Trumpet Voluntary (bridal march) - trumpet, flute & strings

[dyad2r1]

My husband chose this song as our recessional when we got married.

[HoustonTrumpet]

Yes, this has become a very popular wedding recessional selection, usually used when Trumpet Voluntary (Prince of Denmark March) is used as a bridal processional.

[mikeyrose94]

I do love this dont get me wrong but I dont think the balance is right - I think the trumpet shoul go quieter or the rest of ensemble play louder. I do like it tho I'll have this for mty wedding :)

[HoustonTrumpet]

Glad you liked the video--Thanks!

You're right--This video's sound was recorded directly by the video camera (with no mixer or quality miking) in a noisy bridal show exhibit hall, and the trumpet's sound was aimed almost directly at the camera. The balance was actually much better live in person.

[HoustonTrumpet]

Thank you! I am glad that you like it.

[hodosattila]

Nice.. Really Nice good double tonging... :))

[ThePinecloud]

I am impressed that you were smart enough to keep harpsichord out of your emsemble. You might add a venetian type theorbo. Place your ear against soudboard & confirm that the lute sings unto all the lower notes from trumpet.

Begin & hold one long note on trumpet and pluck the same note on lute half second later.

Notice that both notes melt into each other. This was already known in 1600s.

Biber, Schmelzer, Melani, Haendel were known to use this magic.

[HoustonTrumpet]

I think that you've spent way too much time in graduate music school!--LOL

Truthfully though, those are some great suggestions for some authentic period ensemble sounds (Yeah, I've been known to hang out in gradutate school some myself!)

[HoustonTrumpet]

I am working on getting my arrangement of this piece published, and will let you know when it becomes available. I also think that's a good idea to make an accompaniment CD or mp3 available. I'll work on that request also. Cheers!

--Randy

[intoframe]

is there an online place to download this music, for a trumpet with a backing CD of the other instruments without the trumpet? you are an amazing trumpet player! i hope to be as good as you!

[intoframe]

where do you get the music for this? is there an online place for it that ships to eurpoe? you are a really good trumpet player! i wish i was as good as you!

[HoustonTrumpet]

There are several published arrangements, but I am hoping to publish my own arrangement of this soon, an arrangement that is actually longer and more varied than the short excerpt heard here. Thank you for the kind compliment--I am glad that you enjoyed listening to me play. You can do it too:  Just keep practicing every day.

[mikalcheuk]

I don't play trumpet. I want to play this piece, how long will it take to learn it? Thank you.

[HoustonTrumpet]

Well, it depends on how much you practice. After a couple of years of study, you could easily play this piece in a lower key. After several years of diligent study, you could play it in the key heard here. If you play another instrument, though, you could also play it on another instrument and it would also sound nice.

At any rate, good luck with it!

[uberfailure]

I doubt that it will take a couple of years of study to play this piece with simplicity on a lower key. I have played trumpet for around 2 years, and i can play this piece on the same skill with simplicity. Therefore, it would probably only take a couple of months, to fine tune the tone of the trumpet.

[HoustonTrumpet]

Yes, I was talking about playing the piece in this key (D Major, concert key), which is the original key that Pachelbel wrote it in. But, even if you can play it in a lower key and sound good on it, that is quite an accomplishment. Congratulations!

[HoustonTrumpet]

Thanks--That's cool!

[twaceyloo]

I want this as the recessional of my wedding it took me hours upon HOURS to find it! ahhhh so happy now!

[HoustonTrumpet]

That makes me happy too!

[phildaddy4]

congrats and best wishes. They played this at my sister's wedding as she came down the ile

[ariastoteles]

Vivid, calm and proud: a life well worth living. Greetings.

[HoustonTrumpet]

Thank you!  Greetings to you too, my friend!

[cougartwirlgirl31]

Wow! I think I took trumpet lessons from you in the 80's. Wow!

[HoustonTrumpet]

That is very likely: I taught lots of trumpet lessons in the 80s in Houston and the surrounding suburbs. Hope you're doing well!

[JakeFreeman117]

Im from Houston and I play trumpet too!

[HoustonTrumpet]

Cool! Hope you guys made it through Hurricane Ike okay. We did fine, but getting electricity and Internet access/email service back took kind of a long time, of course.

[Karelissa]

Maybe the El Eliaon will instruct for that to be played when the Messianic Bride is taken into the protective arms of Her Lord Christ, the Spirit of Truth sent by Jesus.

That may soothe her after having been beaten up & having had her child ripped away from her. Maybe she will get to hold her beloved son & Lord, The King, some day. SOME DAY. In a world where priests & judges get their just desserts & sad mothers & children are protected, as St. James instructed.

[HoustonTrumpet]

Uhhhhhhhm......okay. (?)

[tacos1313]

are you sane?

[HoustonTrumpet]

Good question!

[hh2fan]

we always used this tune for the pocessional for the principals, high up ppl etc. to proceed in in our prizegivings at school =) I like this tune=)

[HoustonTrumpet]

Yes, it works well for any ocassion that requires pomp and dignity. :)

[freacls]

Princess Diana had thise at her wedding she looked like a Disney princess i thought

[HoustonTrumpet]

You are absolutely right!

[hh2fan]

No wonder I thought this music sounded so familiar as well!

[trumpione]

well played! but isn't it supposed to be a bit faster so the bride can walk in a decent pace to the alter?

[HoustonTrumpet]

Thank you! Usually, if this piece is played in a concert (as a concert piece), it is played a bit faster. But brides usually want it played a bit slower so that it sounds more elegant and regal (and less frantic.) In truth, brides rarely actually march to the steady beat of the music anyway (and it might look kind of funny if they did walk downt the aisle in lock-step to the steady beat.) At any rate, it wouldn't look too dignified or elegant for the bride to be running down the aisle!

[trumpione]

haha now that I think of it, I totally agree ;) thanks for the info!

[ASSSTUD]

well done randy. do you got the full version?

[HoustonTrumpet]

Thanks! No recording of the full version at this time, but I'm hoping to record a trumpet and organ CD with full versions of this and other popular wedding music selections on it soon, hopefully sometime this summer.

[Bridgett30]

If I use this whenever I get married, I'm sure I'd feel like a princess!

[HoustonTrumpet]

Then by all means, you absolutely MUST use it, my dear! That will be your day to get the royal treatment, for sure!

Best Wishes to you,

Randy Dunn

[es4lemon]

i play this with my quintet i cant quite trill so long though but i like the song all the same

[HoustonTrumpet]

Cool!

[bigqonu]

playing this for my bands spring concert

[HoustonTrumpet]

Cool!

[kotetsu131]

Bravo. I listened to the other recording of this from a different angle, and the sound was such that I almost though you had made a mistake on one of the ornaments in the opening intrada, but then listened to this one and realized you executed it flawlessly. You have great technique, I wish i could play pic....so much yet to do on Bb and C though!

[theifmater]

That was great! I'm in middle school and a trombonist, another trumpeter and I are doing this for an ensemble. Its hard to get certain parts but hearing someone good playing it helped.

[HoustonTrumpet]

Yea, this piece sounds great with just brass also.  I'm glad that it helped you to hear it!

[jtal07]

I was escoted up the isle by my parents to take my husbands hand in marriage to this song 23 years ago! It was being played in the balcony of an overcrowded standing room only chhurch! It was totally awesome....and to this today brings chills to my spine!

[HoustonTrumpet]

Because many people have asked me about my instruments and mouthpieces (and other trumpet questions) I have started a new Trumpet Blog that answers these questions. Please visit the Blog page on my website to follow links to my new Trumpet Blog postings. My website address is at the end of my videos and also on my YouTube Channel page.

[aliceodin]

You're PERFECT, guys, without doubt:)!

[HoustonTrumpet]

Thank you for the very nice compliment.

[archinut82]

Absolutely Beautiful!

[LazyBadgerHC715]

is there viola in this bcuz I play one I am 16

[HoustonTrumpet]

Yes: trumpet, flute, violin, viola, and cello.

[unclenelvis]

hi there, you might think that the accoustics are poor/whatever but to me (no expert I admit) it was really nice and I would hope that's what most people would want for a wedding or anything else for that matter!

keep playing and posting,

Neil

[HoustonTrumpet]

Thank you for the kind comment. I think that this video is not bad, but I do think that I can record some videos that sound better than this, so I will be posting some new videos with better sound quality soon. :)

[ns9987]

Flute player is very good, just play louder. It's all good, it just needs more of a foundation.

[HoustonTrumpet]

These videos with me playing trumpet with strings & flute chamber groups were recorded at a Bridal Show in a noisy convention center exhibit hall that had horrible musical acoustics. That is why the balance is often not so good, why there is a lot of background noise and other sound problems, etc. I hope to soon post new videos recorded in a more favorable environment, such as in a big church or auditorium.

[Jmartin7447]

Hat's of to you guys

[killbabe890]

HATS OFF MOST DEFINATELY!