Mussorgsky-Ravel Pictures; 2 Jews

[xoddamnahtanoj]

Heard SSO do this last night (cond. Pinchas Steinberg) and googled for a reprise, nice to find a neighbour's personal post. ... honesty compels me to report that SSO was better than SSSCO by a mile but doesn't stop me appreciating your efforts. Excellent trumpet solo and kudos to the conductor for acknowledging.

[joshster89]

the trumpet looks like a toy in that guy's hands.

[dieselmcmlxxx]

OMfG! 0:47  xD

[ThaSchwab]

I would've loved to hear your promenade solo.

[snappleman75]

Sordini is the word for mute that I always heard.

[vesa87]

This is a difficult, because almost plays exactly the same. You can hear that theyre not profressional. Its not all exactly the same.

[sinmall]

Nice piece. How to write MUTE to show that the trumpet should have MUTE in normal music score? Thanks beforehand

[musicalaviator]

Either "Mute" (and this can be expanded upon with "Straight mute" or "Cup mute" or "harmon Mute" (or a few other types less common) ) or to be all clever and multi-linguistic you can use "Sordino" or it's abbreviation "Sord." - the Germans use Mit Dampfer (with mute) and Ohne Dampfer (Discard/remove mute)

English - to remove mute would be "Open" and I forget the italian/french term for removing mute at the moment.

[ThaSchwab]

In most scores, it'll probably say "Con sordini" which means "with silencer," I believe.

[musicalaviator]

ah yes, and it's reverse. Sans Sordini

[ThaSchwab]

Also, great job for only being in a community orchestra.

[sinfonian39]

A couple of things...first, good job. Second, try using 4th valve instead of 1st for the concert B grace notes (D on picc). The partials are much farther apart with the 4th valve, so you won't accidentally go to concert G (Bb on picc). The second trumpet could've played out a WHOLE lot more...it would've allowed you to lay back and not sound so "naked." I would love to hear you play it at the typical slower tempo. I'm sure it would sound wonderful.

[musicalaviator]

Yeh I agree was a touch fast (like near the extent of how fast I could play it) Slower would have sounded better imo, but that's what the conductor put down so what can ya do :P Good comment on the 4th valve, I don't use it nearly enough.

[o00joe]

badass alert - you nailed that

[thelmaandlouse]

Excellent piece, I found free sheet music for it on SheetMusicFox DOT com and absolutely love it!

[trumpeterteddy]

I've personally played this piece myself...trumpet part too...and its a toughy...good job here though...the conductor took the piece a little fast,so i think it may have clumped your notes together...either that or may just need some fine tuning. the symphony isnt very good though....Im only 18 and i play with kids my age and we kick the crap out of these guys...go see them sometime...i aged out but Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra.

[tromba666]

The orchestra sucks, are they professionals? Trumpet player is ok

[musicalaviator]

nup, nobody's proffesional :P

[pablobasstb]

uffff, terrific play by the picc. trumpeter; but sorry for the orchestra, i think they don´t play with guts.

[FreddyBone17]

your missing a note. and come one be a man like kadarabek,use a c trumpet. oh eyah the orchestra is mad out of tune lol

[musicalaviator]

If it's the note Im thinking of, we had a long discussion about that and after some arguement with conductor and 2nd trumpet we finally agreed to play the Natural instead of the Sharp. If it's the one I just accidently misarticulated then... "Damn" is all I can say to that one :P

[sinfonian39]

Who in their right mind would ever play this on C trumpet? It's not the range...it's the timbre. Plus, you'll never see any of the major orchestral trumpeters playing it on C...Vosburgh - no, Chuck Lirette - no, Bud - no, Phil Smith - no, Manny - no, etc. Also, some conductors like the F#; some like the Fx. Personally, I agree with you. I like the Fx. However, many European groups play F#.

[lt180ml]

The note he played is what Mussorgsky wrote, Ravel changed it for no apparent reason. Also, Freddy, on C you would have to do a lip flexibility to get the first two grace notes of each of the first two lines of the solo. Not practical for a long muted solo with no recovery time.

[tptjaont]

why dont people get a life? honestly

[musicalaviator]

Yes... that really made sense didn't it. Douche.

[jbarber2337]

great picc playing, wish i could play that well!

[FuriousGopher]

Wow! Amazing performance by the trumpeter!!