Trumpet player all my life here. I think that the flugel, as goofy looking as it is, has the most beautiful sound of any brass instrument. It took me a long time to figure out how to play one correctly. It's not just a matter of playing it like a trumpet. If you do that, the sound will approach that of a trumpet. You need to back way off and not play so aggressively. That can be a real challenge. Doc Severensin, perhaps the greatest trumpet player of all time, could do anything. But if I had to find one fault with Doc, it's that his flugelhorn sound wasn't the best. As terrific Canadian trumpet player-teacher Chase Sanborn says, "The flugelhorn's your mistress; the trumpet's your spouse. Confuse the two and you lose your house."

@k-leb4671

4 жыл бұрын

I like that you call it a goofy instrument. As someone who's never played a brass instrument and really doesn't have any experience or knowledge of them, other than knowing how good they sound, the flugelhorn looks fine to me.

@marije179

3 жыл бұрын

Do you recommend a beginning trumpet player (5 months) to buy a flugel? I love the sound and I like having a lot of instrument lol. Would it affect my trumpet playing, since I'm not experienced yet?

@cfisanick

3 жыл бұрын

@@marije179 If you want to double, you have to learn that your approach to them has to be different--and they use different style mouthpieces. I would become reasonably proficient on trumpet first. If you play too much flugelhorn, it will adversely affect your trumpet playing. The hardest part of playing flugelhorn is backing off. Trumpet playing is much more aggressive.

Girl: what do those fingers do?😉 Trent: just watch this

@grugg3108

5 жыл бұрын

Fight of the bumble bee on bass trumpet

@cobalt._.27

5 жыл бұрын

the girl is supposed to be me...

@cmoreiracant

3 жыл бұрын

Girl: what do those fingers do? Me: imagine what I'm doing with me tonge ;)

@seanlee2238

2 жыл бұрын

More like “what that mouth do??”

Two more facts about the flugelhorn: It plays in the treble clef, and follows the same fingering chart as the Bb trumpet. In other words, if one plays the trumpet, one will be able to play the flugelhorn. I made the transition in less than a day. 😉

@SWMP1523

7 жыл бұрын

Christopher Tsiliacos Pretty much, apart from getting used to a slightly larger mouthpiece, but experienced musicians will get used to it in a week

@Draemon_88

5 жыл бұрын

I play trumpet and French horn, so I would be able to play a flugelhorn, mellophone, trumpet, and French horn.

@kaydenbryant3774

4 жыл бұрын

Not true. There’s more than just fingering that goes in to learning a new instrument

@henrymarks2237

3 жыл бұрын

Hype Master no, other than a slightly different mouthpiece, I picked it up in about a day

@christophertsiliacos8958

3 жыл бұрын

@@henrymarks2237 👍 I agree. Other than a slightly larger mouthpiece, I transitioned to the flugelhorn from the trumpet in a less than a day. I must admit this was not the case with the soprano saxophone. I also play the alto saxophone for many years; so I thought I could segue right into the soprano saxophone with ease since they both play in the treble clef, and share the same fingering chart. To my dismay, this was definitely not the case. Their embouchures are quite different. It took me several weeks, and a couple of hours a day to make a good transition from alto saxophone to soprano saxophone.

That made me want to practice my trumpet

If you ever want to fully appreciate the fulgelhorn's timbre try playing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Mis. It comes out beautifully on the flugelhorn.

Fun fact: The flugelhorn is the main instrument of the typically Dutch and Belgian 'fanfare' orchestras, where its role and numbers are similar to the cornet section in a brass band.

I think I have some more information for you about the Flügelhorn. :-) It is mainly used in traditional German wind music. There it is the melody instrument together with the Bariton (and the B-flat Tenorhorn), while the Trumpet only gives signals. It is called Flügelhorn because its position in the marching band was on the left side. The translation for side to German is "Seite" or "Flügel" in this case. I hope this information is helpful for you and I wish you much fun with all of your instruments!

@sebastianhall3909

5 жыл бұрын

Isn't flügel also air?

@delfink4333

4 жыл бұрын

Sebastian Hall Arrangements and Compositions no „Flügel“ is also „wing“

@brianwolle2509

4 жыл бұрын

luft is air...

@waynesteffen8459

3 жыл бұрын

Brian Wolle Can we get this comment 99 likes?

U said u were not doing very well, YOU WERE AWESOME!

Been in love with the flugelhorn for years... decades, really. I guess the first time I heard Clark Terry I was sold. It was one of those love at first sight moments; actually, at first sound, to be correct. Finally, just around Christmas 2020, I got me a beautiful flugelhorn! After all these years... can you imagine my excitement!? I was giddy as a 15 year old lad before his first date with the most beautiful gal in the school! Even just looking at the instrument fills me with a sense of awe. What craftsmanship, what artistry... Best to each and every fan of this beautiful instrument.

I've played the trumpet for quite a few years and acquired a fluegelhorn a couple of weeks ago. I always loved the sound and I love playing it. It is easier than playing the trumpet. However, at present, I have less control over the volume. I can play the trumpet without a mute without disturbing my neighbors, but I always play the fluegelhorn with a straight mute because otherwise it is _loud_. I can hit the low notes much more easily than with the trumpet and, of course, you can't go as high. I would recommend it as a second instrument to any trumpet player.

Enjoyed your clip and playing -- no airs, just yourself! That's great! Your long breaths are impressive, and I'm sure you have plenty of talent! How all those notes are made with only three buttons is amazing too! Don't know much about horns, myself!

Damn, thats that jazz tone Ive been wondering about. Such a nice note.

my favorite brass horn. vibrato sound is incredible

Roy Hargrove playing "I remember Clifford" on flugelhorn is one of my favorite songs

I have tremendous respect for musicianship including the dedication and hard work of mastering of an instrument. I played drums for some 10 years before I felt comfortable with different genres, improvising etc. And then I stopped, because now I'm making music in FL Studio, also for a game - because it's much much easier, regardless of the genre, than playing or having anyone play live. It's worlds easier and simpler to compose, arrange, and make music on music-making DAW:s as the programs are called, with great results - and that is a big reason why I respect "true" musicianship, because it actually takes serious effort to be able to perform well live, whereas digital music production (like I said, regardless of genre, with all the VST's and sample packs) is made worlds easier, faster and cheaper nowadays. For example, the guitar vst's I've used can be used to create completely authentic-sounding music with high quality. But for someone to actually pull those lines off live, through hard practice, is so much more difficult (and needed for live performances), and of course gives a better result when the player is professional. Great video and great playing!

That mellow and rich sound is why I would love to own one someday.

@ktang001

2 ай бұрын

Then you'll have to learn to play it!

In 1828, Berlin, Germany, Heinrich Stolzel, in his workshop invented the flügelhorn, from an English valveless bugal, the rest they say is history.....

Trent Hamilton is my spirit animal.

@CorbyBug

7 жыл бұрын

Kaleb with a K Same

@nicholastrombone9899

7 жыл бұрын

Same man same

I'm curious, do you have any marching experience? Whether it be wit a marching band or a drum and bugle corp, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on that aspect of musical performance

As a trumpeter, I played my friends Flügel and instantly fell in love with its glory

I tried this in band the other day and found it was super easy to play high notes compared to my trumpet with a 3c mouthpiece

@kakyoinnoriaki2875

4 жыл бұрын

I use 3c too

@kaydenbryant3774

4 жыл бұрын

3c’s are garbage for long playing

Love your videos keep doing amazing work

Not playing concerto d'orange juice?

@josephwronko4687

5 жыл бұрын

What a disgrace

@russellcollings2002

5 жыл бұрын

D’Anarjuez?

@EWormMusic

4 жыл бұрын

He does

Any chance at revisiting some of these more basic horns now that you have 5 years' more worth of context and experience and collection? I'd love to hear this side by side a trumpet, cornet, and alto horn for example. Also any thoughts on a 4 valve flugelhorn?

You should play "Feels So Good".

thank You.

I've never understood whether it's supposed to sound like a flugel or summon them.

Why this flugel has the first and third Valve slides horizontal just like a trumpet, Is there any difference when playing between than flugel and the others with vertical slides?

finally found the flugelhorn video

Where can one acquire this 'shank' is there a generic version ? I have thought o building such from scrap parts.

"Unfortunately this horn is not in tune..." ...which seems to be a common theme across most flugelhorns I've heard in real life (i.e. not a produced music video that got autotuned/mixed nicely). I've always liked the flugelhorn, but the tuning issues are the main bugaboo that keep me away from owning one. Then again, a lot of people say the piccolo trumpet has similar problems, but I haven't had those problems, personally. *shrug*

I play the flugelhorn at my school, like it much better than a trumpet, more delicate, mellow sound

I'm here because Brendon Urie said this was a really hard instrument

You really look like Jermaine Clement! And he’s New Zealander!

What is your favorite jazz piece specifically written for the flugelhorn?

it has a great Christmas sound. I wonder if you know any good players for weddings.

Would you agree with the statement that the euphonium is part of the tuba family?

@russellcollings2002

5 жыл бұрын

Mr. Incredible it’s literally called a tenor tuba.

@kaydenbryant3774

4 жыл бұрын

No they’re each of the main 5 brass instruments respectively

How is such endurance possible?

flugelhorn playing starts at 1:34

What was the name of the song again? I didn't quite catch the name of it

What brand of flugelhorn is that?

Very good. If I were you I would slow down variation 1 a little bit

Looks like a bugle.

Hi Trent, what's the maker and model of this flugel?

i might switch to flugelhorn

His Fingers hurt my soul in the position they are

That is a Conn Flugelhorn ?

TH, is there any musician beside Chuck M. that plays exclusively the flugelhorn? Does he or she have any recording cd, LP and what not.

@marten594

4 жыл бұрын

Ack van Rooyen, Dutch jazz trumpeter.

2:15 jump right to hearing it.

Is it a cornet?

RE 4:15...I'm sure even Chuck Mangione had days he felt like that

Cranking out a note higher than an F on Tuba for me is impossible, I started playing sousaphone about 4 weeks ago, switched from Clarinet, and i cant get out any notes high than a high F at all

Couesnon flugel?

Ooo, it's the Beastars instrument owo

from trumpet

FINGER PLACEMENT ? iS IS HOW YOU LEARNED?

@nathanlucas6465

3 жыл бұрын

I was forever being told off for that when I was an Eb horn player. I found a good solution though - I moved to trombone 😁

That literally sounds like a trumpet 🎺

@thegreenstache6163

4 жыл бұрын

If you watch some other flugelhorn videos you can here the difference better. Like trent said he can't really emulate the sweet mellow sound of the flugel.

The flügelhorn almost sounds like a high pitched trombone. Is it pitched in F?

@TrentHamilton

3 жыл бұрын

No, it's in Bb.

Why is the bell backwards? As in you put your palm over it, that's not common is it?

@TrentHamilton

7 жыл бұрын

Depends on manufacturer. It's not hugely common nowdays though.

@billygarvey633

7 жыл бұрын

Will Cochran I'm confused, what do you mean

@willcochran5555

7 жыл бұрын

Billy Garvey take a trumpet and you'll see that your right hand goes over the lead pipe to press the valves. It's opposite on a flugel. Your hand goes over the bell.

@TrentHamilton

7 жыл бұрын

No, it differs from manufacturer to manufacturer.

Hey mate, can you do a quick vid showing your bike? Or at least give me some stars. Thanks

Would you agree with the statement that a fluegelhorn is a soprano tuba?

@SidOTB

9 жыл бұрын

No....

@TrentHamilton

9 жыл бұрын

ljshamz No. The tuba isn't a proper family of instruments that has soprano, alto, tenor, bass members in the same way as the saxophone family. The tuba is a tuba, a euphonium is a euphonium, a baritone is a baritone and so forth. I know that some people call various types of tubas 'bass tuba', and 'contrabass tuba' and so forth, which would seem to contradict what I've said, but they're just names for various variations on the tuba. It's still not a 'family'.

@minecarftmodrivewer

9 жыл бұрын

Trent Hamilton the tuba is not in a family of instruments but there were early instruments that the baritone and the tuba originated from called the sax-horns invented by adolf sax those had proper soprano alto tenor and so forth but have evolved into differentinstruments

@danieloliver2643

9 жыл бұрын

Did they evolve by themselves as a process of time and chance? Or through the process of a designer making intentional changes?

@minecarftmodrivewer

9 жыл бұрын

Daniel Oliver i think it evolved with what worked the best and practicality

If viola is the big violin, flugelhorn is the big trumpet too

@joashchechet1675

Жыл бұрын

Not really

"its often used in jizz bands..." 🤪

flugel is a funny word

Can you play flight of the bumblebee 170 BOM on that thing?

@chrisblack2625

7 жыл бұрын

Bpm

@popeyesailor9571

7 жыл бұрын

maybe he meant butt over mouth piece.

@benjaminkelly2299

7 жыл бұрын

popeye sailor

So is it bigger than an e flat tenor horn?

@TrentHamilton

9 жыл бұрын

phatdunny no :)

@phatdunny

9 жыл бұрын

Trent Hamilton Oh. So it just has the same amount of tubing?

@TrentHamilton

9 жыл бұрын

The same length of tubing as a Bb trumpet or cornet.

@phatdunny

9 жыл бұрын

Trent Hamilton Oh OK. So how come it's in the key of E flat?

@TrentHamilton

9 жыл бұрын

It isn't - it's in the key of Bb.

is it also useless becouse it hase the same range as a trumpet?

@TrentHamilton

8 жыл бұрын

+8-Bit Music´s Many instruments have the same range as the trumpet, but aren't useless.

@8BitMusics1

8 жыл бұрын

This is an rhetorical question. I had an chat with the author of this vid about the usage of bass trombones. This comment makes no sense without knowing this :D

@TrentHamilton

8 жыл бұрын

I am the author of this video :)

@8BitMusics1

8 жыл бұрын

Than your an invesil and i hate you! >:D

@theblazebros9715

7 жыл бұрын

Trent is the best so you can leave.

big instruments can play high. I can play the tuba higher than my brother can play the trumpet.

@cptsonicbelmont

8 жыл бұрын

+stephen budders they're in two different clefs, i don't believe that's possible.

@bush_boi_bass_bone

8 жыл бұрын

+Aesu It is possible , but very hard because the trumpet naturally plays 2 octaves higher than the standard tuba.

@nicholastrombone9899

6 жыл бұрын

His brother probably is bad

@nicholasneyhart396

6 жыл бұрын

True though you are only limited in high range by air and muscle strength in your face

I only see OSU using this

@bob5510

7 жыл бұрын

North Carolina A&T and (I believe) Wisconsin use them as well. The overture for Hairspray has a flugel solo. I used to troll a trumpet player from my school by playing his cues on my trombone while warming up in the pit. He showed up to opening night with a brand new flugelhorn.

*ü

Flugle is when you want to sound sexy

Do you realize that you never put the horn up so we can get a full look at the horn except for one second... and that doesn't look like a traditional flugelhorn

do a melophone *spelling* demonstration.

@TrentHamilton

8 жыл бұрын

+Edye Rugolo A mellophone spelling demonstration?

@edyerugolo7767

8 жыл бұрын

Trent Hamilton A demonstration of you playing it.

@TrentHamilton

8 жыл бұрын

Edye Rugolo Yeah, I've already done that. Check out my other videos :)

:-)

Chuck Mangione is a semi famous Flugelhorn soloist

flugelhorn boogie wuhan toucan flu??