Introducing the Baroque Trumpet with Alison Balsom

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What is a baroque trumpet (or a 'natural' trumpet) - and how on earth do you play it?
British trumpet virtuoso Alison Balsom, whose new album 'Royal Fireworks' is all recorded on this wonderful instrument, explains the ins and outs of the natural trumpet.
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@monkaboy 3 жыл бұрын

“There are a few higher ones than that, as well, but it’s early.” felt this deep in my soul.

@maximumphlegm 3 жыл бұрын

@Aldo Franco bruh what

@maximumphlegm 3 жыл бұрын

@Felipe Steven BRUH WHAT

@e.conboy4286 2 жыл бұрын

Nothing to it, huh? I adore Ms Balsom, she’s a global treasure.

@YouennF 4 жыл бұрын

The precision of that trill at 4:57 !

@csgtywastaken 4 жыл бұрын

Omg

@TheUnionChurch 3 жыл бұрын

@@csgtywastaken ya wow

@Elhombresombra 3 жыл бұрын

I rest my case.

@RhapsodyOfJoy 3 жыл бұрын

Lookup her version of Eternal Source of Light Divine, simply sublime 😍

@thedankknight8333 3 жыл бұрын

Now imagine it one trombone Without the trigger

@showingYOUtheworld9148 Жыл бұрын

5:05 that trilling left me mouth open and I am a professional trombonist. Thank you Maestra Balsom 🍀

@jaxbrewery 4 жыл бұрын

“There are a few higher ones than that, as well, but it’s early.” Lol...it’s early for me all day...that’s my excuse. Lovely playing by a lovely lady!

@peter9962 Жыл бұрын

Amazing how accurate and precise she played those lip trills. You just don't pick up an instrument and play those with the ease and clarity she displayed for us unless you have the talent she has. You are so amazing Allison Balsom.

@hb712 4 жыл бұрын

When she played that lip trill...

@apotezatorautentycznosci6760 3 жыл бұрын

Normal thing if you're trombonist though I have to admit it was really precised

@e.conboy4286 2 жыл бұрын

@@apotezatorautentycznosci6760: Sure it is! Just natural to us, huh? No practice?

@apotezatorautentycznosci6760 2 жыл бұрын

@@e.conboy4286 what do you mean? - _-

@johndoyle7100 Жыл бұрын

She is amazing! I’ve never heard her equal. Have you?

@CharlesProoth 11 ай бұрын

Everyone else has expressed admiration so eloquently which just leaves me to say, thank you, Alison!

@Intentions4u 4 жыл бұрын

Huge fan of Alison, I find her inspirational

@garyknight8616 4 жыл бұрын

Fascinating. Simply brilliant. Thank you.

@hank1519 3 жыл бұрын

She's both charming and brilliant! Quite a combination.

@bluemanlou3082 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed, Hank! She’s even more charming in person.

@hank1519 2 жыл бұрын

@@bluemanlou3082 Wow! Cheers!

@bluemanlou3082 2 жыл бұрын

@@hank1519 Someone asked me at the time I saw her, “don’t you just want to take her home, with you?” Or something to that affect.... She was totally right, I was and still am totally smitten!😀

@hank1519 2 жыл бұрын

@@bluemanlou3082 Very understandable!

@hank1519 2 жыл бұрын

@@bluemanlou3082 Being a fan of a great artist is such a pleasure.

@peterkohout7901 4 жыл бұрын

Love your energy and enthusiasm. Thank you for sharing your passion.

@sfdint 4 жыл бұрын

Always a treat to hear a real expert at work.

@fazergazer 3 жыл бұрын

I must admit I got a thrill When she played that lovely trill

@bmwinther8971 4 жыл бұрын

The sound of that Baroquetrumpet, wonderful. Now I know more about trumpets also👍

@jeffmoore9487 3 жыл бұрын

What a kick. Human tastes really change and the taste for volume has left great sounding instruments in our collective dust. The clavicrord (for instance) has a killer sound that isn't like anything we hearing now.

@Dutranator 3 ай бұрын

Intonation is great. Real pro. Awesome job.

@dibaldgyfm9933 4 жыл бұрын

A gold mine for music lovers and also for everyone else :)

@elizabethfletcher6029 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. This is a magical instrument which allows us to appreciate the baroque era so much more.

@bluemanlou3082 2 жыл бұрын

Great introduction into the natural trumpet, by Allison. A wonderful player and such a personable individual! Now I know what the holes actually accomplish. And, I could listen to her speak all day long.

@timtremblay8601 3 жыл бұрын

Love this sort of thing. A very beautiful and very talented lady perfectly demonstrates the baroque era trumpet. Thank you most Kindly.

@helluvachange3147 4 жыл бұрын

Such a cool vid. The baroque trumpet was a complete discovery for me, after 50 years of listening to classical music. The reference to Maurice André is a nice homage to the French trumpetist. Thank you.

@cindypollard7972 3 жыл бұрын

What a joy to hear this! I majored on trumpet in school. Mostly baroque brass, some classical. Thank you so much for this video! I greatly enjoyed your comparisons! I played the Handel's Trumpet Will Sound on a D trumpet.

@LectronCircuits 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful. Cheers!

@FRAGIORGIO1 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely exposition . Thank you so much !

@Brace67 2 жыл бұрын

She mentions the late trumpet virtuoso Maurice Andre and there are a number of his performances that can be found on KZfaq. Definitely worth listening to.

@ColinHarvey78 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. Love the insight, intelligence and sensitivity she brings to the trumpet - along with a great deal of charm

@chrisbradlee 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, I really enjoyed this. I am going to "discover" some more of your music....appreciate what you do and why you do it

@gtnsteve1 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this, Alison. Always learning new stuff. What fun!!

@davidallison1732 3 жыл бұрын

" The trumpet shall sound and we shall be changed"

@donaldduke2233 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video. Thank you, Alison.

@davetubervid 3 жыл бұрын

What a fantastic communicator, Alison....I learnt a lot

@alvarito45 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Alison! You are wonderful trompetist.

@patrickblyau 4 жыл бұрын

Listening, looking and analyzing the recording sessions of this artist is just amazingly inspiring. I deeply respect the technical approach and emotions anchored in the work of Alison Balsom

@esteferreira709 3 жыл бұрын

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@FabledFrame 4 жыл бұрын

Osiris: 'Welcome to the underworld.' Tutankhamun : *doot* *doot*

@jeffersonexotic2486 3 жыл бұрын

doot

@simongross3122 3 ай бұрын

Tutankhamun: Toot and come in

@tlewis84able 3 жыл бұрын

Stunning trills! Thanks! 😄

@artisan002 3 жыл бұрын

That is intensely fascinating. I've offhandedly wondered about which instruments were correct for the pieces they're being used for. Not only that, I definitely prefer the feel and tone I just heard from that Baroque trumpet. So glad I wandered onto this.

@aleccrombie7923 Жыл бұрын

Had these baroque composers heard that modern trumpet, it would have blown their minds. So much cleaner notes. Thank you for wonderful tutorial!

@Barnagh1 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

@michaelwhalen7991 3 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed your playing and video. The baroque trumpet reminds me of my 1920s vintage " peashooter" trumpet but not stretched as long and of course with valves to aid playability. Loved listening to you ! Thank you. Mike from Boston

@mrradman2986 2 жыл бұрын

I love listening to classical pieces featuring the trumpet but until watching this I really didn't have much of a clue about how they worked. After watching it I am even more impressed how the range of notes are produced. Thank-you.

@danielagarciatrompete 3 жыл бұрын

Alison, you are such inspiration for all women in Brazil. We love you! Thank you for everything you have done.

@BazColne 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative. Delightfully presented.

@eltonjcasarez2744 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the videos and information 👏

@DARIVSARCHITECTVS 4 жыл бұрын

What an INCREDIBLE instrument!!

@joeldcanfield_spinhead 4 жыл бұрын

Risk = joy. Love that trumpet's sound (all of them, but especially the valveless one.)

@bsptrumpet 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice presentation by a super talented trumpet soloist!

@ianwilkinson4602 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff Alison, always love to hear you play, I love the baroque era of music.

@bobboscarato1313 Жыл бұрын

I do too; but they probably never heard Bix or Louie and a few others!

@vicore5647 4 жыл бұрын

That's just amazing....

@randomhominid9816 3 жыл бұрын

This was beautiful and very educational. I do enjoy listening to baroque music from time to time and yes, technology influences things.

@pandiatonizm 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Alison, I'm a pianist but this gave me a lot of insights on the production of the trumpet sound, and totally new view on how the trills were made on the baroque trumpet, the baroque trills are very difficult, imagination must be used

@edirey9695 3 жыл бұрын

Great video I love your British accent and the passion you show for those instruments. I can imaging how that Baroque trumpet would sound in the Bach Brandenburg concert # 2

@williamhouston2687 2 жыл бұрын

Happy birthday! And thanks for this video!

@charlesphillips1468 3 жыл бұрын

This is fascinating. I played trumpet in 5th grade and cornet in 6th grade (I was absolutely terrible) from which I have some recollection of how the instrument works. This shows that even if a child has no musical talent (me) or does not pursue music, music education can still help understanding.

@hank1519 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@e.conboy4286 2 жыл бұрын

“When I was a child I thought as child…” too many children and perhaps their parents expect perfection without years of instruction, they give up. and refuse to practice, practice, practice. If they have passion and want to, they will.

@JimRudman 3 жыл бұрын

Your enthusiasm is very contagious and I have found myself delving in to Barogue music, which I hadn't appreciated in quite the same way before. Thank you Alison

@prestonang8216 3 жыл бұрын

It’s baroque

@ckh57 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you a very informative video , I am learning the trumpet on my own and that cleared up some problems i was having understanding how the valves function.

@catatonicbug7522 3 жыл бұрын

I played trumpet in school, from 4th grade through High School. I still have it, but have not played in decades. I was introduced to the French horn in HS, but never anything like those two horns! I do wish I had been given a chance to experience them back when I still played.

@e.conboy4286 2 жыл бұрын

If you started all over, forgot what you think you know, and practice all day long for the next fifty years, nooooo! From pre-school til today, Ms Balsom is continually developing her technique, lungs, legs and stamina. She was most likely born with a tiny little trumpet in her sweet little hand! Her family are musicians. Why not search on line Amazon.eBay and Google for a reasonably priced horn assuming you are an adult. No one in the universe will ever sound like Alison, ok? Just be YOU, and practice! Of course it will sound like cats fighting in the attic at first, that’s perfectly natural. There’s so much to learn. Hope you don’t smoke, that shortens your breath and life.

@buku2008 2 жыл бұрын

both brilliant and beautiful!

@anthonycarrillo4262 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Alison. Great video.

@BaritoneEuphoniumJef 4 жыл бұрын

Very informative. Thank you!!

@tomastezky89 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful. My father used to play trumpet. I play several musical instruments, but because of neighbours I did not dare to start playing my father's trumpet. Thanks to this video, I'll start practising and I'll play the trumpet ... 👍👍👍👍👍

@pnotuner1 2 жыл бұрын

As a piano tuner I have come to understand the harmonic series and how it works in brass instruments. As a Euphonium player it would have been most helpful to have this taught to me earlier in life. Thanks for trying to help others understand about it

@sk8rjer 3 жыл бұрын

Such an interesting demonstration! Wow!!

@SightNSoundBand 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video...a brilliant presentation...by the way: those impeccable trills at 4:54! :)

@WACKENHUT234 Жыл бұрын

So incredibly interesting! Loved it!

@Akkordeondirigent 3 жыл бұрын

I always enjoyed Alison Balson´s masterful play of the trumpet. But now I fell in love. She is gorgeous in any way! Such a likable person! How passionate, full of knowledge and taking she explains makes me feel that anyone in her surroundings has to be the luckiest person in the world.

@davidbenefiel9289 3 жыл бұрын

We can see that Alison Balsom is a treasure.

@brianmcd9492 2 жыл бұрын

A great trumpet player and history teacher, a talented all rounder🙂

@geraldcollins5637 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, just brilliant! I'm a relative beginner, but she inspires me to push harder!

@arclight31415 4 жыл бұрын

Well done. I look forward to listening to one of your recordings with this instrument. I can hear the the difference.

@jimmatthews5993 3 жыл бұрын

itg was fun listening to her explain things that i have no idea of

@scottbechtel7915 4 жыл бұрын

So wonderful!!!!

@alfredoechevarrieta7512 4 жыл бұрын

Muchas gracias Alison !!

@simongross3122 3 ай бұрын

What a brilliant lady. One of my heroes.

@Juraberg 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Very interesting! 👍🏻

@yugandali 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not musician enough to understand it all, but that was delightful. Thank you.

@DRCole-kq2wk 3 жыл бұрын

Simply Brilliant......

@marmeecruz6191 3 жыл бұрын

I know nothing about trumpets and this is educational and very interesting. Thanks!

@MAJ_TADean 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Allison. I find that you’re quite amazing. Keep it up, dear.

@edwardfranks5215 Жыл бұрын

super explanantion! thank you!

@matthewkeeley4479 3 жыл бұрын

I've played folk string instruments for over forty years; brass and woodwinds have seemed mysteries unasked. The lady musician has to have studied deeply for years and her discipline and joy come through wonderfully...

@e.conboy4286 2 жыл бұрын

You are correct. She’s incredible! Such lovely personality and charm.

@gerardleidet4363 3 жыл бұрын

Bravo pour l'extrait du concerto de Telemann vers la fin à la trompette naturelle, une vraie performance!

@JAMWITCH666 3 жыл бұрын

baroque trumpet sounds amazing

@raymondweaver8526 Жыл бұрын

Incredible skills

@iampuzzleman282 7 ай бұрын

A really great video explaining early trumpet playing. I got to play in the World Trade Center lobby back in the 70s in the lobby on my trumpet Jazz band. Lots of other cool gigs too but this stands out.

@JohnWaldron-cm7ce 10 ай бұрын

Simply amazing talent! John in Texas (King 3B Trombone with F attachment)

@danyelnicholas 3 жыл бұрын

Super, thanks a bundle!

@DerekWilliamsMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Great demo, thanks!

@kempedkemp 3 жыл бұрын

Very entertaining and informative.

@roystone9932 2 жыл бұрын

A very interesting video , you have an excellent tuition manner and you really make it enjoyable to listen to . I play a lovely Conn super king B from 1956 , it plays great , however ......i do like my euph .

@velotill 4 жыл бұрын

after my first in concert experience of Bachs Weihnachtsoratorium with Baroque Trumpet (lautten compagney in Berlin) I never looked back...

@lupitaorozco3313 6 ай бұрын

Es maravillosa, me encantan sus conciertos

@gatozarin 3 жыл бұрын

I LIVE FOR THAT TRILL

@helviopacifico6560 3 жыл бұрын

🎷 maravilhoso Parabéns - BRASIL

@thyslop1737 Жыл бұрын

Love me some Baroque.Immensely talented and not limited to one style of trumpet.

@brassplyer 3 жыл бұрын

Alison has a magical sound on the Baroque trumpet.

@royaboagyedjan4632 4 жыл бұрын

She does amazing trills😍😍😍

@headsails Жыл бұрын

OMG, she is in the top 1% most accomplished and talented trumpet players ever. Absolute and total control both in lip trills and finger dexterity. Where has she been all my life ❤

@peteflanagan3528 3 жыл бұрын

"they don't all look like this-my piccolo looks like a Cornish pastie" 😂😂😂😂

@adolfoclaudiolazary8539 4 жыл бұрын

Gracias , muchas gracias , saludos maestra

@E.AllTheAbove 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. As a trumpet player I'm ashamed I didnt know this about the Boroque trumpet. And this explains a lot about the trumpet sound I cannot mimic when playing "The Prince of Denmark's March". That tone and trill sound just not able to be produced with the modern trumpet. 🤯