Gauthier

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My main instrument is the trumpet, I have classical training but switched to jazz 10 years ago. I play in a big band, and a funk-pop band.

I can play some piano, and find my way around on a guitar.

I like typography (including music notation), and music theory.

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Mar 27	comment	What named chord is this? I'm not sure there is a context, OP says it is a quizz, I guess they get a sequence of tones and must describe what it is. As a chord, this tone sequence is very dissonent. It feels more like a scale, hence my answer.
Mar 27	answered	What named chord is this?
Mar 27	comment	What named chord is this? Note that #9 in a Eb chord is F#. A would be #11 or #4, and the chord would then be a lydian chord. But having the #11 at the bottom of the chord is a bit strange. On the other hand, this is arpeggiated.
Mar 27	comment	What named chord is this? I see. But the fact that these sets are half a tone apart should be very relevant, shouldn't it?
Mar 27	comment	What named chord is this? You need to tell us what you mean with "A(low)". Is it a half tone lower? An octave lower? Are the notes ascending or descending?
Mar 27	comment	What named chord is this? Interesting. `A - D - G` are a fourth apart, `A# - D#` is a fourth, what would you say about the relation between A and A#?
Mar 27	revised	How to know what notes/chords go together while improvising? deleted 2 characters in body
Mar 26	comment	International notation system @Dr Mayhem: you are correct about no tone being the "first one". Traditionally when naming all the tone names, you start on Do, though. This must have to do with the fact that C major is the one major scale with no accidentals. I think this is what OP refers to.
Mar 26	answered	How to know what notes/chords go together while improvising?
Mar 22	comment	What is the best way to become super-accurate on the piano? I have problems with timing accuracy on the piano, and consider learning to play some hand drums. Doing so would make me concentrate on just this problem.
Mar 18	comment	Need help identifying a scale @Stefan: I - as filzilla - hear a C# as well.
Mar 18	revised	Need help identifying a scale Added the scale starting on G#
Mar 18	comment	Need help identifying a scale @filzilla: Actually, your scale is the Phrygian major 3rd scale I refer to in my answer. Only I give my example starting on A instead of G# (now edited to add G# phrygian major 3rd).
Mar 18	comment	Need help identifying a scale I guess you refer to the piano view. I'm afraid this shows only pitches and not the real note names. It's difficult to show the correct note names on the piano, they would have needed to show all the possible names for all pitches (piano keys). Instead of C you'd have B#/C/Dbb, and so on. I know this is a bit confusing, think of it as the spelling of words. "Lose" and "Loose" have the same sound but mean different things and are used in different contexts. The piano view gives you the sound but not the spelling. G#-C-D# is the wrong spelling of the G# major triad, although it sounds the same.
Mar 18	comment	Need help identifying a scale G#-B#-D# is G#, Ab-C-Eb is Ab. There is no C in G# major, there is a B#. B# and C are enharmonics (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enharmonic), which means that they sound the same (in equal temperament) but may not be used interchangeably. These chords are major triads, not scales. What I referred to when I wrote that it did not sound like a major scale was the sample linked to in the question.
Mar 17	comment	Trouble with schilke trumpet valves Yeah, the instrument learns the player :) It may not be only the valves, I heard that the instrument can move its vibration nodes if always played in a given way (as in, overblowing all the time for example). I have no other sources that "I heard that" on this one though.
Mar 14	comment	Trouble with schilke trumpet valves If they really cannot make them stick, look closely if you press the valves straight. Try to put your fingertips exactly at the center or the top cap and see if they still stick. If they don't then you'd have to relearn to place your fingers :)
Mar 12	comment	Do accidentals on ornaments carry over to the other notes in the measure? I'm with you fir the fingering. But not noting C-B#-C (although it could be defended for matching the harmony, but not in this case).
Mar 12	comment	Do accidentals on ornaments carry over to the other notes in the measure? What if it did not? Then you'd have a triplet with C-B#-C, fingered 3-2-3. Wouldn't that be a bit weird?
Mar 12	comment	Trouble with schilke trumpet valves If oiling fixes the problem temporarily, my guess is that you have to keep on putting more oil. How marginally does it help? Valves tend also to "learn" the way the player presses them. Several years of being played a bit on the side and they adapt a bit so that pushing them straight down does not work well anymore. But then the way to solve it is to play a lot...