Not bad, hope he sticks with it as he grows up.

Awfully generous of you, Donny. I don't suppose you've got any recordings of YOU at age 5 to help us understand why this failed to impress you?

What don't you understand about "Not Bad" do you want me to lie and say I was impressed and drone on for 5 paragraphs like you? It was good, & I enjoyed listening..nuff said. Now if you'll excuse me I can get back to my Yankees playoff game.

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OMG Diki, you made me wet my pants on this one

This little one HAS IT. Look at his soul when the band plays - what a future - oh my!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQuJbjyiKUc&feature=related

Now I'm Impressed!

So am I !!

But, she has 4 more years of practice than the young boy

Here is an example of the problem with language (I don't think it's unique to English - US OR UK version)... especially WRITTEN as opposed to SPOKEN .... Someone writes 'not bad' ... depending on how this is SPOKEN it could mean "not bad - that's pretty damn good " OR it could mean "not bad - but close to it " ...

t.

Tony makes sense...Not a bad post

Too many distractions in today's world for kids to get serious about playing an instrument vs years ago when there were less alternatives & other choices to make music as there are now. Our kids have become too lazy & dependent on musical technology..."Study music for years?..practice every day?...Theory & Scales?" "sorry Mom not now"... my friends are outside and we're going to the mall..."gotta run Dad I'm getting a text message"

Narrow minded way of thinking as this and several other threads on young talent, plus the one you posted on this very thread, proves you wrong.

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Bo pen nyang.

No doubt there are and always will be children who receive the proper direction to develop 'natural' talent and become EXCELLENT musicians, I think that 'on the whole' there are far less kids taking music lessons than there were when I was a kid ...
A lot of kids take music in school and then drop it ...
I recently posted that one of our grandsons was taking stand-up bass in school ... the first couple of weeks were plucking and bowing using right hand only ... he has really enjoyed it ... this week they start with both hands ... I only hope the enjoyment continues ...
t.

Some people could create dissension in Paradise.

And likely will...

Nah ... they won't be there ...

t.

The boy in the video that started all this is not 5 years old there. He's 8.

Carry on.

Folks,

I'd love to know the title of the 2 songs that this great 5-year old trumpet player played?

Thank you.

They were Herb Albert & the Tijuana Brass songs ....

Spanish flea..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-_2QpbXMbw&feature=related

Tijuana Taxi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK5pl6W2CFE

Rise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ennMD1fPtXA



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Great! thanks a lot Dnj for the infos.
Now i need to find these songs and learn them to play on my MidJay and E-80.

Great! thanks a lot Dnj for the infos.
Now i need to find these songs and learn them to play on my MidJay and E-80.

Synerjim,

You've got mail.

Taike

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Bo pen nyang.

Wow, that was quick. Thanks a lot Taike. Great to be a Synthzoners.
Jimmy

Altough not in the video, another great trumpet tune is "Feels so Good" performed by one of our area musicians - Chuck Mangione.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W7gvk9lmBQ

Regards,

Jerryghr

You mean like this one? OMG !!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUij8FCg0z8


this is Amazing!!!!..................

And Diki if your reading this I know you'd like this one...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jytSFpm_D1g

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I just watched both of these Bumblebee videos again and it's just so ridiculously GREAT!!! I love it!!

Yep, that's a heck of a feat to pull that off on a trombone...

Diki, I was blown away.....the tonguing this guy is doing and valve work is amazing OMG!!! have you ever tried this tune on your trombone.....?

Also here is a guy playing it on a FLUTE!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8_K0l12A5E



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It's called double tonguing, Donny. I can do it to an extent, but not to that degree (at least, not since my college days ). To a certain degree, he's faking it (listen carefully to the tune done by the trumpeter or the flautist - there are small differences), but he gets the overall thing right. Outstanding!

Next up is triple tonguing...

A few years ago I was talking to an older gentleman who played trumpet with the big bands. He also said that you had to be able to "double tongue" to be even considered for an audition if you were lucky enough to get one to play with some of the great bands like Dorsey, Miller, Shaw, James, etc, etc, ....not to mention the physical instrument choreography involved which you had to know while playing with your particular section. like in this video at around 1:16
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIuveaFWA...from=PL&index=6

Watching a good horn player perform is a real treat for sure.WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED TO "real band music " PLAYING!!!

Er... Didn't we put them out of business by undercutting them?

I mean, even the Hammond B3 was the start of the bigband decline. Smaller combos, and smaller, until we are the logical conclusion..!