Hayden Powell - Firebird trumpet improvisation

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The instrument was designed by Holton for Maynard Ferguson and was in production for a short period during the 80's. It is now discontinued but can occasionally be found on Ebay (which is where I found mine). It has three valves like a trumpet, but it also has a trombone slide with four positions, enabling some unusual techniques.
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Комментарии : 63

@SamuelPlaysBrass 7 лет назад

Damn! Your tone is amazing! You make this thing sound like a slide flugel!

@haypowell 7 лет назад

Thank you Samuel, appreciate the compliment!

@lingonberriesofwrath1836 2 года назад

@@haypowell not only that, your embouchure/hand coordination is exqusite.

@IowaEuph 11 лет назад

Finally! No more need to learn licks in all 12 keys!

@maxn9139 7 лет назад

you took your high school band teachers comment waaaaaaay too seriously "if you play a riff that sounds cool, play it again"

@haypowell 10 лет назад

@Devaughn Hahn: You can shorten or lengthen the "trombone slide" to tune it. It can be hard to play in tune, especially when combining the slide and the valves as this changes the proportions of the instrument. It takes a lot of getting used to and is quite heavy and hard to play compared to my regular trumpet.

@d00jolta 12 лет назад

I'd love to hear / see some more of this unusual instrument, too!

@christiwans 12 лет назад

coolest thing ever! and you sound fantastic. well done

@TimothyVonFink 11 лет назад

Just wow. I am blown away by his skill.

@NeoManoscaMusic 4 года назад

Insane ideas love it!

@haypowell 10 лет назад

Hi everyone, thanks for all you comments and interest! I have a new album out called "Roots and Stems". No firebird there I'm afraid, but might be worth checking out anyway :) Take a look at the other videos on my channel and follow the links in the video description to order your copy!

@VenomsCast 12 лет назад

@KMChams Holten made them for Maynard back in the day. They are called the Firebird and they are great!

@haypowell 12 лет назад

Hi everybody and thanks for all the nice comments! I still haven't got round to making any new firebird videos, but there are now some recordings of my band on RU-vid that you'll find on my profile, or by searching for "Hayden Powell". I'm playing a regular trumpet on those, though.. Hayden

@Oyhus 13 лет назад

Kjempetøft! Så deg på Toneheim i går, og det var fantastisk! :) Takk!

@chipmonkey7266 4 года назад

How did your ever get your hands on this instrument?

@brucedobson860 6 лет назад

Woh! Respect man.

@ronaldinnewmexico1912 2 года назад

Maynard had Firebird prototypes built for him in the 1970s. It just didn't go into production until the 80s.

@wretch55 13 лет назад

cool stuff!

@stormchsr1017 8 лет назад

thats pretty damn good!!

@haypowell 8 лет назад

+stormchsr 101 Thanks!!

@TheIzzysteve 12 лет назад

It's like a trumpet Superbone!!! COOOL.

@cdgonepotatoes4219 6 лет назад

now I can't but wonder, what if you were to put a slide on that slide so that when you lock the "trombone slide" you can still tune and use this as a normal trumpet? or what if the slide lock could be set in a way so you can set the lock on a slightly open position to reduce the technical craziness you'd need to have a decent length to regulate the locked slide on top of the other slide.

@music_is_life95 10 лет назад

How do you tune it?

@haypowell 12 лет назад

Thanks for the input, I see your point and you might be right :-) Or maybe the solution is to go the other way, keeping the lick even simpler and that way make all the other stuff that's going on really stand out. Anyway, I appreciate the interest and hope you'll check back when I finally get round to recording a follow-up :-) Hayden

@TheTTony444 7 лет назад

Sounds airy...

@musicman3998 2 года назад

No you sound airy

@nathanielwilliford2589 7 лет назад

Where can u get a firebird

@MissionCow1 6 лет назад

The Blue Bone ebay. for about $6000. they’re extremely rare.

@ThatTumpetGuy 12 лет назад

What mouthpiece are you playing on in this?

@RockStarOscarStern634 2 года назад

The Bell is bent just like a Gillespie Trumpet

@haypowell 12 лет назад

Tusen Takk!!

@maxladwig6240 10 лет назад

MORE AIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Lotlus 6 лет назад

Max Ladwig chet baker used about the same amount of air. And he was a legend

@nelcorazs 6 лет назад

Lotlus Weak is not amazing. Besides, you can't tell him that what works for one style of music is going to work for another.

@haypowell 12 лет назад

It really is dark, pretty heavy to play too, compared to my regular trumpet.

@haypowell 12 лет назад

Probably a Bach 3C, but it might be a 1 1/4C, I'm not sure.

@ZaneKata 11 лет назад

Ok never mind apparently i watched another video of yours and you are good sorry about the over done comment about instruments

@haypowell 12 лет назад

Yeah, he did, haha! :-)

@bffancodplayer1210 11 лет назад

Guys calm down only a Bb trumpet and a Bb tuba have the same fingerlings but there are many other tubas that are not Bb

@FabricioAyres86 12 лет назад

you're so famous.

@smileydude62 12 лет назад

pretty sexy instrument ;o

@RaffyCarvalheira 12 лет назад

I thought i kicked ass @ playing the trumpet. Until i saw this video...

@TheMegaOrrin 11 лет назад

Uh, tuba does not have the same fingerings as trumpet.

@thaifighter7693 12 лет назад

nice tone. nice trumpet. but may i offer a bit of constructive critisim? well you had nice improve but...It soundd the exact same the way through. like you found a lick that worked and you wore out completley. try jumping aroung in the high register and throwing some turns and lip trills in. do that and you will be damn good. nice though no doubt.

@mrwizzardknight 7 лет назад

Does the slide have all 7 positions?! :D :D :D :D :D

@haypowell 7 лет назад

Only four, unfortunately!

@mrwizzardknight 7 лет назад

Hayden Powell darn! :( Well at least it still gives you the ability to gliss! :D XD

@haypowell 7 лет назад

Yes it does, pretty cool! 😁

@mrwizzardknight 7 лет назад

Hayden Powell Oh yeah you're amazing you are Hayden mate! :D :D :D :D :D 👏👏👏👏👏 You should perform for the Royal Family at the Royal Variety Show cuz you're BRILLIANT! :D :D :D :D :D 👏👏👏👏👏

@haypowell 7 лет назад

That's very kind of you, thank you!! 😊

@nicholassekulski3393 5 лет назад

i thought this was shia labeaf for a sec. then i remembered, he doesn't play trumpet. but amazing trumpet playing.

@ztrumpet08 12 лет назад

this cat is obviously killin, it really didn't sound exactly the same way through, if you really listen and think about what he is doing, that "repetitive lick" acts as a harmonic device to set up a pentatonic harmony, while the other stuff he is playing acts as "the solo"

@modellmotoren 4 года назад

Thats kill my Kat

@ThatTumpetGuy 12 лет назад

maynard got it pretty bright. lol

@derpysheep5872 5 лет назад

Now let’s just add a woodwind mouthpiece

@ZaneKata 11 лет назад

But still the random bit hear didn't sound the best no offence in the other videos you do play good

@ThatTumpetGuy 12 лет назад

dang dude.. lol nice sound. sounds like youre playing on a kitchen sink, its so dark lol

@cavalierprimary 4 года назад

ok shia labeouf

@TheJunebug65 2 года назад

Tone isn't good

@George2705 13 лет назад

Good trumpet but the player.....

@ZaneKata 11 лет назад

I could tell by your fingerings your not very good at trumpet but by the sound you probably play at least trombone, for every one else who think he plays something other then trombone tuba, baritone horn, and trumpet have the same fingerings just a different octave the only other brass instruments is trombone and french horn but one way or a another still a cool instrument