I found a copy of the O Holy Night part that Wayne played for the recording and synced it with the music so you can play along! A PDF of the part can be found (for free) on the Tom Kubis website here: www.tomkubis.com/images/produc...
I pulled this song up. I was a trumpet major in college 27 years ago. My daughter now plays and is a sophomore in hs. We have challenged ourself with this song. Although neither of us has achieved that double d yet I am starting to get my chops back and she has improved tremendously in the high range. She had problems anything above the staff and working up to a double f. Proud of her work and dedication AND its fun playing with her. Although I do have to still show off sometimes on the more technical stuff lol
Wow! That’s really cool do you give lessons i want to get into the technical side of trumpet but I’m stuck right now on how to move forward with my playing and really get into jazz and improvisation my range is really up there but my technical side could use some help and it’s hard to find good teachers
@@austinhernandez2716 nothing wrong with that. My professor played some lead with buddy rich and he says "if you can play low f# to high C and never miss you can get paid a lot of money, don't need more than that"
Played with him in high school and can 100% agree. Very nice guy, and was interested in what us immature high schoolers had questions about back in the day.
Just played this fully for the first time. Been playing for nearly 4 years now but improved tremendously thanks to transcriptions like this. Thank you.
The shout section always gets me teary!! We're playing this in the Kingwood Big Band at our upcoming Christmas concert, and man oh man. Our trumpet player that's doing this tune, daaaaaaammmmnnnn!!! It's gonna be killer!!
I play trumpet professionally in a symphony orchestra, sometimes the clarinets and bassoons in front of us complain that we play so loud. My friend on the trombone next to me has been lucky enough to play in rehearsal bands sitting in front of Wayne - she says our colleagues have NEVER heard a loud trumpet! Wish I could play like that to show them, I´m sure they´d appreciate it... It´s not just about loud, it´s everything - sound, style, control. Amazing!
I've played trombone in bands with Wayne, Charlie Davis, Paul Cacia, Rick Baptist, etc. in the trumpet section. Tell your wimp-ass reed players to do what Andy Martin does in the O Holy Night video. INSERT EAR PLUG BEFORE LEAD TRUMPET GOES 8VA.
Lynn Nicholson plays a tune here on youtube that ends on a triple G! He plays musically too. Not just a squeek. Aria I think is the name. And that man never really plays anymore. I think he is the best high note player on the planet today. He can play Oh Holy Night just as well as Wayne and I am sure he would admit that. They do know each other because I have asked them both.
I've played this arrangement for the last 4 years every xmas it's solid it's a brilliant arrangement and makes you work as a trumpeter. I play lead all night and then have to do this but something just happens which makes me get through it love it 😍
good practice content, ima use it :P and go for that double D and fail miserable and then go cry in a corner and drink bleach because i feel terrible about how inferior i am
yep, ustacould, maybe I still can, but saving it for just the right moment to pass into the next plain of existence since my stroke...I like to end on a high note and maybe take the neighbor's yip yapping pup with me lol.
the notation "Hit it!" gets me so pumped every time I hear this. also, why isn't the "Holy Mackerel!" in the music at the end.....cant believe that was not included clearly this isn't an official copy from tom kubis
I had the trumpet and flugel solo down for this past Christmas concert then I got covid hopefully I can do it this winter for my senior year because man this is so good
+Blue Banana idk I don't have perfect pitch and the music on the youtube video isn't exactly the same as what he's playing. My guess would be a double D though
Wayne probably could, but even he couldn't make that something musical. There's an old recording from either '61 or '63 of Maynard playing a tune called Olé where he played an E above triple C that actually sounds good. So it's doable.
Lous Dowdeswell for example. There are many more. Also Wayne and Maynard have really different playstyles so in my opinion it doesn't really make any sense to compare them like you did.
my goal when i was younger was to hit a D or E consistantly.....it did happen for a while....then i stopped playing for a long time.....that will never happen again
Hey it absolutely can happen again you just need to get over the mental hurdle of playing those notes and just say, “you know what I am just going to full send it into those notes.” I don’t know what grade you are in or if you are even in school anymore, but with playing the trumpet consistently you can hit some of the notes in this song if you warm up right before you get into those high notes, and if you just stick to it. I am a sophomore as of the writing of this comment and I can play a good portion of this song if I tried, but just because I can’t play the whole thing YET doesn’t mean I can’t try. That is what music is, is trying new things and not giving up until you are satisfied with the art that you made or played. I hope this comment finds you well and I want you to promise to yourself that you will not ever stop playing until you can consistently hit above those notes. Let me know when you do it or any advice that I could give you.
@@connorhiggins6528 thanks for the reply. I'm not in a grade (wish i were that young again!! lol) I've been playing for 45 years now but haven't in the last 12 years. I have a brand new trumpet that has only been touched for just a couple of concerts. Not sure my chops could handle the things I use to do. It would be a long process.
I've only been playing for four years and on a good day I can squeak out an F above the staff. Give me another year and I could probably play along haha
Nythlen with a bit of practice i probably could, but right now, the highest i can go with good quality is a double high B (the B above the B above the staff) The rhythm itself isnt too hard, except for the turns, turns are fairly difficult.
I believe the D 4 measures after measure cue E is actually an octave above that which is written? I'm not completely sure, but it sounded a whole lot higher than just that. I play tuba so I'm probably wrong.
There are differences between what you hear and what you see in this recording simply because the music isn’t a transcription, and the musician isn’t a drone. The grace notes can exist if you want them to, or they can disappear if you want them to. The choice is yours.
@@dougmorrell7218 I mean I know it was two years ago but I was confused as to why I could hear the grace notes but not see them. I didn't realize this wasn't a transcription. Also, while I hate to disagree, I don't think the addition of a grace note really constitutes improvising you know?
Define rules. No one said he had to play exactly what was on the page, and I think I speak for most when I say that I’m glad he didn’t follow the music 100% of the time, all the way though. It would’ve still been great, but wouldn’t have been nearly as unique or interesting.
