller horn is completely
> different
> than that of a C trumpet, (much like the timbre of a cornet is  different
> than that of a trumpet).
>
>
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Ellis Workman, ARS KØELW
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Rochester, MN US