as a trumpet player i think it’s more like trumpet player: the trumpet is a very diverse instrument that can play a large range. also trumpet players: haha trumpet go REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Middle school me hitting a high c for the first time: "Epic, i'll probably hit high g by the end of high school" 10 years later: "Reality is often disappointing"
For those who haven't played trumpet (or a brass instrument), this is harder than it looks. Not only technique wise, but it's physically demanding as well.
@@jhalo2554 firm corners of your mouth to make a small opening near the middle + and blowing (alot alot alot) of very fast air through the tight opening in your lips = funny high sound but who am i kidding, i can only play a C above the staff, i think i played higher but C is the best answer for now, thats the way i describe it i guess
@@templarexemplar35 You have a good point there. In marching band, oe outside in general, flutes and piccolos are weak as shit. In concert band, or inside, it's not very weak. BUT with the trumpet, it sounds very cool and powerful, but very strained. It's still cool and I like it :) (I sound a little salty in a weird way)
You can actually play a third or so lower than the normal lowest note without extensions by playing resultant notes (I think it’s called) which basically is playing a specific multi phonic so perfectly that you end up getting a low note. This is very hard to do with good sound (but very possible) aNd has little practical use. But still, it’s possible.
Trumpet High Notes in order 0:00 Lucky Chops 0:10 Blue Coats 0:25 Blue Coats 0:30 Antonio Cabera 0:37 Igor Efdy (Trumpet Gains) 0:40 Lucky Chops 0:52 Blue Devils 1:01 James Morrison 1:09 Lucky Chops 1:22 Louis Dowdeswell 1:41 Bridgemen 1977 1:49 Louis Dowdeswell 1:55 Louis Dowdeswell 2:00 Louis Dowdeswell 2:05 Aturo Sandoval 2:15 Scott Dean 2:26 Maynard Ferguson 2:30 Aturo Sandoval 2:42 Louis Dowdeswell/Wayne Bergeron 2:59 Maynard Ferguson 3:04 Maynard Ferguson 3:10 Lucky Chops 3:15 Wayne Bergeron 3:30 Lucky Chops 3:43 Aturo Sandoval 3:48 Santa Clara Vanguard 3:59 Aturo Sandoval 4:03 Santa Clara Vanguard 4:07 Aturo Sandoval 4:21 Maynard Ferguson 4:28 Rashawn Ross
as a flute player who had to learn a lot of the higher notes in a fairly short amount of time, seeing notes with that many ledger lines is fucking terrifying
I was blessed to have seen Maynard Ferguson play live at our high school. Our band director was a huge fan and ticket sales were at a loss, and our director fitted the difference out of his own pocket just because it was that important to him.
@@georgesracingcar7701 many many years, I play since 6 years and i can't get even close to this notes, it will take 20 years or so, but probably for ever, so high is insane
Bass guitar or a true bass i.e. Eb of BBb in the English Brass Band tradition? I love the English basses... the Eb can play really quite complicated passages with clean articulation in the right hands (as can BBb but often if playing a 'solo' the Eb works better) and as a percussionist, having a strong BBb bass section (well, 2) really helps some of our drums not sounds out of place and it we can get a good groove going with entire bass section in general repotoire where the basses typically just play the same part, sometimes BBb down an octave, but you can really set the foundation for the rest of the band to play off...
Man percussion is sick too, check out Norfolk State's Million Dollars Funk Squad and Jackson State's War and Thunder. Just cause you're a percussionist doesn't mean you're lower, just means you're great a different thing, which is cook
Difference between a lot of these players and Maynard is that when they go up, their sound loses body, where Maynard's sound only get thiccer as he goes up. Makes no god damn sense.
I played trumpet but couldn’t not achieve this level of proficiency! I was 6 notes from a double high C! Which in reality is like 10 miles from the finish of a marathon! Some truly amazing musicians in these clip’s!!
I'm a trumpet player and have been since 1953. I've never been able to hit notes like those. My best is E flat above the scale. So, I'm in awe of those who can do what these guys do.
Arturo Sandoval played the highest note I've ever heard when he was younger, playing with Dizzy Gillespie. Sounded like an A-C above Super C (triple c). His range and tone was incredible that day
I'm glad that you included some clips from the DCI in there, like Bridgemen, BD, and Bluecoats. I think some people don't realize that in-between solos they are constantly running around the field, which makes solos equally impressive if not more challenging to do. Loved the video!
wow, as a non-trumpeter i can only imagine that's difficult asf and very impressive but also it just kinda sounds like someone really obnoxiously letting the air out from a balloon
If you play long enough, it becomes easier to get higher and you just got to practice enough. I’m only on my 5th year of trumpet and can go to the starting note of most of these videos.
Many say that Ferguson is the best trumpeter for high notes, I am not impressed at all. In my opinion (and I listened to the vast majority of the world's top trumpeters) Arturo Sandoval is the best jazz trumpeter of all time.And Sergey Nakariakov is the best in classic music.
"Ever" .. tough to make that call with no theoretical upper limit ... I've heard guys goof off using helium, but that's likely not a consideration. And not everything gets recorded (I once - once - popped a double Eb ... back in a college practice room ... one person told me they "heard something" down the hallway. LOL) I suspect, though, that as much as I love Arturo's playing and his range, Jon Faddis might have given him a run for his money. And Cat Anderson likely popped off a couple good ones "back in the day".
My introduction to super high notes (pitches above and beyond a normal or average playing range) being played was as a freshman in high school. My school was small so if you were in band you were in Pep band like it or not. I liked it. My first forays into playing music other than traditional concert band material. Ther were 3 or 4 pieces other than the school song that had had the status of being tradition. Most of us looked forward to the day we would get to "rock out" playing those pieces, having heard them played for a number of years at every sporting event the school engaged in. And it was awesome to be making that music finally as opposed to listening to it. An example was the theme from the TV show Peter Gunn. It was played when the team, be it football, basketball, or any other sport, took to the field or court. So twice per night usually-- the beginning of the game and the return from halftime. I still have a warm spot for that piece. Another tune was "Get it On" by Bill Chase. I knew the song but nothing about who wrote or played it until I was now playing it in good old pep band. As a "slide pump" man the trumpets stood directly behind my seating area. We got to the end of that piece and out of nowhere I heard the most incredible sonic ad lib I had ever heard. It was our last song of the night so I was free to react by turning around and seeing a good friend receiving atta boys from the entire cadre of trumpets. I was impressed it was my friend since he was just a sophomore.I hadn't heard those notes from a trumpet ever in my life. They werent played in the few quick run thru sessions designed to get the frosh up to speed on the repertoire. I was sure it must have been another friend who was the lead and a senior. As we were putting our horns away I asked my friend about what I had just heard. "Oh you mean the screech notes? Yeah Chase, the guy that wrote it, was known for being able to hit those notes and used them in a few different tunes his band played." Hmmm Screech trumpet. Bill Chase. Now I had a need. I needed to hear this phenomenon by the man himself. Being a generation away from the internet still, and being a one horse town, I knew I would have to go to the 5 and 10 store (only music outlet in town) and order a copy. Which I did and was thoroughly impressed when I heard it from the man himself. Screech Trumpet. I'll be damned. Turns out my buddy Kevin had just developed the ability to hit that register. No other trumpet puffers could come close. In fact he got a minor finger wagging from our very strict but perfectionist band director because he had no idea it was going to happen that night. lol Sadly, Like Bill Chase, my friend's life was cut short. He was killed in a car accident only a couple weeks after he graduated from high school. I will always remember that piece (Get it On), it's composer (Bill Chase), my first exposure to rare extended rangeplaying (screech trumpet), and my friend Kevin who introduced it to me the first time I ever played fun music rather than classical. RIP and rock on BC and KM. It's time to head into my lair now ---- my home studio. It's time to grab my guitar and..... GET IT ON!!!
04:07 - I was there that night when Arturo played with The United Nations Orchestra. It was truly unbelievable and he did this at the end of the nights playing! PS I’ve also played with Louis Dowdeswell and have to say he’s got the best high register sound I’ve ever heard!
I spoke to a guy once who said he was an ex-high note specialist and when I queried why he no longer played he said the veins in his neck just popped one day and I almost fainted on him.
Lots of great trumpet players. But man there is such a difference in talent between the dci guys and people like Louis, James Morrison, Arturo and Wayne . But Scott dean is pretty good I have to say
Well yeah because dci guys are way younger. Doesn't mean they're bad, but it shows when compared someone with 20 more years of playing(especially that SCV guy's double E being so shaky).
Jacob Ratledge I think it’s more a matter of hitting a Double E 9 minutes into DCI marching show. Their average heart BPM rivals football players and he still hits a double E
Maynard's clip at 3:00 reminds me of one not here: a song called "Maynard Ferguson", where he does a few octave jumps to a triple C . . . then goes to the F above that. The song ends with him holding a triple D for a while.
