Abblasen

Here's what I've been practicing lately. It's the fanfare Abblasen usually attributed to Gottfried Reiche. It has been the theme for CBS's 'Sunday Morning' which was originally recorded by Don Smithers on natural trumpet, then Doc Severinsen, and now is played by Wynton Marsalis.

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[MichaelTrumpetPlayer]

Nicely played on the wrong instrument. :-)

I like hearing this played by DON SMITHERS. His recording was used for over thirty years at the start of CBS's "Sunday Morning."

I more recent astounding recording of this music played on a proper trumpet is on You Tune by Nathaniel Mayfield.

[moetrumpet]

@MichaelTrumpetPlayer You're right, but don't tell anyone. Don's recording is amazing! I've never owned or done serious work with a natural trumpet but would love to some day.

[cmscrapbook]

Fantastic!

[frenchispanicdude03]

This is brilliant! Your interpretation is superb and your tone doesn't have any of the ragged edge I generally hear on this piece!

Great job!

[MichaelTrumpetPlayer]

@MichaelTrumpetPlayer Hello wtfmate09 - Months later I have to completely agree with you. You are right. My comments about the player who shared his piccolo trumpet playing were unkind.

As to your remarks, I wish to clarify if I may try.

Excessive ornamentation is not the best idea with this music. The limits of the instrument for which the Abblasen was composed. A natural trumpet can ONLY play the notes in the overtone series.

"Valves are for Sissies" was a joke at an Early Music Festival.

[terryhink]

Wow a lot of drama below. Nice playing, man.

[MichaelTrumpetPlayer]

@wtfmate09 Concerning the phrase "Valves are for sissies" - it is not my own, but I learned it at an Early Music workshop at Amherst College in the 1970's. It is intended as humor, but it also could lead curious people to TRY playing a natural trumpet! ALL of the research I did in college when studying the natural trumpet made one thing extremely clear: There are certain notes and ornaments which are IMPOSSIBLLE to play on a trumpet of the Baroque Era.

[MichaelTrumpetPlayer]

@wtfmate09 "What an uneducated and aggressive thing for you to post." That sounds pretty clear to me.

The message I got from my teachers was clear: excessive ornamentation is not good. And directly from Edward Tarr, "...become acquainted with the instrument for which the music was written, because you'll be able to make many discoveries about style and performance practice - discoveries which really lead from the instrument itself."

[wtfmate09]

@MichaelTrumpetPlayer If you read my previous post carefully, you will see that I make no attack on your scholarship; I am only making the observation that your comment was less than constructive. Which of your teachers subscribed you to the idea that flourishes are "stupid" or that valves are for "sissies"? I would ask that you avoid considering my comment as a personal attack, thereby avoiding the need to "beat your chest". I hope this clarifies my intentions.

[MichaelTrumpetPlayer]

If I knew how to remove duplicate posts here, I would gladly do it! I'd also edit the sharp edge out of my comments. Nothing is gained by unkind comments toward a gifted piccolo trumpet player.

[MichaelTrumpetPlayer]

@wtfmate09 People who live in glass house ought not to throw stones. I do not consider my comment "uneducated and aggressive" at all. I simply stated facts. The young man plays piccolo trumpet very nicely but it is NOT the correct instrument for that music historically speaking. Your are showing very bad form by assuming I am uneducated on the subject. You don't know me, my scholarship, my performance experiences, my teachers. I repead: The young man plays the piccolo trumpet very well!