[TPIN] Bb/A instruments

[Rod Brawn]

Hi All,
    I wounder how some of these excerpts would play on drum corps 3 valve 
trumpets?


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> Sharp keys that are easy for string players are awkward for Bb  brass.
> A passage in A major that would be in B for Bb is in C on an  A
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> A passage in Berlioz's Damnation of Faust march is very easy in A  but a
> finger twister in Bb
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> Similarly the Light Cavalry Overture in A  is much simpler and sonorous.
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> I have 2 Bb/A rotary trumpets and it is  very interesting to play in A as
> opposed to Bb. YOU can simply take these A  parts and play them
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> Carmen prelude is simple and no problem on a  trumpet in A ( or low F)
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> I am surprised that makers do not offer slides  to change to A
> I think they would be popular. I would certainly want a  set.
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> You can pull a tuning slide down to A but the valve slides are out  then.
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> Perhaps it is related to the tyranny of the C trumpet. ( I won 4  of these
> and use them when they suit the work played)
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> I think we  have lost something here.
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> Graham J. Young B.Mus.  B.Ed.
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> Hamilton Musician  Services
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> gjyoung at mountaincable.net
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> Easier to  play in sharp keys.
> I  suppose.
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