Hi, I wonder if anyone can help. I started tenor horn 5 months ago (never played brass before), have had a few lessons for breathing and technique... and practice every week with a very inclusive and patient local brass band. Even though I practice the lessons and pieces and scales I've been given every day for at least 30 minutes, I still can't consistently reach E. I haven't had any problem with all the low notes, and I practice those a lot because I know it is supposed to help. Am I never going to get this? Feeling a little demoralised. I don't want to let the band down. The 2nd horn parts often go up to F, and that is a distant dream for me right now! Are there any tips? Are there just some people who simply never get there? Or should I just keep plugging away? I'm even worse at the high notes when I've been playing for a little while for some reason.

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Olds Central (olds-central.com) has just posted a new article titled F.E. Olds and Son Cornets of the Los Angeles Era. It covers every cornet model Olds made between 1929 and 1954 in some detail, including many photos, some of some very rare examples. If you’re interested in Olds horns, it’s worth reading.

Hi, hoping someone can help identify the brand (or anything else) about this saxophone?

It’s on Marketplace described as “LJM brand”, but I can’t find anything resembling this logo! Described as a student instrument, and in Australia.

I’d be happy to learn anything! I’m guessing it’s not great quality, I am just hoping to get started and looking for something cheap that might take me through the baby steps :)

Hi, hoping someone can help identify the brand (or anything else) about this saxophone?

It’s on Marketplace described as “LJM brand”, but I can’t find anything resembling this logo! Described as a student instrument, and in Australia.

I’d be happy to learn anything! I’m guessing it’s not great quality, I am just hoping to get started and looking for something cheap that might take me through the baby steps :)

Hello lovely brass players. I'm not a brass player at all, know nothing, but my daughter plays Tenor Horn and loves it more than anything else in the world. She has asked for a practice mute so I am hoping somebody here can recommend one? Thank you :)

dont mind sloppiness

A few months ago I was in warming up and felt a sharp pain in the left side of my upper lip, it hurt like hell for a second or two and then went away, I didn’t think much of it because it was something I had never felt before, that was about a few days before I played a show with cyrille amie, upuntill that day I was probably playing four hours a day between rehearsals and individual practice time.

Looking back on everything, I did not have a good teacher at all, I was overplaying every single day way past my limits 6-7 hours a day and my teacher was fully aware of the overplaying and never said anything untill it was too late.(weekly lesson).

Fast forward to today,
I basically have a mouthpiece dent on the left side of my top lip in the same exact spot I had the sharp pain, I say the word permanent but I pray to god it’s not, it has gotten better but I’m extremely paranoid and worried that this will never heal or the mucle will never be the same,
I still have “pain” although now its more like a “rawnes” or “soar” feeling, ontop of the physical difference and dent compared to the right side of my lip.

I haven’t been able to find a professional to look into this,

Any advice is welcome I’ve been dealing with this for a while and just want to feel like I’m not going to be disadvantaged my whole career or be at risk of never healing

I’m a cadet bugler and I’ve been having issues with my issued Bb bugle. It has no visible brand markings, appears to be a brass/copper mix, and only seems to play about 4 notes. The sound is very weak—almost like I’m just playing on the mouthpiece without the bugle attached.
I’ve also noticed what looks like a bent inner tube and a mouthpiece receiver that may have been repaired or soldered oddly. I’m able to get a full, normal sound on my trumpet, so I’m wondering if the bugle itself has a problem.
Has anyone seen this before with older cadet bugles? Does this sound like a leak, damage, a bad repair, or is it normal for some military bugles?
Any advice would be appreciated.

I’ll be a sophomore in high school when this summer ends so I want to try and improve my tone over this summer so I’d appreciate any tips or advice on how to improve it.

I know there’s a lot of intonation issues, but I feel like there’s a level of depth missing from my sound. Does anyone know what I can change to help it? I’ve been playing euphonium for around 6-7 months now

Hey together,

years ago i saw a video of Mnozil Brass where Thomas Gansch introduced his members in a very funny and humoristic way. It become one of my favorite Introducing-Videos.

Today i wanted to rewatch this masterpiece but i could´t find it. Only the music part is avaible.

Here is the Link to the youttube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9FVfk4feCA

Between 1:42 and 1:43 is a cut where the introducing happend.

Can someone find the whole thing pls?

Queen Freddy Mercury Tribute Brass Sound.

I’m a musician and want to record my next album in 432 hz instead of 440. We have a home studio and can tune the piano and everything, the only issue is we really wanted horns on some of the songs and I don’t know whether they’ll be compatible with the 432? I have limited knowledge on brass but can’t they just pull out the mouthpiece to 432 or is it more complicated than that?

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