On 9 Jan 2008, at 5:04 pm, Steve Freides wrote:
Is there a trumpet list similar to this horn list?
Yes: <http://tpin.okcu.edu/mailman/listinfo/tpin>
Two similar curiosity questions I will ask here if anyone wishes to
reply
(and please do feel free to reply privated) - I know French Horn
players
have their horn and learn to transpose on it, and I know trumpet
players
tend not to be as good as transposing as French Horn players. That
in mind:
1. Do some/many/most professional orchestral trumpet players own
trumpets
pitched in C for playing things at concert pitch?
2. Do some/many/most who play Baroque music or other music written
for Eb
trumpet own and use an Eb trumpet? I helped a local band director
transpose
some Eb trumpet parts so that Bb players could play them normally,
and they
really did end up being quite high. I also can't imagine someone
playing
the first movement of the Haydn trumpet concerto on a Bb instrument
(although I guess it's possible).
Although the smaller trumpets sometimes make fingering simpler and
move the partials a bit further apart, just like a descant horn, they
don't really make high notes 'easier' to play.
I think you'll find that, if you can't play a high note (concert
pitch) on a Bb you'll still struggle with the same note on an Eb or
piccolo.
But by all means, please ask these questions on TPIN for better answers
Trumpet Players International Network <http://tpin.okcu.edu/mailman/
listinfo/tpin>
All the best,
Tom
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