[TPIN] Swan Lake Suite/transposition/equipment

[Glenn Bengry]

Denny,
 
    I did Sleeping Beauty once on Tpt I     the Cornet I was a DMA candidtate but didn't want to or couldn't transpose.  He pulled his slides out.  He was badly out of tune, and had a very uncentered blah sound.  It was horrible.  I believe that all the significant bore size changes (4 of them for each slide pulled really do a number on the resonance and sound quality of a tpt or cornet.  Transposing seems like a pretty good trade off.  You learn the transposition and you sound better.  I know which one I want to hear!!  When this guy played, everyone in the orchestra with an ear winced.
 
glenn
 
 


From: dennyschreffler at email.comTo: soundpretty at hotmail.com; burt.codispoti at gmail.com; tpin at tpin.okcu.eduDate: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 07:35:53 +0800Subject: Re: [TPIN] Swan Lake Suite/transposition/equipment
Even though most modern instruments don't have a "quick change" valve from B-flat to A, it is almost certain that the main tuning slide on your modern cornet or trumpet has enough "pull" to put your B-flat horn into A (with some necessary adjustments to the valve slides) -- it's built that way for that purpose.  That being said, you'll probably want to use a horn with which you are very familiar (your everyday B-flat pulled out to A will not feel "familiar") and just transpose.Denny SchrefflerTucson
----- Original Message -----From: "Glenn Bengry" To: "Burt Codispoti" , tpin at tpin.okcu.eduSubject: [TPIN] Swan Lake Suite/transposition/equipmentDate: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:45:39 -0400Burt,If it says Pistone A it is in A until the next place that it gives you the key of the horn. Usually the guys before you will have made some mark, and if not, you can make your own mark to remind you of where you have to change transpositions.some guys have old cornets from the 20's or 30's or before that have the valve to switch the horn to A. I don't have one and transpose the parts. C cornets are not uncommon. There are some good ones out there. Once again, I don't have one. I have a C trumpet that I use for most things. I rely on my mouthpieces and my ability to affect the tone quality if I want to sound a certain way. There are, for me, limited resources to invest in all of these great specialty instruments. I am going to aquire some when I can, but until then, its my transposition skills and my tone production skills that I must rely upon.If you listen to recordings and performances of Swan Lake and other things, you will hear all manner of different ways to sound on these various parts, and undoubtedly there have been all manner of horns played on these parts as well. Have fun. Its cool music. Beyond playing the right notes, you have an awful lot of license to sound your own way with your own choice of equipment.mine?