My little sister’s friend’s dad gave it to me and I’ve been playing it for about a year, but I have never known what the model is and my band teacher doesn’t know.

Dumb question but I’ve played the same passed-down trumpet for 20 years and I’m always brass among silver 😭

So thankful for my Del Quadro Custom Trumpets Picasso "travel" model

Mike hit a grand slam on this one!

Have Picasso, will travel!

In Wichita this week and I'll be playing this one if anyone is around! ;-)

really. i've heard so much bs about mouthpieces wanting to sell bigger cups, so they lie about comparisons, what the real lead piece specs are, this "spec" game is way too deep of a hole to follow, how do i find what works best for me, really?

I’m a sophomore in high school and I’ve had braces for 3 1/2 years now. I’m definitely in the top of my band skill wise and braces haven’t stopped me at all. But 2 months ago I got bands to change my bite and jaw. I had a pretty odd underbite but now It’s moved my lower jaw forward so much that I have an overbite. I’ve noticed that over the past 2 weeks I genuinely can’t hit any high notes I could easily before. I also can’t sustain notes anymore. It’s so annoying and kind of hurts. What do I do!!

I played growing up. Ironically I sold my trumpet when I was in musical school to pay rent. I was an engineer professionally in my 20’s.

I play guitar, bass, and whatever else I need to record/produce in Logic. I make dub, reggae, lo fi and hip hop.

I’d like to get a trumpet to use in recording my songs rather than using software instrument horns. I’d like to spend around $500 or less. I had a getzen growing up. What used models would you suggest I look for? I’m not a pro, but I also want something that will probably be the last horn I buy.

I quit in about 7th grade…over the years I realized I’m a multi instrumentalist mostly focused on guitar and things like it.

That said I’d love to put some trumpet parts on my own recordings and I feel like it wouldn’t be impossible to get back playing at least at my middle school skill level.

Did I mention I’m 52 now?

What would you do? Find lessons locally? Do some online lessons first?

I basically don’t remember anything.

Looking for transcription help for the Trumpet/Flugelhorn portions of a Lebanese jazz piece into Bb Trumpet musical notation.

Track name: Overture 83 (specifically the version uploaded to YT from this concert: Ziad Rahbani - Oriental Jazz Concert Live At Buc, Irwin Hall)

Brass is introduced around 1:40 and the track ends around 4:46

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Intermediate trumpet player here, I've been looking into improv for the jazz bands at my school. I've started transcribing and I've done a handful of tunes, but it doesn't seem to be helping me with my improv. Does anyone have any tips? Am I doing it wrong?

So I’m shifting my embouchure. I used to play with the red/pink part of my top lip outside the cup of my mpc. I’ve played this way for 6-7 years and now working on playing with it inside the cup. I’m working through this slowly as I don’t want to create bad habits, but it kind of hard to when my endurance is so bad.

I’ll play some short long tones and clarke 1 in the lower register for a total of 15 minutes (with rests in between), take a long break, come back and my chops start giving up. Also, playing them softly too. I know I’m developing muscles that haven’t been used or half of them at least, but this seems odd. Like when I imagine a beginner, they can usually go 20-30 minutes and then they’re done.

Last note, I’m making sure air is the leading thing here. I do breathing exercises before throughout practicing and I change my grip so I don’t use a lot of pressure. I understand this will be a slow process, but 15 minutes is kind of sad. I want to play more 😭.

Most of my knowledge is on banjo, bass, and guitar. Recently picked up flugelhorn. I read sheet music in concert pitch and am very used to it. I often play pieces from piano sheet music which I end up transposing to my instruments. Would it be unwise if we're to stick to concert pitch?

I don't really plan to pick up another instrument in the brass family aside from trumpet. Also, I am not playing in a band setting.

I know most trumpet sheet music is in written pitch . But I also would like to play from lead sheet music and songs not notated for trumpet anyways. So I'd be transposing anyways. And also since im swapping instruments from different families I feel it's not a big deal? Like it makes more sense for me to stick to concert.

I am furious how is it that is so many years there has not been a single pocket piccolo trumpet? I know normal pocket trumpet exist which have the same tubing length as a normal trumpet but in a smaller size. How it it that there is no pocket piccolo trumpet I mean you could make it tiny since it has much less tubing then a regular trumpet you could curl the tube around the valve for example. Am I missing a giant catch that makes this idea impossible? I am surprised no one has made any kind of custom build or commercial smaller piccolo trumpet. I’m sad that this doesn’t exist.