Increase Your Trumpet Range With This One (Stupid) Trick
October 22, 2014 6:18 AM   Subscribe

Getting a double G on Trumpet (SLYT, stupid trick)
posted by plinth (11 comments total) 12 users marked this as a favorite
 
Now you too can master the second Brandenburg concerto, no questions asked!
posted by flechsig at 7:37 AM on October 22, 2014 [4 favorites]


That's great, Doctor. I could never play the piano before!
posted by entropone at 7:38 AM on October 22, 2014 [4 favorites]


I'm gonna blow some minds by doing this with my tuba.
posted by Jode at 7:49 AM on October 22, 2014 [19 favorites]


To say his dog was disappointed was probably an understatement, though.
posted by TedW at 8:31 AM on October 22, 2014 [4 favorites]


from the comments: "Great video. I predict an increase in business for repair techs. "
posted by randomkeystrike at 9:17 AM on October 22, 2014 [2 favorites]


I read that as "Increase Your Trumpet Rage", which left me confused when I watched the video.
posted by JohnFromGR at 9:21 AM on October 22, 2014 [1 favorite]


I want to see this done by a contra bass line on the DCI circuit next summer. (Tuned to G, of course, not Bb.)
posted by Brian Puccio at 10:09 AM on October 22, 2014 [2 favorites]


I'm gonna blow some minds by doing this with my tuba.

Quite literally!
posted by Celsius1414 at 1:38 PM on October 22, 2014 [1 favorite]


When I was in college, our blood rival school's pep band had a lead trumpet player that played on a mic, and when we went on road trips to their arena much heckling was always done. So I'd like to think I wouldn't have done this on general principle, but I might have. Our fight song ended on a C that I took up an octave, and I don't think we ever really had a spot that a popped double G would've made any sense, but still.
posted by aaronetc at 9:03 PM on October 22, 2014


An oboe reed can easily be fit into a trombone mouthpiece, just putting that out there. It sounds as horrid as you 're probably imagining.
posted by mcrandello at 4:40 AM on October 23, 2014


Obligatory:

So the oboe player is futzing around with her reed like they always do before an orchestra concert where there is a big solo. She puts it in her mouth to moisten it, sticks it in too far, and accidentally swallows it.

They get on a phone backstage and call the ER. "Nurse, our oboist has swallowed her reed! What should we do?!?"

Nurse: "Use a muted trumpet."

/rimshot
posted by randomkeystrike at 12:24 PM on October 23, 2014 [1 favorite]


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