Metamorphosis - for Trumpet and Lump Hammer 

Trumpet in BE FLAT

I have a handful of trumpets in my middle school classroom that have already played half of this piece.

I’ve been thinking about doing a piano cover of this. Thanks for posting!

fucking awesome

As a trumpet player I'm litterally in pain watching this, but at the same time it's kinda fun...

As funny and theatrical as this is, my main takeaway was the fascinating indeterminacy. You never can know just what the timbre will be after the next hammer blow, but the melody remains recognizable throughout, even as the instrument literally falls apart.

My band teacher showed us this video in class yesterday & I felt so many emotions all at once. It was funny, shocking, cool, and my middle-class self couldn’t wrap my head around the idea that someone would destroy an expensive instrument in purpose. I was so overwhelmed I almost cried 😂

As a trumpet player, I feel sorry for the instrument involved....

Perfect way to close a senior recital

All jokes aside, it was a great performance and DAMN this man can play!

Sad, a starving child in Africa could've eaten that trumpet.

Good intonation on trumpet at Section A, but deteriorating quickly. Excellent performance throughout by percussion, but progressively let down by trumpet section who sound increasingly unwell.

Damn I wish some of the local orchestra trumpetiers would play this piece

As a composer this is very intereseting! As an instrumentalist this is a mix of interesting (as a challenge of playing gradually with less and less resources and having to be creative with it) and sad because of the trumpet.

Could you send an arrangement for Eb-cornet?

Extremely fine playing and musicality Percy. I love the concept of this very valid work, it's very apt metaphor for music education in our UK state schools. Bravo Sir.

❤ the heart as it beats its song dispite the blows of heartbreak of life. After each trail and tribulation it sings on though changed by the past experiances of love. I love this piece. Brillant

I'm glad the recording was successful. A second take could be a bit tricky.

Oh my, even with a very broken trumpet you are still able to make a fabulous sound - I’m so glad the trumpet was put to such good use - fantastic.

Now, if you could get someone to use the hammer on the player.........

As a clarinet player, I enjoyed this a lot.

1:51 - looks at music like, "Wait...it says hammer my horn here, right? Performance ruined if I screw that up!"

I'm going to cry, sike I already am

How is this so downvoted? This is absolute comedic gold!

Very interesting!

Well... new composer technique arsenal just got multiplied by 100. Good performance!

i have felt a similar way but choose to turn inward by destroying my chops with pressure and hurting my lower back playing really loud

02:37 dizzy gillespie style

Good Job!

Amazing💕💕💕💕

Music from the angels

BAND DIRECTORS GONNA BE TERRIFIED WITH THIS MASTERPIECE 🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️

THIS IS FIRE WTF

Don’t know whether to laugh or cry! (I have some friends in Uganda that would’ve love to have that trumpet!) but i do appreciate the originality

Or if possible a duet. I'd be honored to perform it with you.

Can this be transcribed for viola? Saxophone? Soprano voice?

What kind of trumpet does he use?

How the heck are you supposed to practice this?

I'd like to see this one, as compulsory on a High lvl Contest XD

This is how it feels trying to build a strong band/music program with unsupportive admin. :(

"I'm doing some adjustments here.. trying to find the sound that I like.." 😅😂

Yeah, Percy! Great! My kids wondered what happened to the trumpet after...ebay?

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Is there a sheet music available?

How do you practice the performance? You need as many trumpets as possible?

I could not stop Laughing in the video the trumpet sounds like a saxophone and a flute

Being a trumpet this hurt me to watch. However, I loved making my friend suffer.

Can we get an arragement for viola? ;)

The part from 4:36 always gets me ❤️

where would we obtain the sheet music for this?

In the sequel, you percus the hammer and hit it with the trumpet.

Practicing this piece must be expensive

Did you ever tried a flute?

Yup. Better and better.

How much does is cost to practice this per day ?

Sheet music please?

Is there an arrangement for voice?

This is Genius!!!!!!

would be grat with a saxophone

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How long did he practice?

Obviously intelligent practice went into this. ......somewhere, Gives new meaning to the word "woodshedding".

Write one for any horn made in Meerkut,India or in Russia.I have a few made in both cities.That's all they're good for save the "Leningrads" which are unplayable and are great for lampmaking.

Great idea to make music with Stomvi trumpets!

Der beste Beweis, dass schon die erste Beule alles zerstört außer den hervorragenden Ansatz des Trompeters.

It's a one-off performance of a music theatre piece, using a cheap instrument that's probably barely playable to begin with. Does "Eight Songs For A Mad King" attract the same response?

He cracked a few notes

All these people saying shit like "this is disgusting" or "what a waste" need to calm their tits and/or balls. If you can't appreciate a piece that was dedicated to someone else and purposefully and thoughtfully made, then grow up, go to some more masterclasses, and get out more.

I’m going to have nightmares now! Hopefully it was only a student model 😂

Reminiscent of how it feels to keep showing up to work during this plague! What a wild piece, I'm shocked you kept getting anything at all out of that poor instrument.

Ya lo decía mi Tía Eleonora, Q.E.P.D: "Nene, los tontos y las moscas, nunca se terminan".

At 3:35 the hammer sound is before the hammer hits 😂

No hammers were harmed during the performance.

The Marat Safin of trumpet

This belongs on 1976 SNL

How do you practice this?

It is a lost opportunity in this composition not to vary the hammer blows other than by location on the trumpet.

When I was in a wind band, I always thought that the instrument is my FRIEND. I can't understand how you could do this to harm your trumpet as a musician

Free Bird!

Yo no puedo ver esto.... Me duele como si me lo hicieran a mi.. Tendré que ir al Psicoanálisis... Una cuadrilla de ellos me.. O será que a mi comprarme la mía trabajando en el campo.... Me costó Sudor y.... De donde habré salido... Desde luego no entiendo esto. Solo valore el principio positivamente. Creía que iba a hacer la Metamorfosis de Ovidio.. Una obra que me encanta para Oboe así que se me cayeron los palos del Sombrajo...

I hope that was a cheap Amazon trumpet. If so, very little change to the value of the instrument.

Eso es amor por la música y respeto a tu instrumento...sí señor!!! Vergonzoso!!! Ya no saben qué inventar para llamar la atención.

А есть у кого-нибудь переложение для баяна?

Dolce it said dolce ...again

Why?

That's how Dizzy did it...

Adesso, questo psicopatico (concedetemi l'eufemismo) cosa vorrebbe dimostrare? Attendo risposte, grazie.

🤯

Should be wearing safety goggles .

Чтобы показать свой диапазон владения инструментом, достаточно сыграть неаполитанский танец на октаву выше на бедной трубе и все станет ясно. А инструмент жалко!

Thinking of all of the kids who would have deeply appreciated to have this trumpet, who cannot afford one, this sickens me.

6:07 most ineresting instrument

the dislikes were from trumpetists. All of them

rip

One of those. "I'm clapping to be polite but that was a really shit" claps.

Is he rich?

Heaven's greatest hit... Music from the gods

S A C R I L E G I O U S

This video should come with a warning.

bis! bis! ...