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Snaug
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I'm a trumpet player and I have a jupiter soprano trombone. I wanted to know if i could fit a trombone moutpiece on this instrument. If so, what kind should i get for a relatively cheap price? Also, if there is no way to fit a tbone mouthpiece on the soprano tbone then is there anything you would suggest that would get me a big dark tbone sound? I dont want my soprano trombone to sound like a slide trumpet.
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DanH
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I would recommend something big like a Schilke 24, perhaps a cornet-like mouthpiece with a trumpet shank.A Bach 5V may also work well, as it is a deep, mellow sounding V-cup mouthpiece - which would likely work well on the cornet, only for trumpet or soprano trombone.
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Erik
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No, it uses a trumpet mouthpiece. It will sound like a slide trumpet, because that is what it is. I guess you can find the biggest, deepest, widest trumpet mouthpiece you can find...
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DanH
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"It will sound like a slide trumpet, because that is what it is..."
I beg to differ. A slide trumpet is a Renaissance instrument with a single slide, in which the entire instrument was pushed or pulled to alter pitches. The slide (kind of like a fulgelhorn leadpipe) is not long enough to play chromatically.
Here is a picture link.
http://www.waits.org.uk/images/slide2.jpg
A soprano trombone should not be confused as a slide trumpet. Sure it uses a mouthpiece with a trumpet shank and is normally played by a trumpet player, but a good soprano trombone sound has a sweeter, yet more robust sound - more like you would expect a "normal" trombone to sound like. The difference is in the taper and shape of the instrument, due to the inclusion of a slide rather than valves.
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Snaug
(21 points)
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I agree. Now a days when I show people my soprano trombone its always referred to as a slide trumpet. I try to use soprano trombone as often as possible because your right. the slide trumpet is totally different. Its just like saying a bass trumpet was actually a valve trombone. Although the terms seem interchangeable.
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Snaug
(21 points)
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I agree. Now a days when I show people my soprano trombone its always referred to as a slide trumpet. I try to use soprano trombone as often as possible because your right. the slide trumpet is totally different. Its just like saying a bass trumpet was actually a valve trombone. Although the terms seem interchangeable.
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Erik
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Ok, I should have said, "That is what it is commonly refered to as..."
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soulfire
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Same as yours. I use a 1C for classical and section playing and a 1D for Lead/Scream parts in marching and jazz band. Yes, I did play sop. trombone in marching band and no, it wasn't hard. I no longer play it in marching because I graduated  . I find that most trumpet/trombone players do not know how to play the soprano and consider it a "toy" instrument or as a novelty. I do not understand this, because I could do anything the trumpeters and trombone players in my Band could do and never felt restricted with the slide. Tenor trombone players have been playing with slide for centuries and they made it work. Both bass clef baritones and trombones play in the same key and are used together. I do not understand why this cannot be for soprano trombones and trumpets. Ah well I ramble on too much, sorry for the long-winded answer but it boggles my mind that the soprano is not considered "legit".
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Snaug
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yeah i agree. i'm not that good at the soprano. mostly because of my lack of
slide training. but i think it definatly deserves a place in brass. its such an awesome instrument. I was actually thinking about investing in a miraphone. could anyone fill me in on how this compares to the jupiter?
- does it sound more like a tbone than the jupiter?
- does it have a tuning slide?
- does the slide feel as sticky as the jupiters?
- is that silver slide as cool as i think it is?
a few points...
and what is this jean baptist soprano??? I've never heard of this company.
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soulfire
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I have played both the Miraphone and the Jupiter. A Miraphone has a more mellow sound than the Jupiter (which sounds like a slightly more mellow trumpet). I can get the same sound on the Jupiter as the Miraphone but only after a little practice. I liked the Jupiter because it can be a really bright sounding instrument or it can be smooth like a flugal. But that’s just me. Both of these have tuning slides, they are where you put the slide to the bell and turn the little knob. It is similar to tuning a flugalhorn. The slide is pretty good though.
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