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Listening to recordings of Art Farmer and was intrigued by the fact he switched from trumpet to flugelhorn at a certain point in his career. Well we all think we know or sort of know what the various instruments sound like but I wanted some kind of explanation of the differences between the two and went to the Web. This is what I found.
There are others, but I was satisfied with this.
Also was helpful to confirm what the difference in sound is between the cornet and trumpet as quite a few Jazz players made that switch.
I like the fact that he calls the sound of the flugelhorn "fluffy"!
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Flugelhorn is conical bore while trumpet is cylindrical bore, which only affects the tone, otherwise they're the identical instrument. On the trumpet a significant length of the tubing is the same size (to the 1/1000") which gives more projection and overtones, while the flugelhorn tubing gets gradually larger from the beginning of the tubing to the end which makes for a mellower sound that projects less with fewer overtones.Generally, it's easier to get a "good" sound on flugelhorn.
Dave
Edits: 11/14/14
Did anyone else play the Flumpet?
Not that I know of, I imagine there are a few in existence though.
Dave
"Did anyone else play the Flumpet?"
How does it differ from a cornet?
It's sort of in between a corner and a flugelhorn, both are conical but to different degrees. I don't know if the flumpet has a short cylindrical section or not, it may. Sound is also midway between the two.
Dave
I marvel at anyone who can keep track of how they differ.......
True, there are a few trumpet models like the Conn 38B (Chet Baker, Freddie Hubbard, Tom Harrell, Maynard Ferguson etc) that is a trumpet very close to a cornet or the Conn flugel that Miles played on Miles Ahead and Charles Tolliver played a lot which was also rather close to a cornet.
Those are the exceptions though, most horns follow the above convention.
Dave
...but when I knew Brad Goode back in our Chicago days, he was playing a student-level cornet (Conn, I believe) that he had had cryogenically frozen. I couldn't believe it when he told me that. He laughed, and said nobody else can believe it either. One of the most bizarre instrument choices I've ever seen. He made it work for him, though.
dh
Cryo-ing horns/equipment is a thing, just like in audio, not one I'm a party of...
Student Conn cornet as a primary horn, that is definitely wacky. I know a few very good players that play the Yamaha student flugel with success, and one of the most ubiquitous flugelhorns (Couesnon) was originally a student horn. Trumpet is different though, never really met anybody that seriously played a student horn, and cornet is just as odd. Interesting.
Dave
Or drums....
Just kidding.... [-;
I always liked Chuck Mangione on the flugel..... When played well, the instrument projects a different personality from the trumpet.
Most Fluegl players try to play too high.
I'm not a fan of the fluegelhorn - rather soft and meh sound.
I wish trumpeters would stay with the trumpet, frankly, much better sound.
I don't mind the cornet - sounds great when Nat Adderley plays it.
I agree. At some point, Clark Terry switched to playing mostly flugel,
and it broke my heaart. He's so great on trumpet!
Roy Hargrove plays a beautiful flugelhorn on ballads.
I tend to agree, though Kenny Wheeler and Tom Harrell are two major exceptions for me. I do occasionally like flugel.
Dave
Listen to Julius Watkins on Prestige 7075: Thelonius Monk & Sonny Rollins
How could you not like?
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I love all of these Jazz varieties!
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