CAN YOU HEAR THE DIFFERENCE.....

[NiftyNiblick]

....between a Bb cornet and a Bb trumpet?

I think that I may have been able to once, but I can't now.

Maybe in person, only if back to back, but certainly not on an internet YouTube comparison.

Hearing deteriorates with age. I'm not certain if I could tell in person anymore, either.

For me, they're totally interchangeable.

 

[evince]

I can hear it


That bright sound

The trumpet the notes are crisper


The cornet has a mellow ring to it

More rounded and less bright and crisp

 

[NiftyNiblick]

I can hear it


That bright sound

The trumpet the notes are crisper


The cornet has a mellow ring to it

More rounded and less bright and crisp

Excellent, 'vince!

That's exactly what the difference is supposed to be. You're hearing accurately.

Enjoy being young and having highly functional body parts because sadly, it doesn't last forever.

 

[evince]

I’m 64

 

[NiftyNiblick]

I’m 64

Wow!

Well. older women generally do have better hearing, particular in higher cycles per second tones*, than older men,
and also,
I was 64 eleven years ago.

Thank God for Apisa to handle the position of senior board geriatric at 85.

* Maybe you'd have a harder time telling the difference between a BBb sousaphone and a BBb tuba!

 

[evince]

Music is my jam


Trained ears last longer

 

[NiftyNiblick]

Music is my jam


Trained ears last longer

Ah. You can probably also hear the difference between a Les Paul and a Strat as well.
I can if they're on the same track, but not if I'm just listening to one of them at a time.

 

[Jack]

Mmmmm ... I can't even tell the Instruments apart.

 

[evince]

Nope


I doubt I could


I never was around individual instruments much

 

[NiftyNiblick]

Mmmmm ... I can't even tell the Instruments apart.

Did Luciano Pavarotti and Cyndi Lauper sound alike to you, Jack?

 

[evince]

Mmmmm ... I can't even tell the Instruments apart.

The dude in the video does a good job of explaining their differences

 

[Jack]

Did Luciano Pavarotti and Cyndi Lauper sound alike to you, Jack?

I liked Cyndi ... whose the other guy?

 

[evince]

My ear training was done purely by loving music and listening to a wide variety of types of Music


I love horns

Most music I like involves horns

 

[evince]

I liked Cyndi ... whose the other guy?

He had a great voice


I can’t stand opera though

 

[evince]

My jam is music of and by the people


Rebel music



Everyday man music

 

[NiftyNiblick]

Nope


I doubt I could


I never was around individual instruments much

In the period in between 'nam and marriage, I lived in clubs.
I loved horn bands especially when I was young.
The Boston area had lots of them back then, and I knew many of the lounge lizards who were playing at the time. Went to school with some.

It's frightening how many of them are dead now. Not the healthiest life style, I guess.
One of the widows remains a close social friend of the Gestapo and I, however.
She always makes me my favorite grape nut pudding on my birthday.

 

[NiftyNiblick]

I liked Cyndi ... whose the other guy?

 

[NiftyNiblick]

My jam is music of and by the people


Rebel music



Everyday man music

You were always more egalitarian than I, I gather from your posts.
I sometimes have trouble with people, but dogs--everybody's dogs--seem to love me.
Few people have had more face licks than I.

 

[Jack]

Drummer for Allman Brothers?