So with this thing if you pick it up and play the same way you would, say, a middle g inside the staff, it would play the g sitting on top of the staff?
@StevieB1362 It drops the instrument a fourth. Without this the piccolo trumpet in A would be unable to play the bottom C from a part written for trumpet in D. It is also used to provide better tuning of the D and C sharp below the stave.
@Elboy522 wouldnt matter if he played it sideways anyways. Many professionals do it and is only ment for preference. depending on if it is comfortable and makes you play better in that position
It is the same as 1+3 and you use it for notes like bottom G or bottom D or C# 4+2. You need it mainly to be able to play a bottom F which on a piccolo trumpet in A is a concert D. Without a fourth valve you couldn't play a lot of parts. My old Selmer piccolo trumpet had two removable slide assemblies for the fourth, with a second one which only lowered the pitch by two semitones.
Your really good at the small trumpet. I'm just starting the normal trumpet and I can't imagine a mouth piece any smaller. I had two weeks on trumpet, so much better than 1/2 year on clairenet. Do you play any freaky reed Instruments.
Wow - some ugliness here from commenting people. It takes all kinds, I guess.
Not nice - but for the conditions you mentioned, it sounds fine. You're clearly a fine player. I personally hate playing pic, but you seem to enjoy it.
It sounds like you're adjusting too much as you ascend; you tense up and the intonation suffers. With the changing pitch level, you also become inaccurate. I'd also suggest using vibrato extremely sparingly. It's stylistically incorrect in Baroque, and can destabilize the pitch. As you go higher, you MUST play "low" into the pitch. Just work on relaxing and playing "down" as you ascend. It will solve your intonation issues. You've got great material though! Keep working!
I'm sorry to have offended you; I'm an orchestral player, and I was just trying to be helpful. I'm a teacher, as well, and noticed that you display similar issues on all of the picc pieces you posted. I know many people find piccolo frustrating to play, so I was trying to give a little help. I can't suppress the teacher in me. =P Again, sorry to have rubbed you the wrong way.
hv u seen any trumpeter playing cheap and nice piccolo trumpet in youtube? i 've never see any other than a crap tristar picc trumpet in youtube. this piccolo trumpet, is a cheap clone from china and it sounds nice for that price range.
once again, from reading the comments below, it's a cheap chinese instrument but when you have a good player playing it, such as yourself, you make it sound good.
man... i've been wanting to get a piccolo trumpet... but my band director at the high school won't get one for me... garrr... oh well i still have my strad
No. The mouthpiece I am using is the same diameter as a 1C mouthpiece. The piccolo trumpet will not help you play any higher it just makes it easier to differentiate between the notes and play them cleanly.
Hello can you say me on what mouthpiece you play. It´s very difficult for my to get the rigt one for my piccolo trumpet Stomvi-elite.I can not play a long time on my piccolo Regards John
About £200 (roughly $400). I am doing some modifications to it to improve it. More videos will be posted shortly of me rehearsing a Telemann concerto for a concert in March. To be fair though, I can get a tune out of a tubular steel chair. Its possible that other people might not find this instrument as easy to play.
Its a cheap chinese rotary valve trumpet. Based on the Scherzer presumably but the chinese copy is a larger bore. The valve action is very similar though. I was playing it on the mouthpiece that came in the case as my own piccolo mouthpiece is a different fitting.
So with this thing if you pick it up and play the same way you would, say, a middle g inside the staff, it would play the g sitting on top of the staff?
themeleed 5 months ago
Playing J-F FASCH - D concerto. Find Sheet music at Maurice Andre's website.
guinguette07 1 year ago
Very nice playing. What's the 4th valve for? All the videos I've seen, looks like it's never used?
StevieB1362 1 year ago
@StevieB1362 It drops the instrument a fourth. Without this the piccolo trumpet in A would be unable to play the bottom C from a part written for trumpet in D. It is also used to provide better tuning of the D and C sharp below the stave.
hostroute 1 year ago
@StevieB1362 the forth valve is like a trigger on a trombone,instead of pushin to first and third valves u can just push the forth and it is the same
tylerraynor7 8 months ago
whats the best ebay piccolo trumpet. eg. maestro, tristar, berkeley.
wasabiman17 2 years ago
@wasabiman17 look at the John Packers Pic. i think its the same as the one in the video =)
danielwills93 1 year ago
I love these things, seriously...coming from a regular piccolo player. lol!!
OhSweetOz 2 years ago
I dare say no one that has not played a pic before can take one out of the box and sound great! Pic's take lots of practice to sound good on.
buckaroobonsi555 2 years ago
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why are you playing it side ways
Elboy522 2 years ago
I am not, its the right way up. Its a rotary valve trumpet.
hostroute 2 years ago
because its a rotary piccolo trumpet you nab!
Axolo1991 2 years ago
@Elboy522 wouldnt matter if he played it sideways anyways. Many professionals do it and is only ment for preference. depending on if it is comfortable and makes you play better in that position
ilikewiigames 1 year ago
Look the response video, for my piccolo I have to spend 370€ ( 520$ today)
genuzzu 2 years ago
i personally think that your tone quality could use a lot of imptovement
skitzosmartypants 2 years ago 2
What notes do you play with the 4th valve?
Curlyfunksta 2 years ago
It is the same as 1+3 and you use it for notes like bottom G or bottom D or C# 4+2. You need it mainly to be able to play a bottom F which on a piccolo trumpet in A is a concert D. Without a fourth valve you couldn't play a lot of parts. My old Selmer piccolo trumpet had two removable slide assemblies for the fourth, with a second one which only lowered the pitch by two semitones.
hostroute 2 years ago
aw hehe that trumpet is so cute! but it looks a lot harder to play then a Bb trumpet
ReSpekt9845 3 years ago
sound is very bad
Rasenquan 3 years ago
it says in the descritption he just took it out of the box. it hasn't been tuned yet. it also doesnt help that its such a high register instrument.
mago184 3 years ago
I play B flat trumpet. How much smaller is that mouth peace then mine.
monkeyat12 3 years ago
It is identical. Some people use slightly shallower mouthpieces on piccolo trumpet but the mouthpiece is not any smaller in diameter.
hostroute 3 years ago
Your really good at the small trumpet. I'm just starting the normal trumpet and I can't imagine a mouth piece any smaller. I had two weeks on trumpet, so much better than 1/2 year on clairenet. Do you play any freaky reed Instruments.
thanks will
monkeyat12 3 years ago
I play various brass instruments. Thats a big trumpet mouthpiece, similar to a 1c and probably bigger than the one you are using on your big trumpet.
hostroute 3 years ago
Wow - some ugliness here from commenting people. It takes all kinds, I guess.
Not nice - but for the conditions you mentioned, it sounds fine. You're clearly a fine player. I personally hate playing pic, but you seem to enjoy it.
robopitz 3 years ago
I play trumpet and I want to play a piccolo trumpet so bad. I love the sound.
trumpetSL08 3 years ago
I used to blow Chuck Mangione's horn.
vinegar55 3 years ago
You might want to step away from the cam, its disoreanting the volume and I was wearing headsets.
bbiguy 3 years ago
I love this instrument. It's fun to play. Louis Armstrong is my role model. He played the cornet which is what I used to play.
Prometheusjwm 3 years ago
It sounds like you're adjusting too much as you ascend; you tense up and the intonation suffers. With the changing pitch level, you also become inaccurate. I'd also suggest using vibrato extremely sparingly. It's stylistically incorrect in Baroque, and can destabilize the pitch. As you go higher, you MUST play "low" into the pitch. Just work on relaxing and playing "down" as you ascend. It will solve your intonation issues. You've got great material though! Keep working!
TptEg02 3 years ago
Oh dear, it seems you have not read the title at the top of the page, it was a test to see whether that instrument would even play.
Some points to consider:
1. Thats a weird small mouthpiece, I normally play on a Monette 1-5 for piccolo but it wouldn't fit. Thats why it was getting sharper as it went up.
2. How many trumpet players does it take to change a light bulb?
One to change the light bulb and half a dozen to stand around afterwards explaining how much better they would have done it.
hostroute 3 years ago
I'm sorry to have offended you; I'm an orchestral player, and I was just trying to be helpful. I'm a teacher, as well, and noticed that you display similar issues on all of the picc pieces you posted. I know many people find piccolo frustrating to play, so I was trying to give a little help. I can't suppress the teacher in me. =P Again, sorry to have rubbed you the wrong way.
TptEg02 3 years ago
Music does not depend from instrument, it depends from WHO plays this instrument...What do you want to show here ? How not to play ?
Hochhansgruber 3 years ago
No.
hostroute 3 years ago
hv u seen any trumpeter playing cheap and nice piccolo trumpet in youtube? i 've never see any other than a crap tristar picc trumpet in youtube. this piccolo trumpet, is a cheap clone from china and it sounds nice for that price range.
devilmok 2 years ago
once again, from reading the comments below, it's a cheap chinese instrument but when you have a good player playing it, such as yourself, you make it sound good.
junkyman2 3 years ago
I do own another good piccolo trumpet. This one sounds nicer though.
hostroute 3 years ago
man... i've been wanting to get a piccolo trumpet... but my band director at the high school won't get one for me... garrr... oh well i still have my strad
Nicebrass21 3 years ago
What is the brand of that Picc?
satranifan 3 years ago
It is a cheap chinese instrument, surprisingly.
hostroute 3 years ago
can u tell me...does the mouth piece reali helps to produce higher notes...
uhtaf 3 years ago
No. The mouthpiece I am using is the same diameter as a 1C mouthpiece. The piccolo trumpet will not help you play any higher it just makes it easier to differentiate between the notes and play them cleanly.
hostroute 3 years ago
Hello can you say me on what mouthpiece you play. It´s very difficult for my to get the rigt one for my piccolo trumpet Stomvi-elite.I can not play a long time on my piccolo Regards John
glwest04 4 years ago
I use a Monette AP 1-5. This is the same rim as my main trumpet mouthpiece. Its very large.
hostroute 4 years ago
ur good
and its a nice trumpet too
peel432 4 years ago
yea how much did you pay for this m8. it sounds really gewd.
iluvsystemofadown 4 years ago
About £200 (roughly $400). I am doing some modifications to it to improve it. More videos will be posted shortly of me rehearsing a Telemann concerto for a concert in March. To be fair though, I can get a tune out of a tubular steel chair. Its possible that other people might not find this instrument as easy to play.
hostroute 4 years ago
where u buy it?
cocomike1986 4 years ago
I bought it in the UK, but I have seen them on ebay. I have now got my proper mouthpiece to fit it via an adaptor and the intonation is a lot better.
hostroute 4 years ago
where you buy it??
cocomike1986 4 years ago
What kind of pic is that?
Cheers,
T
jazzmanta 4 years ago
Its a cheap chinese rotary valve trumpet. Based on the Scherzer presumably but the chinese copy is a larger bore. The valve action is very similar though. I was playing it on the mouthpiece that came in the case as my own piccolo mouthpiece is a different fitting.
hostroute 4 years ago
How does yours have a different fitting? Does this take a Cornet shank or Trumpet shank mouthpiece? How much was it?
Drworm89 4 years ago