http://www.trumpetsizzle.com <br />Remember your old band director (probably a non-brass player ) who use to insist if you weren't hitting high notes with a good Bach 1 1/2 C or Bach 3C, you were probably cheating with a shallow cup mouthpiece? <br />Don't ya just hate people like that because you ended up frustrated and feeling bad about yourself. <br />But, you did hear professional trumpet players busting out paint peelin' Double C's, right?....... and maybe thought they were playing dutifully on a Bach 1 1/2 C, but couldn't be sure: <br />NO, THEY WERE NOT PLAYING ON BACH mouthpieces!!!! <br />But the top trumpet players noted for extreme upper register trumpet playing could play high on a Bach mp if they wanted, but why would they? <br /><br />Playing charts like Hey There or playing Lead Trumpet on Rob Mcconell's TO while using a bach 1 1/2 C mp would make life much harder than it needs to be especially if you do it for a living on a regular basis!
