Summertime on home made french horn (trompa feita em casa)

This is me trying to play Summertime, a classical jazz tune composed by George Gershwin (and made famous by Miles Davis) on a home made french horn. I didn't have the score for thi song, so I tried it from memory. The key of this "instrument" is B. Have fun.

Este sou eu tentando tocar Summertime, uma obra clássica do jazz composta por George Gershwin (e famosa na interpretação de Miles Davis) numa trompa natural feita em casa . Eu não tinha a partitura da música, então foi de memória mesmo. O tom desse "instrumento" é Si. Divirtam-se.

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Music

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• french
• horn
• home
• made
• hosephone
• trompa
• natural
• Summertime
• jazz
• George
• Gershwin
• Miles
• Davis

[BaileyMGP]

That actually sounds like a French horn. Not a good one, like a Conn, but good enough to tell its a horn. More like a flugle horn in a way. Good job man, I'm jealous. (:

[brincher]

@BaileyMGP Thanks for your time and the positive feedback. Actually, if it barely sounded like a Conn, I would never thought about buying a real Conn! LOL

I guess it sounds good just because I'm using a real horn mouthpiece.

[cadesfunny]

george gershwin is a very respected american composer he was the first person to combine the only american art form (jazz) with classical music

[brincher]

@cadesfunny to me, he's the greatest american composer. simple like that.

[notcrunkzombie]

gahhh! i want one!! how did you make it??

[brincher]

@notcrunkzombie In the very end of the video there's some instructions. Actually, there's no big deal. Just a real mouthpiece, a hose and the "bell" (in this case, a half Coke bottle). The key depends on the hose size (length and diameter).

[brincher]

@BrokenBluEyes I "tried" to play the for 2 years, but I quit. It's a very hard instrument and you need a good daily practice time to get better. Now I am a tuba player and, since I am a bassist with 12 years of playing, the tuba became easier than the french horn.

[brincher]

@cadesfunny I would say: never compare any home made instrument to a real one. I hope you figured it out before leaving you positive comment...

[cadesfunny]

do not compare that piece of shit to a french horn!

[brincher]

@cornbagel With a trumpet mouthpice you can do the root note, a 5th and the 8th (like C, G, C'). With a french horn mouthpice you can reach some other notes, but it will depend on your embouchure skills. Actually it's pretty hard to get some notes, but you can play 4 ou 5 different notes (with a good entonation) with a french horn mouthpiece.

[cornbagel]

Wow, this is very impressive and very interesting! I am going to make one myself now, and I was wondering if I should buy a trumpet mouthpiece or a french horn mouthpiece. What do you think?