Bach "Artisan" Stradivarius AP190 Piccolo Trumpet Review
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PLEASE NOTE: This video is several years old. I leave these videos up from my freshman year of high school because it's silly to try to delete the evidence of their existence and as a humbling reminder that we all have to start somewhere. Please understand that the person in this video is not the player I am today or strive to be in the future. Thank you.
Excerpts played in this video:
- Trumpet Voluntary by Jeremiah Clarke
- Sonata for Trumpet by Henry Purcell
This is a review of the AP190 Bach piccolo trumpet in B-flat/A. I'm extremely lucky to be able to play on such an amazing instrument. I don't have anything negative to say about how it looks or sounds. If anything, I'm not worthy of playing it. In the month or so that I have owned this instrument, I've only had one major gripe: the water key broke off. I suppose the spring was wound too tightly and it caused the key to crack under the pressure. Due to the trumpet's warranty, however, we were able to get it repaired without any expense. - เพลง
Before you criticize this old video, please consider checking out the updated review I did on this instrument that is a much better representation of my playing, musicianship, and research throughout the years since: th-cam.com/video/YVq1XsXXQQY/w-d-xo.html
3:44 major voice crack
Rashetia Stanley xD
That one hurt
Great video man. I'm so glad you pointed out that it doesn't actually play any higher than your regular big Bb trumpet. I think a lot of people imagine they are instantly going to be able to play an octave higher when they play a picc. Props to you for showing your playing too. They are really hard to play.You done great, post another in a few months.
Thank you!! I have one or two picc videos that I could potentially make
Well, make 'em. Look forward to it.
This is the Trumpet I have, LOVE IT!!!! Schilke is the standard but I can get fuller tone on this horn and plays just as easy (at least on the corner lead pipes)!
Thanks for your comment! I love the Bach as well! I'm pretty sure my picc is a lot nicer than my standard Bb ;)
I also use the cornet lead pipes! I find they work better
amazing instrument! thanks for the video.
Glad you enjoyed!
Nice informative video. I perform on a Bach Artisan AP190 piccolo trumpet as well. I use the trumpet tuning slides (shanks). I love the ease and the sound of playing my piccolo trumpet. I did change one thing on the horn. I replaced the 4th slide water key with an Amado water key. Just for the ease of emptying the water from that slide. The original water key wasn’t cutting it for me.
Happy trumpeting.
Daeyong Ra (M. Music McGill University 1997).
Thanks for the comment! Lately I have been testing this instrument with my Reeves 43C trumpet mouthpiece and I feel more free than with my Blessing 3C cornet mouthpiece, but it's not a fair experiment. After all, who knows whether it's the shanks or the mouthpieces themselves? Unfortunately I'm comparing an average, run-of-the-mill cornet mouthpiece to a state-of-the-art trumpet mouthpiece. I wish I had a control mouthpiece for both so I could do a fair test.
Just watched your "years later" updated review of this horn. Seeing how much your playing has progressed since you were 14 (not to mention your progress in narrating a useful review) makes be believe maybe there may be hope for me yet. LOL (At age 62, probably not, but hey, I can still dream, can't I?)
i'm very happy i found your channel. keep up the good work!
Thank you!! I appreciate it!
Good video, good presentation
you remember me of one boy in my town who plays piano very good
Good review! I would like to try one myself.
Thanks! You should definitely try to get your hands on one
BrASs MaCHinE BrOke
understandable have a nice day
Subscribed!!!!
This is so cool I used to watch this show 24/7
What show are you talking about? And this video is way outdated. I have a newer version posted.
lol im so dumb i meant to comment this on the octonauts theme you made sry lol
Thank you
Hey man, got a question.
I’m a trombone/euph player by trade, and am looking into doing more with my trumpet than just messing around. Somethings up with my embouchure. How do I transition between the embouchure of the two?
Thanks for the comment. This is a tough issue that I'm not sure I'm qualified to handle, but what I've learned about the trumpet embouchure is to keep the corners firm and the aperture open. My trumpet teacher uses the analogy of saying the 'm' sound to form an embouchure. Also try backing off on the air if you're a low brass player primarily. The trumpet is half the size of a trombone or euphonium, and its bore is very small and cylindrical in comparison, so it takes much less air to play and it's much easier to 'overblow' and ruin your chops. Best of luck!
If you keep snapping the case latches open, the springs will eventually fail. Restraining them will prevent this from happening. Moving the levers when closing the latches will prevent wear of the catches.
I wish I'd known this earlier. Thanks for bringing it to light; one of the springs did indeed give out a number of months ago. I'd had no real idea as to why that happened.
@@SamuelPlaysBrass My father was an engineer, and he told me about this when I was in my early teens, many decades ago. He explained that unrestrained springs will go through a number of vibration cycles, causing premature metal fatigue. This is why shock absorbers are used on cars and trucks to prevent catastrophic results of a spring breaking. Thanks to my dad's advice, I have never had a latch spring failure.
Very interesting! Thanks for the info
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Hey! I have a question on low brass players playing a high brass instrument, do you recommend it? Or would it mess with my embouchure ?
Good question! Frankly, I think it has to be done very carefully. If you do attempt to play a high brass instrument you must allow the learning curve to be very gradual. You must not try to force out the high notes because that will mess with your low brass chops. As long as you’re careful, sure everyone’s different, but I think you’ll be fine.
I'm pretty sure you did hit a Double D.
i think he did
Muy buen vídeo Eres un buen maestro y es una hermosa trompeta Gracias !
Great review! What mouthpiece are you using by the way?
Thanks for the comment! I don't remember exactly what I was using in this video, but it must have been something generic with a 3 rim. Nowadays, I use a Blessing 3C cornet mouthpiece with the provided cornet shanks. I find it gives me slightly better intonation/freer high register than a trumpet mouthpiece
When I got my first horn (a Reynolds cornet, used), it had a Blessing 3C cornet mouthpiece!
Cool! Blessing isn't the most prestigious brand, but its mouthpieces are pretty reliable.
I'm gonna get a Bach Stradivarius since I want to continue playing. I currently play a Vincent Bach 3C gold-plated rim trumpet mouthpiece (saliva issues) on an intermediate trumpet I have (my first trumpet).
Would you use piccolo for lead trumpet in jazz band?
I had the same thought when I was first looking at buying one, but believe it or not you absolutely shouldn't. The piccolo is an extremely refined instrument, meant to sound like old baroque trumpets that were designed for stately, royal music. A lead player in a big band is supposed to have a great big full-size trumpet sort of sound. Plus, shakes are much harder on the picc because relatively speaking the interval gaps are wider. TD;LR definitely don't use the picc in jazz unless you're emulating a clarinet in a traditional jazz combo.
Since posting this video, have you tried playing natural (baroque) trumpet?
Only a natural trumpet that I built out of PVC haha!
@@SamuelPlaysBrass Oh jeez! LOL
6:19 it's B flat
Darn! My bad. I just picked up the piece and learned it right before I recorded the video. Serves me right.
Whats the song?
Clarke's Trumpet Voluntary
I suspect that if you check with your instructor, you'll hear that all the slides should be pulled out a tiny bit for using the A shank.
Thanks for the comment Roy! Nowadays with the A leadpipe I keep my 1st slide out ~1/8" and the 3rd slide out ~1/4" to compensate
that piece at 6:00 is meant to be played on a D trumpet, u can actually make ur own trumpet with just $7. i have a video of my playing Ode To Joy using my makeshift D Trumpet
I mean, pretty much all baroque solos for A piccolo were played on D natural trumpet, but you're certainly not wrong. I got a good laugh out of your video.
hahah thanks!
You don't look like you use enough top lip in the mp, you use like a 35/75 placement - however why do you use a 50/50 placement on your Coventry Carol video but use such a low placement on your other trumpet videos?
Good eye. This is because I’ve been undergoing an embouchure shift in an attempt to bring my chin up, my horn down just a tad, and my top lip 50% into the mouthpiece
you can play down to a low-low f sharp if you use pedals 2:33
Pedals don’t count. They suck bad enough on regular trumpet, let alone piccolo.
do the notes feel high as if you were playing the same notes on a regular trumpet?
Pretty much. The partials are better-spaced, so the notes lock in a little better. That said, your upper register isn't going to be any better on picc. TDLR; yes
Okay thanks
what notes does the 4th key replace?
Written pitches D and G below the staff. Adding more valves allows you to play lower than with only three valves.
4th key is the same as the 1st and 3rd key combined but more in tune in the higher ranges.
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Where do you get all these trumpets to demo?
Some are mine, some I borrow from friends or the school's music department.
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wow this piccolosound is quiet good, now i think i buy this trumpet too....how are you playing so good trumpet and trombone,...do you have a secret?
n0 fear practice
(2:34) *octave _LOWER_
I was saying that on piccolo trumpet, the "low f-sharp" is an octave higher than on b-flat trumpet.
thats a shiny trumpet!
And it plays well for a piccolo trumpet! Having a good instrument helps me to learn it!
ya true
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Samuel Plays Brass any tips for playing it. I am receiving one soon and I'd like some tips for playing it.
M1G Just make sure not to overblow. It only takes about half the air, but with twice the energy. Make sure you work on good tone instead of trying to play as high as you can, and never play it for more than fifteen minutes without taking a long break. It's an exhausting instrument to play!
I have an older Selmer piccolo trumpet,not a bad instrument but so small bored that I personally find it unplayable, most likely even for many normal players. My lips get overtaxed easily and "sudden" (say during a concert). Careful practice does not work to adapt and there is also the problem that with a big mouthpiece it sounds very dull and flat. But this seems an wider bored instrument where you can perhaps even use a Bach 1.5C on and still sound very acceptable??
Thanks for the comment! You absolutely could use as large of a mouthpiece as you want on this. I don't use anything smaller than a 3C and it works perfectly fine
Keep practising and stay motivated and one day you might be able to actually play it ;)
Thanks for the comment! I'll keep at it!
Doesn't look like 3000 dollars to me.
That would mainly be my skill level at that time.
Its your abmeture bro
Yes, my embouchure, if that's what you're referring to, was really bad back then. This is a very old video and it's not exactly representative of my current skill level.
He really needs tto get a good teacher to change his mouthpiece position. Not gonna get very far with that. Hell have no precision and big jumps will be almost impossible. Had that problem myself took about 2 Months to fix.
I did happen to get a good teacher, and if you watch any of the videos I've uploaded in the past year you'll see that I have changed my mouthpiece position.
cornets better
have 50/50 lips on mouthpiece
Congratulations? It’s not a necessity but I suppose that’s nice. If you watch my newer videos you’ll see I have a more symmetrical setting.
For a player of my capabilities
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