Subjective-Objective Study about Trumpet's openness criteria


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* Would you be interested in a trumpet-test session at IRCAM's studios ?

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N.B. : The following answers will be used only to provide statistical data, and not individually. The instrumental acoustics team at IRCAM undertakes to keep this information strictly confidential. That is why we ask you to answer the questions in the most objective way.



* Briefly describe your background as a trumpeter (professional/amateur, number of years playing instrument, professional experience ...)?




* What are the trumpets and the mouthpieces you usually play with ?




* If you have to choose a new trumpet, In which order would you rank the following criteria (without any price constraint)? (1 = most important) :

  Timbre tone :

 

  Responsiveness :

 

  Openness:

 

  Instrument's fame:

 

  Sound centeredness (focus):

 

  Weight distribution:

 

  Relative intonation:

 

  Size of sound:

 

  Emission facility:

 

  Quality of attack:

 

  Instrument's brand:

 





* Some of the qualities above may mean the same thing for you, which ones?







* When you choose a trumpet, you prefer it to be:

  HIGH
REGISTER 		MEDIUM LOW
       
Very opened :
Opened :
Slightly opened:
Neutral :
Slightly closed:
Closed:
Very closed:




* The openness or closeness impression you feel, is more:

An aural feeling
A physical feeling -lips
A physical feeling -respiratory



* When you hear a trumpet without seeing it, are you able to tell if it is an opened trumpet or a closed one ?

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* If you had to link intrinsic openness of a trumpet with one of its physical characteristics, (valves, bore, leadpipe, bell's bend, ...), which one(s) would you choose?





* Can the opennes of a trumpet change after years of playing ?

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* When a trumpeter plays a trumpet over many months, is he likely to change its intrinsic openness?

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* Can a trumpet be at the same time, opened in the high register and closed in the low register (or conversely)?

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* How do you qualify the following trumpets (check "unknown" if you never played the trumpet)?

  RATHER OPENED NEUTRAL RATHER CLOSED UNKNOWN
         
Bach L229, leadpipe Mallone MC1
Bach 238G, bell 25H
Bach Stradivarius ML, model 37
Callet, symphonic model
Courtois Prestige 301, leadpipe B5
Courtois Evolution II
Selmer C700, interchangeable bell
Selmer ERA II
Schilke CX
Stomvi, model "Maurice Andre", silver bell
Yamaha, model Heavy II





* The following field is reserved for your comments about this study.
Any idea or suggestion on this subject will be greatly appreciated:








P.S. :
If you know some other trumpeters that may be interested in our work, do not hesitate in printing this form for him in order to fill it and to send it to the following address:

I.R.C.A.M. - Equipe Acoustique Instrumentale
Nicolas MISDARIIS & Camille BEGNIS
1, place Igor Stravinsky - 75004 Paris
FRANCE

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