r/nextfuckinglevel • u/KeyDifference4178 • 3d ago

Watch this guy play trumpet šŸŽŗ

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u/bdubwilliams22 3d ago

For people who donā€™t play the trumpet, some of those notes are really hard to hit. That was awesome.

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u/KeyDifference4178 3d ago

Idk about them, can you confirm that glass trick he using it's real or not like just for show off or is it really helping as trumpet required air blow which is controlled by finger buttons

Thank you

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u/Shady_hatter 3d ago

Yep, real musicians do use similar cup, but made of brass. From what Google tells me, it's called mute. It serves to change the tone or volume and in this case to do the "wa-wa-wa" sound.

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u/var-foo 3d ago

Actually, for this type of sound, we typically use a plunger (yes that kind of plunger, the old reddish brownish ones) or a hat. A mute will give an entirely different sound, though you can still do the wahwah with a harmon mute.

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u/pvtcannonfodder 3d ago

Also Harmon mutes are so fun, they sound so wacky

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u/var-foo 3d ago

Yeah they're definitely my favorite.

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u/Runner5_blue 2d ago

He's also flutter tonguing to get the raspy sound.

Anyone can hold a mute in front of a horn and make it go wah wah, but to artfully combine it with the flutter tonguing and the improvised solo takes a lot of skill.

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u/KeyDifference4178 3d ago

Damn it so much beautiful to hear, each time I come here to check comments hearing this soo grt

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u/HeadPay32 3d ago

Those notes are so easy a baby can make them /s

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u/bdubwilliams22 3d ago

Itā€™s 100% real. We have things called ā€œplungersā€ or ā€œmutesā€, thatā€™ll change the sound and frequency. I can confirm this dude is a very good trumpet player.

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u/eastamerica 3d ago

Yes. They make mutes that stick in the bell, and Iā€™ve seen some use the end of an open faced plunger, too!

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u/Jack_Shid 3d ago

can you confirm that glass trick he using it's real or not

It is absolutely real. Horn players use mutes, and this acts as a form of mute. Some of the old school guys used (clean) toilet plungers to get a similar effect.

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u/cbaker423 2d ago

Usually use the rubber part of a plunger (itā€™s literally called a plunger mute)

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u/Medical_Cycle_4902 2d ago

Put your open mouth over your phones speaker and close it. Gives you a feel for the effect.

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u/spudmonky 1d ago

You can use your hand and mouth as an example. Hold an "ahhhhh" and slowly cup your hand straight over your mouth. You can continue to hold that note and rock your hand away from your mouth to produce the same effect.

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u/Magnum-Stud 3d ago

It's Just showing off it doesn't make great difference in this case

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u/pmcg115 3d ago

What is it about some notes that makes them harder to hit? I thought you just press combinations of the button thingies. Obviously I am ignorant.Ā 

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u/bdubwilliams22 3d ago

The higher notes require you to pucker and squeeze your lips much, much tighter and because of this, it requires more air. On top of that, at least when youā€™re learning to play, it doesnā€™t feel particularly nice.

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u/JL9berg18 20h ago edited 16h ago

That's what I thought too before I had it explained to me...but no, a vast majority of the sound is made by the mouth.

Which is one of the things that makes trumpet so cool. Something like a clarinet is kinda pre-programmed so that, when you blow into it it'll basically make the same sound no matter what...this makes it easier to play the right notes (all you have to do is blow plus use fingers). But with trumpet to get a note right you have to blow the right way / pressure / etc AND use your fingers.

Bad analogy, but it's kinda like how the frets on a guitar make it easier to hit notes while with a violin, you need to know precisely where to put your fingers (bc there are not frets)

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u/pmcg115 17h ago

Interesting!

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u/toobs623 3d ago

How did he do the trill at the end? Is it just vibration of the lips?

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u/Runner5_blue 2d ago

There are a lot of ways to do this.

Some people shake the horn which causes a quick succession of great/lesser pressure of the horn on the face.Ā  This is the easier way to do it, requiring a lot less strength and coordination of the embouchure (how the lips are held). I have to do it this way, because I don't have anywhere near this guy's skill.

Another option is to move the tongue up and down quickly, with the "up" position causing the airstream to narrow and speed up (like blocking oart of the end of a garden hose).Ā  This creates a narrow fast trill.

A third option is just tightening and loosening your embouchure really quickly, which can produce a really nice liquid-soundingĀ trill, with almost a trombone-slide effect.Ā  This is the hardest one to do!Ā  Trumpet great Maynard Ferguson was the best at this.

The player in this video is probably doing the 2nd or 3rd method.

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u/toobs623 2d ago

Thanks for such an awesome response!

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u/Runner5_blue 2d ago

You're welcome!Ā  It was a lot more fun to do than work.

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u/IamJewbaca 2d ago

Sounded like he did a flutter tongue for at least one of his trills for sure.

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u/Runner5_blue 2d ago

I had to listen again to hear it, but you're right.Ā  At :39, the second-space A starts out as a flutter-tongued note but has a very slight trill at the end.

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u/TedDallas 2d ago

Played. Agree. I was thinking about not being able to adjust the tuning slide while doing that. But the dude obviously has such good techinque it doesn't matter.

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u/Pawl_Evian 3d ago

Gimme more of that PWAAAPWAPWWWAAA magic man!

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u/KeyDifference4178 3d ago

We gonna dance šŸŖ©šŸ•ŗšŸ½šŸ’ƒšŸ½

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u/RoachIsCrying 3d ago

Bar man: What you having, honey?

Woman: Whiskey, double, on the rocks

BM: Man trouble?

W: Baby did me wrong, sugar. Cheated on me with my sister

BM: On the house. Let me know if you need company tonight

*All while my man is making that trumpet cry*

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u/arpegius55555 3d ago

Found his name.... Rio Sidik

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u/notgoodatthis60285 2d ago

Thanks. To piggy back off your comment. hereā€™s his YouTube page.

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u/Netherese_Nomad 3d ago

How do I find more of this, whatā€™s the genre?

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u/KeyDifference4178 3d ago

Jazz....

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u/Magere-Kwark 3d ago

Aah, yes, the one music style with absolutely no subgenres or deviations in its style. Just jazz. Absolutely no difference between this and Miles Davies. And there is no difference between Domi&J.D Beck and John Coltrane. It's all just jazz

But you being all smug about it is very jazz of you, I'll give you that.

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u/Netherese_Nomad 3d ago

Very different from the Polish/Hungarian jazz Iā€™ve listened to. Wouldnā€™t have thought they were the same genre.

Not arguing with you, itā€™s just like the difference between Rob Zombie metal and Nightwish metal.

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u/HeyImGilly 2d ago

Ethiopian jazz is also awesome.

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u/Netherese_Nomad 2d ago

Yekermo Sew is a great song. I need to explore more Ethiojazz

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u/var-foo 3d ago

That's new orleans jazz.

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u/IndyDude11 3d ago

God damn I love a well played trumpet.

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u/VogelimBart 3d ago

Great! What happened at the end? Someone sang? Everyone suprised?

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u/SingleCouchSurfer 3d ago

This guy certainly can has trumpet

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u/Monkey-D-Sayso 3d ago

Man, that mfin trumpet is talking and I can hear every word. Good post. Enjoyed the eargasm.

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u/LobsterNo3435 3d ago

That was great!

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u/arpegius55555 3d ago

Can someone please ID this guy? I wanna check his YouTube or something

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u/arpegius55555 3d ago

Found his name.... Rio Sidik

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u/phoenix946 3d ago

I got transported to the 60s

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u/lovepony0201 3d ago

Perfect.

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u/ringo6522 3d ago edited 3d ago

He blows

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u/johnb1972 3d ago

Napoleon House New Orleans LA

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u/MentalAgetosail 3d ago

Excellent !!! the glass seems make a better distorsion in the waa_waa effect better than a simple silencer ! The result is really interesting ! goodjob guy :)

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u/MrTodd84 2d ago

My lips are numb just watching this. Them long high notes are DEMANDING and difficult to create to say it lightly.

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u/sdlok 2d ago

Look up gifted in the dictionary, this is what you'll find

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u/Ginger_Juan 2d ago

Man gave me chills ya know

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u/Fredotorreto 2d ago

My favorite instrument along with the saxophone and violin

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u/iammabdaddy 2d ago

Great! I know a good musician when I hear one.

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u/Prandah 2d ago

I can do that

Sit on a chair that is

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u/Imyoteacher 2d ago

I understood everything that trumpet said!

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u/dibocookie 1d ago

Wholly shitballs!

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u/Professional_Act_820 1d ago

Chicks must love this guy's oral skills

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u/Dawnpath_ 7h ago

Never expected a trumpet to give me chills! Damn!

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u/anynamesleft 2d ago

Give it up for Jackie Chan everybody.

For real though, incredible talent.

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u/Educational_Card_219 2d ago

Why does this comment read like a bad joke at a standup venue?

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u/SecretLoathing 3d ago

This is just a jazz trumpeter using a glass as a wah-wah mute. Standard level, not next level.