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Uploaded by on Jun 18, 2007

David Mason piccolo trumpet player on The Beatles 'Penny Lane' tells how it all came to be.

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  • Of course they could compose music. They had a pact that all four members were to contrubute musically to the band every single one of them could stand on their own by todays standards. Back then they made music for music's sake instead of just being famous for acts done outiside stage i.e. lady gaga, and the rest of the contemporay clowns. Real music for real people. Even if their initial music was very ideologicaly shallow they were on their way to great art.

  • I just saw a clip of McCartney doing Penny Lane with two guys playing samplers. While they did a good job, I have to say that generally synth horns suck and this clip proves it. Live horns rule.

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  • @waislandres the reason you are incapable of playing this on your c trumpet is simple, its the wrong kind of trumpet. the trumpet that is being used in the song is a piccolo trumpet, a very small horn that is capable of hitting high notes with much ease. trying to plays this in the original key on a c trumpet is Impossible, but you could transpose the piece down to a more playable range, i say this from experience because i play both the c b flat and piccolo trumpet in university and dothis lots

  • Why does everything sound so much cooler in a british accent?

  • Always was trying to play this on my large bore C ambassador trumpet and, just couldn't figure out how to hit those high notes. Tried and tried even have several different mouth pieces nothing worked, glad to solve the mystery. Oh BTW the fellow in this video makes playing high notes look easy, well I know they are not.

  • the son in the beginnig of this video takes me to london

  • @atworkstation Actually,it's the 'All You Need Is Love' clip,but yeah,he's there.

  • David Mason was my dads trumpet teacher

    he is now in the BBC Symphony Orchestra and has been for 25 years :)

    love this btw !!

  • @PeasGraveny Really?

  • You can see David on the Day In The Life clip too.

  • @Killereyefive its just absurd. shes the new brittany spears. fuckin shaving her head. but she doesnt stop there. SHE HAS TO MAKE A FUCKING PIANO OUT OF IT!!! WHAT THE FUCK???!!!

  • @venskus2009

    Holy shit dude, I can't tell you how much I agree with you!

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