Canon 1 à 2 from J. S. Bach's Musical Offering (1747) being turned into a Moebius strip, then played in two directions at the same time.


By the way, I looked through Russo's Composing - A New Approach; many of the exercises deal with resource limitation - i.e. a cell, a row (using only certain notes of the scale and/or in a certain order), composing with only a certain rhythm etc. I was playing Bach's Bourrée in E minor the other day and realized the whole thing is written with a single simple rhythm throughout (quarter-eighth-eighth-quarter-eighth-eighth). He probably wasn't doing a "resource limitation exercise", just writing a tune with the bourree dance rhythm, but it came out as a perfect example of how much you can accomplish with extremely limited means.

Let the real Slim Shady please stand up

There is much confusion as to nomenclature of the various instruments in different languages. ...most instruments referred to today as flügelhorns are actually soprano saxhorns. @ In truth, the flugelhorn has been extinct for some time. @

...we long ago let the "real" trumpet (the natural trumpet as used in the Baroque Period) be replaced by a soprano valve trombone, and that today's orchestras and bands are missing what could be a gorgeous additional voice, the true trumpet. @

The modern Bb trumpet is not a trumpet... The real Bb trumpet, in fact, is and always has been the Eb contra-alto trumpet whose useable range is identical to the Bb cornet. @

Torricelli’s trumpet is obviously not a ‘real’ trumpet, it is a 2D surface which is described by the equation x²(y²+z²)-1 = 0, x belongs to [1,∞) and can be formed by rotating the curve xy=1 around the x axis by 2π. @

By the way, a bazooka is not only a weapon, but also a wind instrument!

While a trumpet is not only an instrument, but sometimes a weapon:
Musical Instrument Adapted to Emit a Controlled Flame

This trumpet includes a gas cartridge and spark mechanism triggered by the musician. The gas is routed so that a flame is emitted from the bell of the instrument. @ @

w00t

Vuvuzela concerto in Bb
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Been reading a flame at Amazon blogs: Who are the three most overrated trumpet players in the last 40 years? Messrs. Marsalis and Ferguson are prominently featured (I concur); there's an obligatory discussion of Miles' chops and Hubbard's albums from the 70s.

Fortunately, a few people listed their choices for the most underrated players; two I will have to check out are Carmel Jones and Dizzy Reece; honorable mention for Claudio Roditi and Don Ellis, whom I know and like.

P.S. My favorite trumpet players would be Clifford Brown, Fats Navarro, Armstrong, Buck Clayton, and possibly Art Farmer. I like Don Ellis' recordings and Mulligan/Baker Quartet, but not necessarily for the trumpet playing; ditto Jazz Messengers.