It's all in the mustache.

@Jacob-mx6ie

6 жыл бұрын

definitely

@iancanfly9676

5 жыл бұрын

100%

@crispyfryy3972

5 жыл бұрын

5 years late

@davidcardenas1175

5 жыл бұрын

Oof

@onemoremisfit

5 жыл бұрын

That 'stache is bad ass.

Flight of the Bumblebee actually sounds like a bee on the muted trumpet.

@eggsbenedict7367

8 жыл бұрын

+JohnPKnuckles that's....that's the point....

@DaKapta1nn

6 жыл бұрын

What mute is it tho

@VorTex_413

6 жыл бұрын

nicolas reyna a mute is used for basically like lowering down the volume of the trumpet you can buy different kinds I have a mute and it's pretty useful since I have 3 dogs.

@aidenmeyerbasschannel

6 жыл бұрын

That One Trumpet Player not cup? Doesn't look like a straight, maybe a wow wow?

@riccracc6547

6 жыл бұрын

Titan Warrior it's a cup mute.

*looks at trumpet* *looks at video* *looks back at trumpet* *trumpet and I laughed cause hell no lol*

@MoodyBlues22

9 жыл бұрын

Lol

@coleburling3416

9 жыл бұрын

Bre Brad im sitting here thinking "well i might be able to play that never"

@chasebergeron2019

7 жыл бұрын

same my dude

@MauveEclipse

6 жыл бұрын

Me too

@jenyg2426

6 жыл бұрын

Same

One of the greatest trumpet players ever to live and he gets 367 thumbs down. Must be woodwind players, or 2nd trumpets who thought they should be 1st?

@AndyZach

5 жыл бұрын

Viola players. See Two Set for an explanation.

@flufffffffffffffffffffffffffff

5 жыл бұрын

I was 3rd my whole life and now im a 1st in my 10th grade year qwq h e l p m e

@Kilo-sz4ch

4 жыл бұрын

F L U F F look up TrumpetGains on KZread, you might find his videos interesting. I also heard from someone to play high notes as if they are easy, don’t think of them as hard.

@ramengod513

4 жыл бұрын

I played 2nd trumpet in my schools concert bands for three weeks before my band director put me on 1st

@rubydailey1094

4 жыл бұрын

So true I’m a first trumpet and every one else is salty.

The secret is... If you can play it slowly You can play it quickly

@Squibob

4 жыл бұрын

Sacregilious

@insouciantFox

4 жыл бұрын

@@Squibob Absolutely. Especially for Mendez.

@adam5446

4 жыл бұрын

Lingling 40 hours

@jkopoulos8096

3 жыл бұрын

twosetviolin

@salvat3735

3 жыл бұрын

I cant stop finding these comments

My trumpet was next to me when I started. I paused halfway through. And when I look at where my trumpet. It’s in its case shaking. I let it sleep with me so I didn’t have nightmares that night.

@talonouellette5815

4 жыл бұрын

I was high while writing this

@g-whittington

4 жыл бұрын

@@talonouellette5815 that's cool

@Ownxer

4 жыл бұрын

@@talonouellette5815 an entire year later

@Auhtist

4 жыл бұрын

TryHardEdgeLord BRUH LMAO

@theraginginfernape9496

4 жыл бұрын

Honestly, my trumpet was giving me glares

I got to accompany Rafael Mendez (french horn in youth orchestra performance), he was very generous with his time, kind and patient encouraging children with music. I have special memories listening to "Flight of the Bumble Bee" in person.

I'll stick to hot cross buns

@dri7473

9 жыл бұрын

I'll stick to good king wenceslas lol 😀

@Troitaa

6 жыл бұрын

The Potato Master I’ll stick to on the warpath lol

@ivanpro7252

5 жыл бұрын

ill stick to whole notes

@statingtheobvious8119

4 жыл бұрын

@Yasin Tiham isn't that the whole point? You'd have to be an idiot not to believe that.

@extr3mebtw

4 жыл бұрын

E d c e d c c c c c d d d d e d c

How? Just...HOW?! *curls up into a ball and sobs*

@mistyeyes101

9 жыл бұрын

***** Well, yeah, but I meant rhetorically.

@mistyeyes101

9 жыл бұрын

***** Oh okay.

@jayhong2855

9 жыл бұрын

....duh practice....

@mistyeyes101

9 жыл бұрын

Jay Hong I know that -_-

@friendlyhatespeech3300

9 жыл бұрын

Right?

He's The only reason why I'm proud to be Mexican.

@boostedcortez3156

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@ks-bz4uh

7 жыл бұрын

mikejohnsb yup he was from my same town Jiquilpan Michoacán!

@zenobiawinston4607

6 жыл бұрын

To be clear, I'm not saying it's the only valid reason to be proud of your heritage, but Rafael Mendez is a great one.

@natefroggy3626

5 жыл бұрын

what about tacos

@anarchySandwich

5 жыл бұрын

@@armandocastro6914 i 100% disagree

Notice that he's circular breathing 😍 the only time he breathes is when there's a break in the solo

@eth3rn4l

7 жыл бұрын

Not even sure! Like he shows afterwards he has tremendous break control

@kaliarecords1511

7 жыл бұрын

I was looking for circular breathing but I couldn't see it. besides as a trumpeter circular breathing is nearly impossible. every time I do it my pitch goes down as much as a half step.

@row0111

7 жыл бұрын

no he just holds his breath

@danielsantoyo6927

7 жыл бұрын

row0111 No he is circular breating

@IfItsNotFun

7 жыл бұрын

A trumpet player learns to take good breaths and control their breathing. Profesional players like him are able to have amazingly long pieces like these, without the need for circular breathing

Its been almost 40 years since he died and there are still some stuff he did that no else could

In the late 50's , I attended High School in Colorado Springs Colo . Our band teacher was a friend of Mr.Mendez , and every year he would come to our town a do a concert with our High School band . He was a true gentleman and a great musician . Some memories last forever . Thanks for posting this .

@noemartinez3125

Жыл бұрын

Awesome

@dsharpness

Жыл бұрын

My band teacher knew him too, and after concert introduced me-I got his autograph! I set aside playing trumpet, but not the memory. ☺

I could practise 25hrs a day, 8 days a week, for the next 200 years and still never be anywhere near as good. Amazing talent

@carlossantos8007

8 жыл бұрын

You can my brother.

@larbueno

2 жыл бұрын

If you DID practice that much, you might now be exactly like Mr. Memdez, but you'd be phenomenal.

ok now that you have scales down... lets move on to something a little harder... like flight of the bumble bee... a song notorious for being hard to play

@markhowell1495

8 жыл бұрын

lol right

@jlj1757

8 жыл бұрын

+Bee Mud he is trying to put upon the *point* that all music is really just scales.

@celestiadevonshire4620

8 жыл бұрын

Jonah Kyle i get that i just find it funny that he moved on to a crazy fast song

@loulou3t

8 жыл бұрын

+Bee Mud He just says it so casually like its no big deal, hell Im afraid to even glance at the sheet music for it...lol

@stormiestarz

8 жыл бұрын

loool

3:35 Dj Khaled 😂😂😂

@markhowell1495

8 жыл бұрын

lol I thought of the same thing when I saw that......

@AwesomeGamingz305g

8 жыл бұрын

lol same

@kingdavey90

7 жыл бұрын

and another one.

@vc2900

6 жыл бұрын

Why is your pic the roblox death sound?

@themarkway292

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

I love how it's so fast yet you can here the sound and tone of each note clearly

He was a true master! He was doing a little circular breathing at the beginning. But he has tremendous breath control which is at the heart of great players..

I was fortunate enough to have him living 3 blocks from my house when I was 18 and played alongside him at LA Valley College. He walked in one day and said can I join the concert band? We had a great time and became friends. He made many personal recordings of his techniques, and song studies for me on cassette. He was one of the long-time greats! Along with Maynard of course!

OMG the level of instrument mastery of people that lived and played before the computer age may never be matched. He has inspired me to go for it now.

IT'S WALT DISNEY!!

@fullmetal8518

6 жыл бұрын

The Eggplantwizard Mexican Walt Disney

@Wunderklopp

6 жыл бұрын

Yes my nigga

@virtualadventur663

6 жыл бұрын

Yes it is

@korrupt93

6 жыл бұрын

Si señor 😂

@solid765

6 жыл бұрын

Omg :v

This is what you call a MASTER!

"Well, it's been 5 years, I think I can try more advanced stuff." " Watches video." ....I'm just going to stick to Mary Had A Little Lamb....

@friendlyhatespeech3300

9 жыл бұрын

My life

@juliotecuanhuey7243

8 жыл бұрын

I'll just stick to hot cross buns.

@ShaquilleBourne

8 жыл бұрын

+XxChenxX0121 I've been a player for 7 years and I think I'll stick to normal scales and songs no less than 4/4

@elleondejuda4681

8 жыл бұрын

+Shaquille Bourne lol Me too :)

@xXEpicMehXx

7 жыл бұрын

songs no less than 4/4? eh?

I'm quoting this man in a packet I'm making for my students, so I thought I'd post the transcription here (I cut out a little to keep things clear) “There are no shortcuts learning how to play the trumpet. It takes practice and patience. I know that it’s monotonous, but finally [there] comes a time where you can express your emotions with music - and this brings you such a pleasure, that all the dull hours are forgotten. All you have to do is practice scales. Scales, scales, and more scales …When you no longer need to think of the mechanics of the instrument, you can begin to think of playing things like, well… the Bumblebee … There is an old saying, that cleanliness, is next to Godliness. With trumpet, cleanliness is purity of tone. It must be kept clean always. The trumpet is a wind instrument. And you need plenty of wind to play it. Not that one forces the wind, never that. You never use more effort to produce the tone, than you do in ordinary conversation. But breath control is one of the most important factors in trumpet playing. ”

Dad introduced me to this guy when he was playing in the pit on Broadway. I asked Maynard about him and Maynard said he was amazing. Notice Rafael's rotary breathing, a technique also utilized by Bill Chase, Lyn Nicholson,Maynard etc. Thanks for posting. True Natural Greatness!!

@SuperRAINONE

9 жыл бұрын

Sure did for over 30 years, regret not trying out for his band!

@SuperRAINONE

9 жыл бұрын

Yep, thats one of them. He could tongue like no other and was the fastest that ever lived!

@Funwithhighnotes

2 жыл бұрын

Maynard didn’t circular breath. It was all for show(his body movements, for example).

That man could move a house with his breath!

@weirdchild8044

8 жыл бұрын

omfg cx made my night

If as a child I had heard this introduction and explanation of how dull, boring practice of scales can lead to a knew way to express your emotions, I would be the best cellist on earth.

@AlejandroSilva-mr7yy

4 жыл бұрын

Start *today* and become a fairly good one

I have been playing Trumpet over 30 years! I started late in life, I picked up the Trumpet at age 29. Rafael Mendez was a great teacher whos teaching methods are still used today I learned a great deal on range development from Him!

h-how do you go from scales to THAT

@Dr_Trumpet

9 жыл бұрын

bg3929Z it's more patterns and chromatics than anything

@boostedcortez3156

9 жыл бұрын

Simple answer. Practice!

@mpcminecrafter

6 жыл бұрын

bg3929Z years and years of practice my friend

@azamengl

6 жыл бұрын

How on earth it’s possible with only 3 buttons?!!

@alexpalmer7018

6 жыл бұрын

Embouchure

one my heros. a great artist. i remember his great albums from just a kid. i am now 65 and hold him dear in my heart, i am a gosple trumpeter. he was a great inspiration to my study on the horn. thanks for this great video. kenny B

Un orgullo michoacano y mexicano impresionante interpretacion

@ks-bz4uh

7 жыл бұрын

armando javier garcia barrera así es del pueblo donde yo soy Jiquilpan!

He was on that , another one, before dj khaled

@finitimadrid5191

7 жыл бұрын

Gabe And Things lol homl 😂

Wow, that breath control at 3:50 is freakin amazing.

That is amazing and his tone quality is really good he is by far the best trumpet player.

153 Clarinets did not approve

@kameronpeterson3601

6 жыл бұрын

And with the snap of a finger, 99 egos slowly inflated.

@M1GYT

6 жыл бұрын

SeansMashups 153+ clarinets

@gtran2536

6 жыл бұрын

SeansMashups make that 267

@danielakinoshita

6 жыл бұрын

271

@imapro719

6 жыл бұрын

I am a clarinetist, I approve

If anyone is wondering what trumpet that is, its a getzen non custom.

@brassflyer4284

7 жыл бұрын

Kindru GamingxVideos Thank you savior

@chickafila.thechicken5222

6 жыл бұрын

What model?

@Mrgop

6 жыл бұрын

Kindru GamingxVideos The trumpet Rafael is playing is an Olds Mendez model designed by Mendez. Doc played a Getzen.

3:45 Wow! That makes Flight of the Bumblebee seem like an easy feat, he just played this song in 1 breath!

Yeah!! We can definitely play as fast as woodwinds!!

I love this man so much. Been playing the trumpet for 10 year's now and i am always watching this video.

The final part was simply un-human, Kudos to you sir.....

“If you can play it slowly, you can play it quickly.”

Alright now that we have finished the scales let's move on to a little more difficult song (plays one of the hardest songs ever)

@anthonytooley1833

7 жыл бұрын

Actually the piece is over 90 percent chromatic scales, the entire way through. So in theory the piece is not difficult and mastering the chromatic scales could very well set you on your way to learning this piece on the trumpet; it is however played at a very fast tempo, giving it the illusion of difficulty. I am not saying the piece is not difficult, however it is far from one of the hardest songs ever; probably wouldn't even make the top 50. Listen to J.S. Bach's various Fugues, or better yet search on youtube for "the art of the fugue". It's rather long, but I promise watching will open your mind to the simplicity of complexity, or the complexity of simplicity. :) Cheers

@burnbaby8635

7 жыл бұрын

Anthony Tooley cheers m8

@HeyyItsJohn

6 жыл бұрын

i thought he was gunna play the Carnival of Venice😂😂

I got to hear him play live at my high school in the 70s. Utterly amazing. He also played Carnival of Venice with one finger.

Ive been playing trumpet for 5 years and this is amazing

I’m not even impressed how he can play this IM JUST WONDERING HOW THE HELL HE MEMORIZED THE WHOLE DAMN SONG!!!

@bedmasterytips

Жыл бұрын

In his biography, it mentions that he would practice a song until it came out perfectly 100 times. After that many repetitions, it would be crazy to not have the songs memorized!

damn!?! **tears in eyes**

The combination of passion and practice creates professionalism

I was privileged to see Rafael Mendez in person and while this is fine music, his rendition of The Trumpeter's Lullaby has stuck with me for the last 60+ years as the best I've ever heard.

2:40 The trumpet is a WIN instrument, and you need plenty of WIN to play it!

"IF YOU CAN PLAY IT SLOWLY, YOU CAN PLAY IT QUICKLY"

@patrickalvarado7687

4 жыл бұрын

-Ben Lee

@farrasalmeda654

4 жыл бұрын

Yea i think playing slow is actually harder than playing fast

Favourite Flight of the Bumblebee performance of ALL TIME !!!

Words of wisdoms, it always comes back to the basics.

I hyperventilated just watching this.

Dude that was so good it's not physically possible. But I'm not a trumpeter...I'm a...A PERCUSSIONIST! But still, great job, very great job.

@anthonycheramie8102

8 жыл бұрын

im in percussion too

@donnabelhadj5106

8 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@christianfox8265

8 жыл бұрын

I play trumpet

@donnabelhadj5106

8 жыл бұрын

That's cool too!

@anthonycheramie8102

8 жыл бұрын

+Donna Belhadj My girl plays flute

His embouchure always looks relaxed. I hadn't seen this since high school and it is even more amazing now.

Coming back to this video after months still amazes me

2:19 he misses the 2nd to last note and then legit acts like he’s about it throw his trumpet on the ground, but then he keeps his cool and moves on

@jinjuanli4337

4 жыл бұрын

theborkonthepork yea

@larbueno

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that observation. I saw it, but didn't understand why he reacted that way.

@steveallison5856

2 ай бұрын

Mendez was shaking the horn to get the water out of the valves (through the bottom caps),not getting ready to throw the trumpet to the ground. I and other trumpet players will do this occasionally.

This man is an amazing man

I'm learning the violin at the moment, but just the very few beginning seconds of the video was more than enough to remind me and inspire me why I wanted to play an instrument

Thank you Rafael, very cool!

Imagine playing this for your addition for school

Another one.Another one

Much respect to you Rafael Mendez, you were the greatest trumpeter

Yes! Finally someone gets me! I play trumpet and this guy really explained how hard it is.

Holy trumpeter Batman!

At 3:52 slow it down to .75 then you'll know what he is playing

That’s incredibly clear for how old this video is

My trumpet hero when I was a junior high/high school cornet player

Wtf that was amazing

Maestro!

Holy freaking crap that was amazing

I play trumpet, I’ve been playing for 3 years. All I have to say is… HOW IN FRICKING HELL ARE YOU SO TALENTED!!!!

This guy invented the word "suave".

His poor lips. My mouth dies after simply after playing 16th note slurs. I can't even imagine.

@elmariachijoven146

6 жыл бұрын

Andi Muhlestein He's double and triple tounging the whole time so :P

@moonmanmoonman9400

6 жыл бұрын

If you don’t press and build up muscles in the lips you can do that

@brandongrass2726

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, try playing 16th notes in cut time (2/4)

@RoshiiMusic

5 жыл бұрын

@@brandongrass2726 you mean 2/2. the bottom number determines the note that gets the beat.

@brokengadget3586

5 жыл бұрын

Brandon Grass that’s why double and triple tonguing exists

My band Administrater asked us to look this up, and he said it would be amazing! When I did look it up (just Now) I HAD MY MIND FREAKING BLOWN

I love trumpets screaching (Maynard Ferguson, Chase, etc.) ... but there's more to playing trumpet than hitting high notes. This guy is amazing ... technical brilliance.

3:38 DJ Khaled 😉😉

I am NOT WORTHY! LOLOL! ;) This guy plays incredibly fast and smooth! I play--well--not too good yet! I am a beginner though! And I thought "What now my love" by Herb Alpert (my idol as a trumpet player) was fast and kinda difficult! As for scales--yeah I know you have to do it and do it and do it, but I always tend to "burn out" on them and this is a bad habit I need seriously to break! I love my horn as much as life itself--and also the fellow who autographed her twice (my horn's name is "Lucy"), the incredible, wonderful, Chris Botti! this definitely gives me some inspiration, but it'd be so cool to have someone else that plays trumpet in my town come and practice scales with me--it would motivate me so much---I am 47, but even a high school student would make a fine practice companion! It's so much more fun to practice with another player. What a beautiful instrument, albeit one that tends to be difficult, and add to this the fact that I never properly learned how to read music, so at 47 I am learning all this stuff! I guess anything beautiful is worth a little "pain" to learn and master. I taught myself to play drums and am quite good--can hold my own on about any song, easy or complex. The trumpet is an instrument I wasn't able to really get down at all by myself, so lessons it is. My instructor is excellent, and I do believe I'll get over the "scale boredom" issue and get those scales down pat and start playing well. Rick Delair.

I first became aware of Mendez when I was in junior high. He was an artist representative of the F. E. Olds instrument company then, late 1950's and early 1960's.

Thanks, Zooter! Fantastic!

**bows down**

im going to put silde grease in his valves if he doesn't behave 😑

@jonowen9105

7 жыл бұрын

dude its impossible to use your slide when you're going that fast

@darkxerneasopenings9135

7 жыл бұрын

this made my day lol

@darkxerneasopenings9135

7 жыл бұрын

this made my day lol

@darkxerneasopenings9135

7 жыл бұрын

this made my day lol

@TheAmazingWalker

6 жыл бұрын

Mux I did that once to my Tuba, and I automatically regretted it.

Out of this world! Exquisito!

One of my musical Idols.

The best...has NOT been surpassed yet..........

*was proud of playing mary had a little lamb* watches video *curls up in a ball*

15 years later. i still cant believe this is humanly possible.

Rafael Mendez the great master of the trumpet!

So It is possible to play that fast

@joshmiller9254

7 жыл бұрын

clearly it is. because ya know... he ddi it

@truusargent5287

7 жыл бұрын

Well no shit genius 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@JxT1957

5 жыл бұрын

check out wynton marsalis

If you can play it slowly, you can play it quickly

THIS IS TURLY AMAZING!!!!!

Man, are you kidding me? The Mexican Hat Dance. He will make me just want to play my horn into my grave. I love it when a musician demonstrate such perfection. It gives me a new goal to strive for. Rafael has truly set a bar in the stratosphere for me to go after. LOL

when you finally found god

@juanrodriguez9971

4 жыл бұрын

And he explains you the simplicity of the universe with a single breath.

0.o i could never play that good -_-

Magnifico!!! what a pleasure to my ears !

Best ive herd I have always loved the trumpet :3

Everytime he gets done playing he makes a face that's saying "suck it"!!

another one. and another one. AND ANOTHER WONE

Best video ever!

so amazing he inspires me to do better...and his tips are so helpful!