I currently play trumpet, violin and am beginning piano.
I am considering buying another instrument simular to trumpet, just to add a little variety to playing.
Would a connet, minature trumpet or piccolo be reccommended, both from practicality and price?
Fliskirk

By Piccolo, do you mean Piccolo Trumpet or the Woodwind 'Mini-flute' Piccolo??

Piccolo trumpet. Want something simular to the trumpet
Fliskirk

Cornet good price-wise, also gets you into brass bands.

Piccolo trumpet... not so much music written for it... so I'd go with cornet

I would go trumpet, and not a piccolo because I agree with cheeble, there isn't much for it, it's an absolute PIG to play in tune (apparently) and it costs a lot to get a half decent one! Some brass bands will also "give" you a cornet as a trumpet player so long as you play it in their band so I'd go trumpet!

But that's just my humble opinion...er yes I play trumpet!

Flis,

There are quite a few things that we have in common. I play trumpet, and my wife bought me a keyboard for Christmas as I want to learn Jazz piano (partly in order to help me learn Jazz trumpet).

Some instruments you might be considering (such as piccolo trumpet, trumpet in C,D or Eb) are specialist and you might find that the opportunities to play them are not particularly prevalent.

However, with a cornet or flugelhorn you will find a fairly big similarity with playing your trumpet, but quite a different sound. You could also then join a brass band if that takes your fancy.

You might also consider a soprano cornet (Eb) if you're a bit daring and want to stand out in a brass band.

I recently picked up a battered tenor horn (also called Eb horn), on which I found I was able to get a good sound with a good range almost immediately, so you might like to consider that. Because of the different mouthpiece size I find it awkward to move directly from tenor horn to trumpet/cornet, though.

Regards,

Mark.

QUOTE (Fliskirk @ Jan 6 2005, 06:18 PM)

I currently play trumpet, violin and am beginning piano. I am considering buying another instrument simular to trumpet, just to add a little variety to playing. Would a connet, minature trumpet or piccolo be reccommended, both from practicality and price? Fliskirk  :D

i would reccomend a cornet - virtually the same as a trumpet but used more in brass bands - if you want to play in brass bands you need a cornet as they dont let you play trumpet. good cornet makes and models are
yamaha - meastro
besson 700 - good allround but not quite professional standard
besson soveriegn - very good proffesional model - on my opinion the bach strads brother.
Besson prestige- not sure on this aparently not as good as the soveriegn
the prices are varied the besson 700 starts at around £600-800 with the soveriegn at around £900-1200
but if you join a brass band you normally pay subs- and in turn you can practice with the band and they normally llet you use one of thier cornets - this often depends on where you get put in the band - the nearer to principle cornet you get the better your instrument will be but if you end up on 3rd cornet it will probably be a bad much used bashed about instrument.
also the section of the band also matters -
there are 5 sections -1st -4th and champoinship
these are decided by contesting
abviously if you join a better band in a higher section you might end up with a decent instrument whereas of you join a lower section band the chances are you wont get as good an instrument