Scherzer.mp4

Here I am playing a Meister J. Scherzer Bb rotary valve trumpet that is to be for sale on eBay. The first selection is the opening Promenade from the Ravel orchstration of Moussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. The last is some noodling to show that the range of the horn, even with a deep flugelhorn type of mouthpiece is wide.

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• Guy Clark
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• Scherzer

[guyjclark]

Relax, don't push the sound, use a big mouthpiece. I try to blend with those around me, and not stick out, unless it's a solo passage. I mostly got over my agressive phase in high school, many years ago... :-/

Good luck to you and your playing!!

Guy

[guyjclark]

HI, Justin!

Tone is largely a matter of the player's approach. I listened (actually, I still do) to the best players I can, and try to emulate what I like about their playing. ie, I listen to Maurice Andre recordings for my piccolo trumpet sound, I listen to Roger Webster and Russell Gray for cornet playing, Adolf "Bud" Herseth for trumpet. I used to play along with their recordings, and gradualy I got their sounds, or at least came close!

[guyjclark]

@AWiddit - I'm an electrical engineer, but I've been playing in orchestras since Jr. High school. I have played in a variety of Chicago area symphony orchestras, and now play with several San Francisco Bay area professional orchestras, not to mention my Brass Band experience in the Illinois Brass Band and the Chicago Brass Band, and now with the Silicon Valley Brass Band and Mission Peak Brass Band. Trumpet put me through engineering school! Lots of fun and lots of playing!

[Silversnapdragon]

That sounds absolutely beautiful!!!! What is the first song you play? Your tone is just remarkable!

[guyjclark]

@Silversnapdragon - That's the opening "Promenade" from the Ravel orchestration of Moussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition". It's a standard orchestra audition exerpt. I'd been working up an audition for a local professional orchestra at the time of the recording. ;-)

Part of my tone comes from the horn, part from the mouthpiece (described in another comment here) and partly from a relaxed approach to playing. I learned to play in the Chicago area, but now live near Silicon Valley, CA.

[guyjclark]

Thanx, jazzvine! I'm afraid I don't have a blog, but this mouthpiece is one I made in college for a flugelhorn I had to play in jazz band. My trumpet mouthpieces of the time were Schilke 20 rims, so that's what I wanted in the flugel mouthpiece. Not really knowing what I was doing (I'm an electrical engineer) I futzed and tweaked it until it worked for me. It ended up around a 22 rim, with a 19 or 18 throat. Shaped alot like a tenor horn mouthpiece, I now see!

[4801576877justin]

how do i get that beautiful tone. its so amazing

[AWiddit]

Hey man are you a professional trumpet player? Any symphony experience?

[pandaman063]

pictures at an exhibition how i love thee xD

[jazzvine]

Fabulous tone! Very nice playing! You mention a home made mouthpiece - have you blogged this or do you have any information on what you did? These things interest me you see :) You can see a mouthpiece that I modified/made in my video stream - if you are interested!

Keep posting these individual videos - they are most interesting!