WindWorks Trumpet Academy by Mystery to Mastery | mats.dahlund | Activity https://mysterytomastery.com/member-profile/mats-dahlund/activity/ Activity feed for mats.dahlund. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 03:07:47 +1000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-AU 30 hourly 2 67f053e60c3add0827f19484a9055d1e mats.dahlund replied to the topic Cornett players? in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/cornett-players/#post-32098 Thu, 19 Sep 2019 13:32:17 +1000 I think I might have found a way forward, regarding the harmonic slurs. I managed to fit a cornett mouthpiece to a bugle. It´s a dirt cheap plastic bugle, with not the best of sounds, but at least it lets me practice harmonic slurs from concert Bb to G, which is far less daunting than the full octave from low B to mid-staff B, which is the…[Read more]

]]> fea4da87d2cd865f695b731e2582660b mats.dahlund replied to the topic Cornett players? in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/cornett-players/#post-32021 Wed, 18 Sep 2019 05:24:23 +1000 Hi Greg,
thank you for taking time to comment, and for being clear about the toungue level.

Unfortunately there are no fingerings that give less than an octave between the first and second harmonics, and all the second harmonics are so high that a slur to the third is bit too difficult for a beginner trying this exercise.

The instrument is so…[Read more]

]]> a68fdeb4a94f8d46ed8eed64078f3072 mats.dahlund replied to the topic Cornett players? in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/cornett-players/#post-32019 Wed, 18 Sep 2019 05:07:53 +1000 Bo,
Using your approach for sure would take care of both the problems I mentioned. For various reasons I never went this way (explaing why will take a longer answer), but now I feel that I must give it try with larger mouthpieces, and see what it actually does for the sound.

]]> 2b55d4fb4002970d5aa40fc7fe215b60 mats.dahlund started the topic Cornett players? in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/cornett-players/ Tue, 17 Sep 2019 14:25:41 +1000 Yes, you read that right, cornett with a double “tt”, not cornet! I do not play any of the common brass instruments, but am learning the cornett (cornetto, zink or whatever name you might know them by).

However, the whole MTM concept makes such a lot of sense to me that I will give it a try anyway.

My question:
Does anyone have any experience…[Read more]

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