need help please

[otis]

I own a lot of trumpets from a lot of great call makers and I am trying to master  the trumpet which I am doing ok BUT the ones that I own all have either horn mouth piece or delrin and they are the longer trumpets about 8 1/2 in. so I just bought 2 new trumpets with bone mouth piece one long and one short trumpet it seems to me that the bone mouth piece are a lot easier to run for me and I am very consistent on making a turkey sound with the bone is this just me or could the bone be better for me and the short trumpet that I just got seems to be the easiest of all for me  any help would be great I might just be over thinking this I don't know


otis   

[boatpaddle]

I own a lot of trumpets from a lot of great call makers and I am trying to master  the trumpet which I am doing ok BUT the ones that I own all have either horn mouth piece or delrin and they are the longer trumpets so I just bought 2 new trumpets with bone mouth piece one long and one short trumpet it seems to me that the bone mouth piece are a lot easier to run for me and I am very consistent on making a turkey sound with the bone is this just me or could the bone be better for me and the short trumpet that I just got seems to be the easiest of all for me  any help would be great


otis

Otis,

     If the bone mouthpiece seems to fit you & your style of calling, USE IT!!!!

     Shorter calls are harder to control air with.......It turns over in sound quicker then a longer call....Without a complete understanding of controlling your air flow, this call is not what I'd think is a good call to learn with...JMHO...

    My advice would be to pick the one call, that YOU feel most comfortable with and use it to learn on for a year....

    Put the rest of your trumpet calls away till you have "Mastered" that one call....

    Here's why I suggest that.

    1. Every callmaker maker has a different set of internals in his call, which, make every single call you buy different in how it runs....
 
    2. Each mouthpiece is different in some way shape or form......Ivory vs delrin vs horn vs wingbone....

    3.  The air draw on each call is usually different....Longer calls are much more forgiving, if you over draw your air...

    4. Lip memory changes from call to call.....


    Going back and forth with a bunch of different calls does nothing to make your calling and your practice sessions better....JMHO..

    Good luck...

[otis]

yes I understand... that is a great answer you said  I think I am over thinking the trumpet and you are right stick with  one call and make it work so true  thanks for the help



otis

[paboxcall]

Boatpaddle's advice is spot on, and he will set you straight - if he can help me learn how to run a trumpet, he can help anyone I promise!

I did the same, bought a bunch of different calls and tried them all with minimal success.  Took ol' boatpaddle about ten seconds to figure out that I needed to put all but one away and first master that.

[otis]

I am going to take his advice he is 100 % right


        thanks  otis

[hunter22]

Great advice Zumer. Scary but you make a lot of sense to me.