Are pTrumpets difficult to play compared to real brass trumpets?
The pTrumpet is plastic trumpet.
I've seen a video of Alison Balsom play one. But she's a trumpet Goddess! She could rolled up piece of cardboard sound good.
For a kid in year 4 of trumpet, in school jazz band that recently rated 'silver' at a judged festival, picked for a solo (basically a bit above average for 8th grade) are these pTrumpets playable?
By comparison my Dad has played sax his whole life, but finds most 'travel' saxophones nearly unplayable.
I wonder if these pTrumpets are reasonably playable.
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Yes, they're 'reasonably playable'. In fact, that's exactly how I'd describe them.
Remember that this is a paid endorsement video.
I had a chance to play around on one a while back, and I was surprised that it wasn't as bad as I thought. It wasn't very good though. I think Alison is flat-out lying when she says it plays easily--I found it very stuffy. I also found the intonation a little off, but not by a lot and that could have been a bad mouthpiece match. Not really "difficult" to play, just on the cheap end. It's not surprising that professionals can sound good on it.
Also, you're not going to get taken seriously playing something like this in a competition. A serious 8th grader should be looking for a much higher quality instrument.
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