Taps is a bugle call. Bugles are traditionally in the key of G. I assume but of course don't know that they are trying to simulate that by holding down the 1st valve.
only problem... TAPS is a bugle call... you lower the entire call by playing it with the 1st valve down thus the enitre call was wrong. However amazing tone and silver TAPS is deff boss
@trumpetsownu94 How does the key make it wrong? Very few people have perfect pitch, so melodies are remembered by intervals rather than actual notes. Personally I like to play it with 3rd valve for the richness of tone.
@musicinnowhere but it isnt correct playing it with first valve down lowers every note of TAPS by a whole step. I wasnt saying it wasnt good it just sounded off. If you really want rich tone out of TAPS use a large quantity of air and reduce the amount of excess air in your buzz. TAPS played open is the real way to play it and IMO has way better sound than that of first valve being activated. Tone is created by the players air and embouchure and air quantity, not valves.
To correctly emulate a ugle with a B-flat Trumpet, one should key the 1st and 3rd valves. I played bugle calls daily for a year long ago, from first call to tattoo, and I found that playung with the 1st & 3rd valves depressed gave a more muted tone than I liked. Playing with all valves open produced a higher, shriller pitch than I liked, so I settled on playing with the 1st valve depressed. Why? I just liked the sound better.
@gitrumpet i play bugle as well and no you are wrong. If you look through the valves on the trumpet with all valves open the air travel a direct path from mouthpiece to the bell. Playing with 1st and 3rd valve lowers the tuning of a bugle down. Thus giving you not a muted sound as you said but an extremely flat sound. Playing with 1st valve does the same. If playing it open gives the correct sound and you didn't think it sounded good it's your playing. Not the trumpet.
@trumpetsownu94 Like a trumpet, bugle is tuned in B-flatt (unless you are playing on the E-flat bugle, however these are not commonly used in bugle calls, but for more concert settings.) Thus the notes on bugle are the same as on trumpet thus no valves should be pressed down. Again if it sounds shrill then you need practice my friend because it reflects your playing ability not the trumpet. 1st valve is often depressed by players who have the inability to hit the higher octaves and articulate.
@trumpetsownu94 You are uninformed. First off, these guys are heros who happen to play trumpet. So F all of us who nit pick.
Now then. I have played Taps many times at funerals & events for fallen heros. While playing it this way (echo taps) is not kosher according to the official rules, it's very cool. And as someone who has played the trumpet for 32 years, intonation between two solider-players in the desert > your sorry ass in a practice room with a tuner. Thus: Troll=F'd
@seiba99 Because trumpets and bugles are tuned in different keys at the factory and if the first valve wasn't depressed it wouldn't sound correct. They are playing in the key of "C" with the first valve depressed, and Taps is usually played with the 1 and 3 in "G" because it is easier. In "C" it is more difficult because they have a higher pitches to play.
@jerryboy219 Wrong. Taps is usually played in the key of Bb (concert), which is with no valves depressed on a Bb instrument. My guess is that the reason they are playing it in Ab (which is the key here, not C) is that they can use the first valve slides to adjust intonation. You might notice a slight "beat" now and then while they are playing in unison. That is one of the foibles of playing "echo Taps."
@blogger1947 You know way better than I. I only played sax and bassoon in high school, and trumpet for like a month. You sound like you have college/professional experience.
@NDguy191 They look like the model 180 Bach "Stradivarius" that has been the standard professional grade trumpet for decades. It is true that you can buy more expensive horns, some of which work better for one style or another of music, but generally if a musician owns only one trumpet it is this model Bach.
Please correct me if i'm wrong but isn't this suppose to be played only if someone has died? Our group always (well the trumpet soloist does at least) Plays this at our memorial day concerts to remember and honor the fallen soldiers.
@junkyman2 Actually you ARE wrong. Taps is sounded at the close of the duty day on every military post. The call was first made up in May of 1862 (150 years ago) and used for that purpose. It was several months later that it was first used as funeral honors. Read the history at taps150 dot org.
I will always have much respect and admiration for our soldiers who defend us, our way of life, and keep us free. We owe them everything! Thank you for this excellent video.
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shtaketnik1 6 days ago
one, or both are out of tune!
GeneralN0va 1 week ago
Semper Fi, bros, uuurrra
exthomes 1 week ago
like a boss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mayurgurukkalsaints0 1 week ago
great playing but i have no clue why the first valve was down. but they have an amazing tone
captainmorg95 2 weeks ago
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Wordup0616 2 weeks ago
@captainmorg95 tuning.
imgame2121 2 weeks ago
HERMOSA MELODIA ITALIANA
remanguchi 3 weeks ago
Who ever dislike sucks at trumpet and is a terriost
Th3B0m1ngGam3r 3 weeks ago 3
Damn right!
jcangler88 2 weeks ago
Taps is a bugle call. Bugles are traditionally in the key of G. I assume but of course don't know that they are trying to simulate that by holding down the 1st valve.
brandinla 3 weeks ago
Who the hell disliked this? this is a song when a fellow Marine or Navy Seal dies. He/she dies for our country and this shows respect for them.
MultiBlade54 3 weeks ago
only problem... TAPS is a bugle call... you lower the entire call by playing it with the 1st valve down thus the enitre call was wrong. However amazing tone and silver TAPS is deff boss
trumpetsownu94 3 weeks ago
@trumpetsownu94 How does the key make it wrong? Very few people have perfect pitch, so melodies are remembered by intervals rather than actual notes. Personally I like to play it with 3rd valve for the richness of tone.
musicinnowhere 3 weeks ago
@musicinnowhere but it isnt correct playing it with first valve down lowers every note of TAPS by a whole step. I wasnt saying it wasnt good it just sounded off. If you really want rich tone out of TAPS use a large quantity of air and reduce the amount of excess air in your buzz. TAPS played open is the real way to play it and IMO has way better sound than that of first valve being activated. Tone is created by the players air and embouchure and air quantity, not valves.
trumpetsownu94 3 weeks ago
@trumpetsownu94 The two trumpeters in this video have amazing tone and I honestly don't understand why they played with first valve down.
trumpetsownu94 3 weeks ago
@trumpetsownu94
To correctly emulate a ugle with a B-flat Trumpet, one should key the 1st and 3rd valves. I played bugle calls daily for a year long ago, from first call to tattoo, and I found that playung with the 1st & 3rd valves depressed gave a more muted tone than I liked. Playing with all valves open produced a higher, shriller pitch than I liked, so I settled on playing with the 1st valve depressed. Why? I just liked the sound better.
gitrumpet 2 weeks ago
@gitrumpet i play bugle as well and no you are wrong. If you look through the valves on the trumpet with all valves open the air travel a direct path from mouthpiece to the bell. Playing with 1st and 3rd valve lowers the tuning of a bugle down. Thus giving you not a muted sound as you said but an extremely flat sound. Playing with 1st valve does the same. If playing it open gives the correct sound and you didn't think it sounded good it's your playing. Not the trumpet.
trumpetsownu94 1 week ago
@trumpetsownu94 Like a trumpet, bugle is tuned in B-flatt (unless you are playing on the E-flat bugle, however these are not commonly used in bugle calls, but for more concert settings.) Thus the notes on bugle are the same as on trumpet thus no valves should be pressed down. Again if it sounds shrill then you need practice my friend because it reflects your playing ability not the trumpet. 1st valve is often depressed by players who have the inability to hit the higher octaves and articulate.
trumpetsownu94 1 week ago
@trumpetsownu94 You are uninformed. First off, these guys are heros who happen to play trumpet. So F all of us who nit pick.
Now then. I have played Taps many times at funerals & events for fallen heros. While playing it this way (echo taps) is not kosher according to the official rules, it's very cool. And as someone who has played the trumpet for 32 years, intonation between two solider-players in the desert > your sorry ass in a practice room with a tuner. Thus: Troll=F'd
TheTrombaMann 14 hours ago
nice tuning! wow
mchoi3251 4 weeks ago
The item behind the Marines say "Guadal Canal" One of the most worst battles in U.S. history.
In WWII U.S. Vs. Japs.
BaldEagleFilms 1 month ago
How can anyone dislike this?
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surferhyche 1 month ago
@surferhyche Liberals can and do. You can bank on that. That's why they love Obama so much and what he's doing to the military
streetrace442 1 month ago
Brings me to tears every tim semper fi
AirsoftGeorgia1 1 month ago
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jktrumpet316 1 month ago
And come home soon!
mangledinal 1 month ago
There's just something about Taps that is indescribably sad
Bamchucknorris 1 month ago
@NDguy191 you are not kidding the one I used last year for school its that bad XD and i live in a rural area.
Sora657 1 month ago
question? no offense to anything but why is the first valve down? traditional you do not use valves for taps, like it is done on a bugle.
seiba99 1 month ago
@seiba99 Because trumpets and bugles are tuned in different keys at the factory and if the first valve wasn't depressed it wouldn't sound correct. They are playing in the key of "C" with the first valve depressed, and Taps is usually played with the 1 and 3 in "G" because it is easier. In "C" it is more difficult because they have a higher pitches to play.
jerryboy219 1 month ago
@jerryboy219 actually its kind of higher playing it open....
somebodyfarted123 1 month ago
@jerryboy219 Wrong. Taps is usually played in the key of Bb (concert), which is with no valves depressed on a Bb instrument. My guess is that the reason they are playing it in Ab (which is the key here, not C) is that they can use the first valve slides to adjust intonation. You might notice a slight "beat" now and then while they are playing in unison. That is one of the foibles of playing "echo Taps."
blogger1947 4 weeks ago
@blogger1947 You know way better than I. I only played sax and bassoon in high school, and trumpet for like a month. You sound like you have college/professional experience.
jerryboy219 4 weeks ago
those are not quality trumpets
NDguy191 1 month ago
@NDguy191 They look like the model 180 Bach "Stradivarius" that has been the standard professional grade trumpet for decades. It is true that you can buy more expensive horns, some of which work better for one style or another of music, but generally if a musician owns only one trumpet it is this model Bach.
blogger1947 4 weeks ago
@blogger1947 I know for a fact one of theme is not. One of them does look like a bach but I assume they are just student trumpets.
NDguy191 4 weeks ago
Please correct me if i'm wrong but isn't this suppose to be played only if someone has died? Our group always (well the trumpet soloist does at least) Plays this at our memorial day concerts to remember and honor the fallen soldiers.
junkyman2 1 month ago
@junkyman2 Actually you ARE wrong. Taps is sounded at the close of the duty day on every military post. The call was first made up in May of 1862 (150 years ago) and used for that purpose. It was several months later that it was first used as funeral honors. Read the history at taps150 dot org.
blogger1947 4 weeks ago
@blogger1947 Thanks for the info, at least I'll be a lot more educated when we play this next time--
junkyman2 3 weeks ago
What beatuiful tone.
moccasinman33 1 month ago
Semper Fi, brothers. Sleep well, wherever you are.
bdoberneck 3 months ago 10
I will always have much respect and admiration for our soldiers who defend us, our way of life, and keep us free. We owe them everything! Thank you for this excellent video.
lookhearseee 1 year ago 18