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Re: Cornets and their triggers

To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Cornets and their triggers
From: Darren.Ashman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Dashman)
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 97 09:11:46 GMT
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>   My daughter is learning the Cornet.  She has just changed tutors and has
>   had conflicting instruction on when to use her triggers.

By definition, if the instrument itself is in tune, but a note played using 
(the first or) the third valve is sharp!

A little depends on the instrument, but bottom D usually needs at least a half 
inch (1.28 cm for our european friends), bottom C# even more.  Bottom Eb is 
normally fairly in tune and doesn't need any trigger  (I would guess that this 
is where your conflicting advice comes).  An F on the top line often wanders 
sharp and needs a little on the first valve trigger.

The (non-)use of triggers is a big frustration for me;  bottom cornets play 
bottom D and C# quite a lot, and once they have been made aware of the problem 
they tend to be okay.  Front row cornets, although they are supposed to be 
better players, seem to instantly forget that their instrument posseses a third 
valve trigger!  Does anyone else find this?

Darren

		Darren Ashman,
	     /  Secretary and Principal Cornet,
|>---iii----<|  City of Cambridge Brass Band,
  ( =lll==)  \  dashman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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