Alison Balsom, International Soloist Discovers pTrumpet | Plastic Trumpet Demo
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- Опубліковано 24 вер 2014
- Acclaimed trumpet soloist, arranger, and producer Alison Balsom demonstrates pTrumpet, the plastic trumpet from pBone Music. Hear the authentic sound of a brass trumpet in a lightweight and robust ABS design. This makes the pTrumpet an ideal starter instrument for children, and we are delighted to have support from Alison.
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Her mouthpiece costs more than the trumpet.
That is true
Whats her mouthpiece?
the piece that her mouth touches
RocketLeon45
Really????
RocketLeon45
You worded it like you don't know what a mouth piece is.
Alison balsom: it blows so easily
Wayne Bergeron: yeah it's melting now
It easily does blow.
bASSoon lol where’s our plastic bassoon?!
@@bluebassboy22 Plastic bassoons have been around for a long time. Lots of student models are made from Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS):
www.jpmusicalinstruments.com/prod/john-packer-jp291-bassoon
The valves on the p trumpets are terrible. They definitely paid her.
Agreed
Cogenat I was gonna make a post about how much was she being paid for this! 100 million quid?
Or even more likely, they made sure the pTrumpet she was being delivered was extensively looked over and tweaked before she saw it. That said, I've heard the pBone is a shitload better than a Tromba.
John Holifield.
What a bloody twit you are!
John Holifield
When you get out of a shower, just bend over and look between your legs at a mirror behind you, you'll get a good view of your childish brains.
How did I get here from searching how to quickscope
Scrub.....
420 trump-et #played
Watch jack do it he is a beast
Morse Code.
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@@MauriatOttolink I cant find a translator lol
Even if the trumpet is made with paper, she can still play it like a professional
As she IS a professional one would hope so. It would be interesting to hear Alison play the p-Trumpet in a concert.
dude..thats hilarious!
William Jackson Yeah, not gonna happen - she'd never play one of these in a serious performance setting - because it sounds like shit and she knows it.
Then again since I'm guessing this is a paid promo, she might do it if they paid her enough.
Daft idea on my part, it's definitely not a concert instrument. Good for learners?
You should learn on an instrument it's possible to get a good sound out of.
"the tuning i amazing". She is definetly payed to say that! ;D
Jaycob Holdensen.
Bit of a silly remark. Smacks of sourness and jealousy. And 99 idiots agreed !
So WHAT if she was!
The tuning of lower quality brass trumpets can be a bit unsatisfactory, requiring effort from the player to correct it.
She realises at first touch how this one doesn't suffer it. If you knew what you were talking about and you clearly don't, you'd realise how much that is a significant plus feature to a potential buyer!
If she IS in a publicity promotion, it's because she is a recognised,
world-class player and her word can be taken as an authority on the subject.
She would be a bit unrealistic if she didn't feel that such a testimonial didn't deserve some financial compensation, especially for time spent preparing and filming. ....A professional FEE, something which you will never achieve as long as you have hole in your bodily-waste outlet valve!
That's how it is in the real professional world...I bet some of the phoneys in the Pop world have done it, just occasionally!
Her playing speaks for her skill, virtuosity and the suitability of the instrument for beginner or pro playing.
The word is "Paid" not "Payed."
The latter means "Having hot tar or pitch run into the gaps of a ships timbers."
Somehow, I don't think they did that to her!
The word is definitely not definetly.
Don't know much do you?
Spelling, wrong words, musical instruments, keeping mouth shut as an obvious fool.. They don't come much worse, do they?
MauriatOttolink stfu
Piracy Revolt.
Try again when you've learned English or maybe replaced the battery in your mini brain!
I agree with Mauriat here. Stop pointing out the negative things in something because you have absolutely nothing better to do. So what if she was paid? All this shows you is the pTrumpet has the possibility to play like this, you lot just don't play good enough.
i mean it was tho..
She could take a trumpet made out of clay and make it sound amazing.
paxrail I was thinking the same thing! 'It isnt the instrument, but rather, the one who plays it.'
A clay trumpet isn't that bad, actually. (I have a sister that's a potter, so I got a clay horn as a present once.) Not nearly as brilliant as a brass instrument, of course, more comparable to a wooden instrument like a cornett or a serpent.
Maybe a trumpet made out of infrangible glass could sound much better than a plastic one.
Rikard Peterson cornet, wooden?
@@afloatingpineapple6170 a medieval one, not a brass instrument.
You can tell she was paid to say this, especially with the "its so easy to play!" They're marketing towards beginners who can't afford a real trumpet.
Though it is still pretty cool that a plastic instrument can have that sound. It isn't high quality but it's good enough for someone to learn on and use for a bit. It definitely doesn't "put the other trumpets to shame" though.
Of course, the REAL reason you would buy a plastic instrument is so that your buddies can get different colors and you swap them out to make a bunch of super cool rainbow instruments! :D
Thank you! Finally someone understands!
+illdiewithoutpi I think its quite obvious this is a marketing video but I don't think Alison is lying about anything here. She is one of the best trumpet players in the world and has a fine reputation. So an endorsement from her is a pretty strong signal that the product is good. Is she being selectively positive about the product? Of course but I think what she is saying is enough to convince me as a newbie that this is a good first step. Clearly if you can play, this thing can sound pretty fine and I'd imagine the maintenance of it and the initial cost would be very attractive to a lot of people.
Would you use this to wow huge audiences? probably not but really by that point. You'd have no problem investing in a very expensive set of instruments for what must be a passion at that point to play that well.
So overall I think this is a fine bit of marketing, not deceptive at all. I trust it more now knowing Alison has endorsed it.
Clay Mann.
You must feel awfully lonely on this thread of UA-cam, you being one of the very few with a brain that works well amongst a throng of half wits!
illdiewithoutpi it is sponsored and it’s more for parents that don’t want to buy a real trumpet or there kid breaks everything because if you do play brass in general you know your instrument breaks very easily if you just drop it so that is what the plastic trumpets are for
Or you could simply read the statement that they are working with her. There's no attempt to hide that.
I got my new red pTrumpet A couple of weeks ago and have been using it for a lot of busking downtown and it's absolutely incredible just like Alison said. Plays fantastic in the freezing cold where my other brass trumpets pistons froze and was unplayable for basking in the winter. I have no problem with internation or the valves sticking whatsoever so not sure why there's so many haters in here with negative comments... probably because you've never even tried a pTrumpet and are just trolling. Love my pTrumpet. Thanks for the fantastic product.
Did pTrumpet pay you too?'
I find the sound is actually quite good for a trumpet made of plastic. Although it does seem to sound better when Alison uses her own mouthpiece.
Alex Barham i was surprised it sounded that good. I think the pTrumpet sounds significantly better than the pBone
A study was done in 1941 where the outside of a cornet was covered in putty, and no one could tell the difference. This implies the tone comes from the quality of the air column... so the quality of the SHAPE of the trumpet more than what it’s made of. “Vibration of the Walls of a Cornet” in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1941. asa.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1121/1.1916159
“What key do you play in?”
“P”
P or Pb? :)
pp flat :(
Taterman 02
“What do you mean ‘P’?”
“Piss-poor tuning and tone”
I have seen Alison myself and I really enjoyed it. She was handing out the P Trumpet and I won it and she is right it's just amazing xx
Nicest lamp ever.
you can see her trying so hard to hold the horrible intunation
finally someone who gets that nothing plastic will just not work
For real that are just trash
For what it is, I'm fairly impressed actually. Sure it won't do for the Philharmonic, but for an easy practice thing, I'll say thumbs up!
so's your grammar apparently
Sarah Alvarado How Is it hard to hold the inutation
Never seen a trumpet like that before.
+atworkstation you can find out more about pTrumpets at www.ptrumpet.com
+p Trumpet did she keep one?
same I would like one but I do have a plastic trombone
+atworkstation My band teacher has one
wtf
This would be great to have when playing outside in freezing weather. Hanging on to a brass instrument in the cold makes your lips and fingers numb.
That is actually an amazing point, marching.band would be so much less miserable in the cold
I read an article on the ptrumpet. I was intrigued. It was on the strength of THIS video I ended up buying one. I waited ages for the sexy black version. This is a well put together video. Alison comes across really well and gives a positive review of this and then gets a great tone out of it. She has a calming voice when reviewing it and with the amount of 'hits' on this clip I'm sure her natural sincere style of promotion will encourage anyone interested in learning a trumpet.
For me THE best part of playing this live, is the look on peoples faces when their ears can't comprehend the great sound coming from a plastic trumpet. A great investment for a beginner a great addition to a trumpet players kit! At the price it IS an impulse buy BUT no regrets .... Thank you Ms B!
Kick biker How much are they?
Jacob Pippins tinyurl.com/ptrumpet-link UK £125 (these also price match)
tinyurl.com/ptrumpet-link-2 UK £104
Kick biker p
Wow... I'm a trumpet player and I am jealous of her skills. She's amazing. That's an awesome trumpet too. I'm just a beginner though, so no big deal.
+Rin Kagamine i ALWAYS fear she'll mess up at the beginning-miss notes etc. Then she keeps playing and I realize that's NEVER going to happen. I admit it's 100% sexism.
Every time I hear and watch her UA-cam videos I am astounded.
+Rin Kagamine Beginner here too ;)
+CL Cheong same
Awesome trumpet? have you seen a real trumpet in your life?
Coaster Universe I own one, it's a very good novelty item and actually isnt too bad if you are actually good on a normal trumpet, though takes getting used to
I'm waiting for pTrumpet in C, D, E, and Baroque pTrumpet
After a couple plays. Wow i love. Its amazing. Wow. So cool
Wow you did so good!! You play wonderfully. I’ve never teared up listening to trumpet before. True artist you are 💕💕
If you guys made a plastic baritone or euphonium I'd be impressed.
+Best_Euphonium NA_EU_WORLD I know TIGER made a plastic tuba.
+Best_Euphonium NA_EU_WORLD tiger also made a plastic euph
I want a plastic pipe organ installed in my house.
+Best_Euphonium NA_EU_WORLD I'd like to see a plastic F Horn! lol
I'd be really impressed also, and I'd buy it if it was a reasonable ptice
The whole point, is to get young people interested in learning to play an instrument. An inexpensive first step instrument, hasn't that got to be a good thing?
Ya I can't wait to take it for a test drive..... *i n t h e s u n*
I truly believe that most brass trumpets for the same price, and especially second hand instruments that were a little more expensive originally, sound much better. The intonation does depend on the brand though.
It says made by musicians, for musicians, implying that it is made for people who are experienced in music, otherwise known as a musician.
So, so nice to hear a trial of a trumpet that doesn't involve hours screeching beyond the top register! Sign of a True musician i'd say!
Thanks for sharing that moment with us, fantastic. For my ears the red mouthpiece sounds great.
Graham
This is exciting even if you don't play trumpet.... imagine being able to make other instruments: tubas, trombones, ect all using plastic! Not only that but the price difference blew me away! If we can make every instrument much more affordable like this then it would be easier for people with lower incomes who are interested in playing to get a horn and start. If the blue or red color doesn't appeal to you, then think about this: plastic can be made to look metallic with different paint types, if the manufacturer wanted they could put out look-alikes to the actual thing...
The plastic trombone actually existed before this.
Oh, I didnt even know there was a plastic trombone... I play sax so I wouldnt know/
There is actually a plastic saxophone, it's called a Vibrato, fairly expensive however lol
Devon Zane They were making plastic alto saxes back in the mid '50s.Charlie Parker was playing on one at the time of his death.They were made in England.
The problem starts with the sound quality.
plastic has a higher absorb factor than metal, and thus lacks mid to bright response, carries lower volumes.
i own the vibrato sax, and the pbone, and for both this is true.
the lower volume on an already low volume instrument makes it more difficult to use in bandplay.
however, they are great as traveling instruments, home practice, rehearsals, classroom, or to play in the salty ocean (in case you ever thought of doing something as uncomfortable as that).
they're also great for kids.
they take a large chunk of the sales, but will never replace a real brass instrument in band play anything bigger than an accoustic gig, or very low volume gig (like coffee shop)
"Wow it blows... so easily" Nice catch lol.
Wow she has tons of experience with trumpets and gave this thing a flawless review. I’m going to trade in my back stratavarious for this one. I’ve never seen a trumpet get such a high review
She makes It looks so simple and great !
Honestly if she can play like that then she is being paid to say this
Sacc
So WHAT if she was!
Bit of a silly remark. Smacks of sourness and jealousy.
If she IS in a publicity promotion, it's because she is a recognised,
world-class player and her word can be taken as an authority on the subject.
She would be a bit unrealistic if she didn't feel that such a testimonial didn't deserve some financial compensation, especially for time spent preparing and filming.
That's how it is in the real professional world...I bet some of the phoneys in the Pop world have done it, just occasionally!
Her playing speaks for her skill, virtuosity and the suitability of the instrument for beginner or pro playing.
Surely, even with your tiny mind, you don't think she would risk her world class reputation by promoting a useless instrument?
God! You bloody people. You need to improve to reach stupid!
It's about trying to conceal that you are lower class idiot with zero achievement when all you really do is expose it.
MauriatOttolink Jesus Christ dude did you make the trumpet
Ronnie Loredo Lol
No, he sits in the front office and counts the money.
6 year olds in China made the trumpet.
MauriatOttolink are you really commenting on how stupid people are when you can't even be bothered to type out a new comment and instead copied and pasted your other one? Also, yeesh, you don't have to be so harsh. "You need to improve to reach stupid!" really? Ah, but let me guess, I have a minor spelling or grammar mistake, so I must be beyond an imbecile and have no valid points. Also, not to mention that this is almost exactly the kind of thing an idiot with no achievements would say to cover it up. So really, you just seem to be exposing it.
Do they by any chance come in papier-mâché? I love the tone, but I'm concerned about the weight of this one.
+Steven Ottomanyi I can't tell if you're being serious or joking, but I hope the latter.
No, I thought papier-mâché might have superior tonal qualities due to all the microscopic holes in the wood-fibers that make up the paper used in the papier-mâché. You know, it's those open microscopic tone holes that make for the outstanding resonance and tone of violins by Stradivarius, Guarneri, et al.
I see your point now, but I personally think it would just sound like a plastic one with a whole bunch of leaks. Then again, I'm not an expert in trumpet making or really anything trumpet.
I used to be a gan of papier maché trumpets, but stopped using them because each time it rained I had to buy a new one.
she is just lovely
It really spoke to me when she started playing the sarabande from Suite II. One of my favorites!!
Pretty cool looking product...
Vielen bbnñ
her or the trompet =D just kiddin hahaa
wow....you don't see many women that play the trumpet......this woman is fantastic!
I play trumpet and it’s legit 👌
That's strange. I see plenty of women playing the trumpet. We must be looking in different places.
This is incredible! Had no idea one could "reduce a trumpet" to it's simplest form. Makes me want to learn to play!
Fascinating! That young woman is an amazing trumpeter. One note of observation as a former trumpet player myself. I noticed that the sounds coming out of the "pTrumpet" are much warmer and softer than those played on a traditional brass trumpet. The notes aren't nearly as crisp, nor are they as shrill as a standard made trumpet. The tonal quality is a bit muted and are actually easier on the ear to listen to.
Another thing observed, is the amount of thumping noises that the valves make while being played. The loud noises made by the valves and valve movements during play is a bit distracting. However, Ms Balsom's playing skills are superb. Her breathing, her fingering, her control, all so absolutely and precisely controlled. I'd love to know where to get one of these instruments and how much they cost.
who else is mad there isn't a plastic french horn
+Unique and Hilarious Username First the plastic trombone...then the plastic trumpet...next the plastic natural horn, then the plastic single horn, then the plastic double horn, then the plastic descant, then the plastic cornet (hey it had to be here), then the plastic triple horn
+Unique and Hilarious Username I came down to the commetns to say the same!!!!
+JonatasMonte they need a plastic mellophone. you know how easy it would be to march that?!
+Unique and Hilarious Username Two years ago I had a chance to ask the same thing to a friend of the guy who design and produce these P products, and he told me he wasn't going to do this because the cost of making a Pfrench horn isn't going to be much different from making a normal french horn.
+SVAFnemesis yes but it would be so impressive
The 1960s recording industry could have been very different.
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Plastic. :-)
Lmao.
God that's so funny. I can't stop laughing. When I was in high school in the late 50's there was a white plastic saxophone. Now the things are worth a fortune if anyone even has one. Back in those years a top of the line Selmer Sax was about $400.00. Nowadays you can get a Chinese one for about the same price. Kenny G sells one. He's claims it is as good as the one he plays, but he doesn't play a Chinese sax. Some people think certain Chinese saxes are good, not necessarily the Kenny G brand.
wow! saw these a while ago, now i am impressed! the tone is amazing
+Andy Hughes How long has it been since you've had your hearing checked?
ha ha ha, that's a good question! mainly i just listen to myself play, and i'm terrible! so this is better than i am!
She's so beautiful and talented.
"Oh, wow! It feels comfortable, its incredible, these valves, it blows really easily, amazing so easy to play. Now how much do I get for this "review" again?"
i PLAYED THIS CLIP FIVE OR SIX TIMES IN A ROW, JUST SO i COULD LISTEN TO HER VOICE. IN MY EMPTY BACHELOR CONDO.
Absolutely. Cute lady. Posh accent, too.
400th like
Also, 700th subscriber
I know EXACTLY what you mean! :-)
Major Rick Corbin
Just think. If Alison played her cards right she could be kissing you to practice her embouchure, triple tonguing and maybe even some circular breathing,
YOU ~ ROCK ! !
The amount of times she said it's so easy and that it's amazing
Isn't it strange how the background noise cuts out when she plays
Basic recording practice. Trumpets are way louder than the human voice, so the recording is turned down for the trumpets (or up for the voice), meaning the imbalance in background noise. Acoustically it sounds like the same room.
Yes, it's called Audio Compression.
No, it's not audio compression, it's a lowered noise floor due to the relatively louder trumpet compared to the voice as Luke said
Probably automatic level control on the recorder, so the loud trumpet kicks in and the recording level automatically drops so as not to overload the imputs. Well, it's a handy way to ensure a reasonable recording without having to do sound level tests and so on. But I guess you were thinking it is another, more expensive trumpet being edited in, but no, just standard recording equipment stuff I think.
(...actually it IS audio compression. It's dynamic compression, so the dynamic range is compressed. (quiet sounds made louder and loud sounds made quieter.)
You're all wrong...it's actually your brain tricking you...when your brain hears the notes from the trumpet, it activates an area of the brain called shatners bassoon...which has many perplexing eventualities...seemingly lowering background noise and so on
usually it comes with a sparkly conical hat, and some fireworks.
and a happy new year's eve card.
Amazing !!!!!
shes goals...
"Wow, it blows so easily", she said... The video I just saw before this one on UA-cam had another expert Trumpeter stating that playing the Plastic Trumpet was a horror and that he had to seriously work at maintaining notes, especially in the higher range. He also said, " don't use their plastic mouth piece", use a metal one and save your energy.
I love it when she says, "I feel like I could wack it."
That's extraordinary. Kudos to the designers.
I can just see her crying hearing the notes come out of that trumpet
Well Alison is a pro, she can make any trumpet sound decent. And she is a nice girl, and pTrumpet is probably paying her to do a positive video. But I be willing to bet that she would never play one in a concert. I was a French Horn player in high school and I can hear that the tonal quality isn't that of an expensive brass trumpet. They might be good for a high school marching band or something, but not a pro like her
Elliot Mangini
Well ok, no need to be arrogant about it!
Sorry about that French Horn thing :) Eb Soprano Clarinet player here. 45+ years.
I'm almost certain she was paid for the "review" but they can't force her to give a positive review because that would be a massively skewed result. She was likely paid "for the time taken for the review" and hinted to be quite generous.
She does NOT think "the tuning i amazing".. Or she would be playing in tune ;)
54321blader
What's the name of the piece she plays at 2:20 ?
That's from the Bach Cello Suites, Suite 2 Sarabande.
Oh my god I love her
Both beautiful and talented
Why my pTrumpet's valves don't work like Balsom's ones?
Hi Gino, if you are having problems with your pTrumpet please contact info@ptrumpet.com
Gino Latino Quit chewing bubble gum before or during playing. And olive oil makes terrible valve oil.WOW. Goddess Alison plays that thing like a ten cent horn.
Gino Latino Because you have too slow fingers
+Adam Pepliński Bravo, bravo,bravo !! Bella, bella, bella !!!
ALEXANDER BOOT Author, critic, polemicist
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Submitted by Alexander on 24 June 2013 - 12:59pm
The
other day I listened to something or other on UA-cam, and a link to
Chopin’s Fourth Ballade performed by the Georgian pianist Khatia
Buniatishvili came up.
The link was accompanied by a close-up publicity photo of the musician:
sloe bedroom eyes, sensual semi-open lips suggesting a delight that’s
still illegal in Alabama, naked shoulders hinting at the similarly nude
rest of her body regrettably out of shot…
Let me see where my wife is… Good, she isn’t looking over my shoulder,
so I can admit to you that the picture got me excited in ways one
doesn’t normally associate with Chopin’s Fourth Ballade or for that
matter any other classical composition this side of Wagner or perhaps
Ravel’s Bolero.
Searching for a more traditional musical rapture I clicked on the actual
clip and alas found it anticlimactic, as it were. Khatia’s playing,
though competent, is as undeniably so-what as her voluptuous figure
undeniably isn’t. (Yes, I know the photograph I mentioned doesn’t show
much of her figure apart from the luscious shoulders but, the prurient
side of my nature piqued, I did a bit of a web crawl.)
Just for the hell of it I looked at the publicity shots of other
currently active female musicians, such as Yuja Wang, Joanna MacGregor,
Nicola Bendetti, Alison Balsom (nicknamed ‘crumpet with a trumpet’, her
promos more often suggest ‘a strumpet with a trumpet’ instead),
Anne-Sophie Mutter and a few others.
They didn’t disappoint the Peeping Tom lurking under my aging surface.
Just about all the photographs showed the ladies in various stages of
undress, in bed, lying in suggestive poses on top of the piano, playing
in frocks (if any) open to the coccyx in the back and/or to the navel up
front.
This is one thing these musicians have in common. The other is that none
of them is all that good at her day job and some, such as Wang, are
truly awful. Yet this doesn’t really matter either to them or to the
public or, most important, to those who form the public tastes by
writing about music and musicians.
Thus, for example, a tabloid pundit expressing his heartfelt regret that
Nicola Benedetti “won’t be posing for the lads’ mags anytime soon.
Pity, because she looks fit as a fiddle…” Geddit? She’s a violinist,
which is to say fiddler - well, you do get it.
“But Nicola doesn’t always take the bonniest photo,” continues the
writer, “she’s beaky in pics sometimes, which is weird because in the
flesh she’s an absolute knock-out.
“The classical musician is wearing skinny jeans which show off her long
legs. She’s also busty with a washboard flat tummy, tottering around 5ft
10in in her Dune platform wedges.”
How well does she play the violin though? No one cares. Not even critics
writing for our broadsheets, who don’t mind talking about musicians in
terms normally reserved for pole dancers. Thus for instance runs a
review of a piano recital at Queen Elizabeth Hall, one of London’s top
concert venues:
“She is the most photogenic of players: young, pretty, bare-footed; and,
with her long dark hair and exquisite strapless dress of dazzling
white, not only seemed to imply that sexuality itself can make you a
profound musician, but was a perfect visual complement to the sleek
monochrome of a concert grand... [but] there’s more to her than meets
the eye.”
The male reader is clearly expected to get a stiffie trying to imagine
what that might be. To help his imagination along, the piece is
accompanied by a photo of the young lady in question reclining on her
instrument in a pre-coital position with an unmistakable ‘come and get
it’ expression on her face. The ‘monochrome’ piano is actually
bright-red, a colour usually found not in concert halls but in dens of
iniquity.
Nowhere does the review mention the fact obvious to anyone with any
taste for musical performance: the girl is so bad that she should indeed
be playing in a brothel, rather than on the concert platform.
Can you, in the wildest flight of fancy, imagine a reviewer talking in
such terms about sublime women artists of the past, such as Myra Hess,
Maria Yudina, Maria Grinberg, Clara Haskil, Marcelle Meyer, Marguerite
Long, Kathleen Ferrier? Can you see any of them allowing themselves to
be photographed in the style of “lads’ mags”?
I can’t, which raises the inevitable question: what exactly has changed
in the last say 70 years? The short answer is, just about everything.
Concert organisers and impresarios, who used to be in the business
because they loved music first and wanted to make a living second, now
care about nothing but money. Critics, who used to have discernment and
taste, now have nothing but greed and lust for popularity. The public…
well, don’t get me started on that.
The circle is vicious: because tasteless ignoramuses use every available
medium to build up musical nonentities, nonentities is all we get. And
because the musical nonentities have no artistic qualities to write
about, the writing nonentities have to concentrate on the more jutting
attractions, using a vocabulary typically found in “lads’ mags”.
The adage “sex sells” used to be applied first to B-movies, then to
B-novels, and now to real music. From “sex sells” it’s but a short
distance to “only sex sells”. This distance has already been travelled -
and we are all being sold short.
Georges Cancan wow.
DON'T BE SUCH A SISSY!
what a great sound for a plastic trumpet how much
About $150 USD on Amazon
+Kinetic Tachyon Mine too, haha
What trumpet is it? Strad?
Too expensive, because plastic is crap tone.
I'm actually really, really impressed with the sound and resonance of a plastic trumpet. I was expecting a less than impressive sound because I didn't know plastic could resonate like that. It was honestly jaw dropping!
So good.
2:12 any idea what that classical piece is?
+CareyPortnoyBeauford Bach cello suite II Sarabande
+Nelson Walker thanks Nelson!
+Nelson Walker Thank you! I am also a trumpet player and really wonder which piece of music is that!
The second mouthpiece in the video sounded much better. It projected better, and gave the trumpet a brighter tone, which helped it. I have conducted all my life, 35 years. Most recently, China Philharmonic in Beijing, and Evergreen, in Taiwan, great orchestras. Has she ever tried any "Blackburn" trumpets? Now based in Lexington, Ky, USA. Fantastic, with a hew 5 valve C trumpet displayed by Hixson, who all trumpet players may know.
philiprice.chattanooga@gmail.com It's on YT, take a look.....
nice trumpet were did u get it from
+Alicia Leon www.ptrumpet.com
Alicia Leon
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Linda ..e talentosa. .. seu talento extraordinário. .. magnífico. ..!!! eu toco também este maravilhoso instrumento ...
No question, my next trumpet will be this one for it!
2:09 "..I love it... 'sgreat."
I prefer the metallic brassy sound. But for some classical pieces, like she's playing here, she makes this plastic sound almost like a violin, not bad at all.
I heard a jazz trumpet player on the plastic and it sounded crappy like plastic.
Anyway, just another two cent opinion.
Alison Balsom can do no wrong. She comes across as an exceptionally warm person and good all-round human being. She practices and works hard and is therefore a technically brilliant musician with INNOVATIVE talent. Oh, and she just happens to be very beautiful too. Long live this wonderful advertisement for the great instrument that is the trumpet.
"it feels like nothing."
*brokes designers heart*
+p trumpet I am having trouble maintaining high notes in the upper register on my trumpet. I have a 1.5C mouthpiece. Also, when I haven't played my trumpet in days or weeks, it seems like I just started out. Now I've been playing for 12 years and I do have a little trouble with rhythms sometimes. I wasn't taught that much about rhythms because my school band in high school moved quick. Beside getting a lesson because it is costly, what can I do to enhance my embrochure during high register and play at the center of the note and make it in tune? Also rhythms like sight reading, it's hard for me to do.
for higher register, you need to understand what happens for a higher note to sound.
1) you need to be relaxed in the arms, chest, throat, tension there is NOT going to help you in any way shape or form.
2) you've got to approach the upper register quietly so you can get the muscle coordination (would you practice throwing a basketball into a hoop from 10 meters when you can't do it at 3?) each note requires the lips, tongue, and jaw to be in a certain position. You need to find that position.
3) rest as much as you play! i did too much recently and I've had to take unholy amounts of time off, you do need to be consistent with practice.
4) be patient and you WILL improve, the sound will be bad at the start but it'll get better.
Head over to mysterytomastery1 channel for any more info, Greg Spence helped me out a lot!
praise with many trumpets Thank You much ! and I appreciate this greatly!
+1990s were amazing! I got all this stuff off Greg Spence who's got it off loads of great trumpet guys, his channel is well worth a view! happy to direct you though :)
+1990s were amazing! also, rhythm and sight reading, if you listen to music whilst looking at the sheet music for it, that could help, but practice will always be the best way forward :)
+praise with many trumpets thank you ! I appreciate it!
Would this be good for a beginner? Let's say I play this for a year or two and then want to advance to the next step. How difficult would it be to go from this instrument to real brass?
i would highly recommend to start on brass in the long run it will be better for you ans a musician(tone,intonation,range,ect...). please do not make the mistake of getting any instrument plastic. No matter what they say she got paid to say this. this is ok for a 4 year old but i dont see one pro playing this ever.
with most music stores you can rent a trumpet or buy a cheap one for 200- 400$ at a beginner level. and when you rent one from a music store usually after paying the full value of the trumpet after 2-ish years its yours/ try to start off with a Yamaha or Bach with a 7c BACH! mouthpiece then after a year see if your ready to move to a 5c to 3c for better tone and sound. any other questions just ask.
Dont get a bach or yahama if your starting out or your relatively new. they are SUPER expensive.
Kindru GamingxVideos if you rent a trumpet they come with it. and i use a metal 3c in marching band and so do all my piers and we sound great. DO NOT use a plastic mouthpiece mainly because they create a crap sound all around. but if you absolutely want to use it go ahead, but remember your probably going to get ragged on in high school for it and above if its a serious band. also dont forget most schools even provide trumpets if you are not financially able at the time.
My friend who is 1st chair trumpet has to use a plastic mouthpiece for marching. Ill link a video of the band.
Sounds good!
She plays so beautifully. I think this trumpet would be great for the younger group of players. It's light, inexspensive, and a cool color. If she can play it that well then so can others.
the valves on mine make it a bugle. my job is product development for nottingham spirk design and i have tried many things and find no fixes. i can actually twist the valve case assembly like wringing a wet towel and the valves pop up. they had to know they were selling crap.
+zoooooott hi, please e-mail info@ptrumpet.com with details of the problem with your pTrumpet and we can see if we can help.
I know trumpets pretty well and I know a few things about rapid prototyping and product development having done it for about 25 years at Nottingham Spirk Design. I was fascinated at the idea of a plastic trumpet so I got one. In a mater of minuets the valves started to not only stick but actually resisted depression. Instead of sending it back I took it upon myself to find a fix and sacrifice my warranty and save the world from unplayable horns. The more I got into it the more I found things like sloppy globs of r t v cement from gluing the metal to the plastic on the valves. The valve case assembly actually flexes a bit. When I had stuck valves I twisted the assembly and they popped up. You might want to look into changing that. I have lost interest for now at least because it looks like that part of your product needs to be redesigned from the beginning and I am only willing to do so much for free. Let me suggest you look into rotary valves. I like the sound of the horn and would love to have one that works but looks like I must wait till I can try one before I buy one.
Zoot
+zoooooott are you sure you have a pTrumpet? pTrumpets do not have any metal glued to plastic in the valve system, unlike our competitors!
+p Trumpet You just rekt him!
zoooooott ,
The new innovative PeeTrumpet. (now in different shades of yellow and orange)
+Ethan Erickson (JoeyDaDog) Excess quantity of Bb make tpt orange? It's complex-cated ;-)
david hall Very much so
If your PeeTrumpet is red, see a doctor quick.
jburtonca- LMFAO
XD
Love her tone
Toca muitooooo👍
If a $179.00 trumpet allows a kid to take trumpet lessons where they otherwise could not have, then why not? With music in schools being cut so often and "real" brass school horns being so beat up, what would be the problem here? I teach French Horn and I'd be the first to say, hey go get a pHorn instead of this beat up dented corroded valve piece of junk. Yes, the objective is to try and get a beautiful sound, but you can't always do that on an instrument that is a "beater" and has numerous dents and issues. Schools cannot afford decent instruments. They usually buy student models that either don't have all the notes or they are stuffy. I don't see a problem with anything that allows them to learn and to actually hear the right notes as they are first learning and to be able to breathe through an instrument that will "ring" evenly through all registers. A lot of kids can't afford lessons let alone an instrument. This might make that possible. Just an opinion but I'd prefer to look at plastic instruments in a positive rather than negative way given the economic situation of school music programs. Also, when marching band season is active, brass instruments get very abused. At these prices it's nice to have something that can be replaced easily.
@Brother Bob ever hurt yourself patting yourself on the back from atop your high horse? Can you equip the entire first year class with pawn shop horns? These are selling brand new on Amazon under $90. Why would you throw up roadblocks to a kid learning to play?
@@RshayneB Plastic tends to fail in direct sunlight, and is generally very sensitive. I don't think it would be a good idea to invest in plastic instruments when your school is on a low budget. That would backfire real quick
Lou i have a beat up marching baritone and im in A1 but i still play good on it so
0:57 that's what she said
i love
God bless
This is Alison shilling for the piece of crap pTrumpet.
+recalcitrist1
"Piece of crap" is what the 'p' stands for.
Alex Korova.
Diplomacy is not your strong point, is it?
Your knowledge of the brass family of musical instruments is clearly in the same category.
I'm strangely drawn to the the expression "What a Dick Head!"
Were some comments deleted?
I'm gonna buy one of these ptrumpets, send it to Alison's house so she can play it a bit, send it back to me postage pre-paid....
I would like Alison's germs.
+Dancing Spiderman Face it you want to have her baby.
+pongespob HaaaaaHahaha that's funny
The original meaning of "cooties" is "body lice." From WW II.
Spider-Man: She might even “whakkit” for you.
Im glad i found this lol i can get this to learn on
Well for a trumpet to sound like that. Praise be to the builders. But then again a Master as she is can make music out of everything!!. Thats terrific i want one!
That trumpet looks quite sexy
It does!
she was holding a trumpet ?
“Blowing easily” to me sounds like it’s not an ideal instrument to use for serious gigs
this is awesome thanks for showing me p trumpet
Ela é incrível
It is...interesting...that we no longer hear her fingers on the valves when she plays it.
Read the title as “National socialist discovers trumpet for the first time.” I don’t know what I was expecting, but my expectations were nonetheless exceeded.
Zackary Warren Im just trying to imagine how that would factor into her review of the trumpet haha.
Lmao
Amazed how good the tone sounds, even if we have to allow for the fact that Alison is one of the world's top trumpeters. It would be perfect for young children who would find a normal trumpet too heavy to hold.
J'adore vos trompettes et Alison Balsom également
“so easy to play” because you’ve been doing this for years
I noticed that the higher notes sound much more plastic like than a brass trumpet.
My gripe about brass instruments is that they sound "brassy."
Genial estos instrumentos . y no digamos de Alison Balsom ...maravillosa.
Sad to see the negative comments below. I travel for work and have a Pbone which I take with me. It's fantastic! Not as good as my brass trombone, but light, robust and allows me to practice whenever I can. If these things get people playing who wouldn't otherwise have the opportunity what's not to like?
Not a strad but not bad
priceplayspc it's fucking terrible
priceplayspc This is a beginner horn. In the first couple years you'll sound as good on this as any Strad.
Which is to say, terrible.
I was not aware that the violin maker Strad(avarius) made trumpets!
It seems like this instrument has a lot of problems with the lower notes. It seems like whenever she tried to hit them the would fart out the notes and break off.
That's the first thing I noticed too! Good ear if you noticed
My thought too
Amazing
Sounds great with the stock mouthpiece, and understandably better with Alison's mouthpiece. But definitely interested in getting one for myself eventually.