Why Horn Players Should Learn Piano

Trumpet player Marcus Printup explains why you should develop a rudimentary understanding of the piano, and demonstrates how that will help you develop further as a soloist!
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Marcus Printup - Trumpet
Eric Suquet - Director
Bill Thomas - Director of Photography
Richard Emery - Production Assistant
Seton Hawkins - Producer
Recorded May 26, 2013

[@ebhd33]

He said he can find his way around the piano a little bit. Dammit he is really good.

[@DojoOfCool]

I would say any one who wants to progress from a player to a musician needs to learn piano. Piano makes music theory visual and for improv musician (including guitarists) can play chords with one hand and try scales and other sounds with the other. Learn at least basic piano teaches so much about music and hearing sounds.

[@vincentm614]

Im an electric bass player and I got a basic chord chart from a friend years ago and taught myself basic piano chords. It did a world of wonder learning to understand basic harmony. Unlike the guitar, everything is laid out logically on a piano keyboard. Right now Im experimenting with chords and voicings on the 4 string electric bass.

[@mickkennedy1344]

Voices, harmonies, inversions, diminished, flat 5's, 9's, 6-9's, 13's, m6's, all 10 fingers, 6 fingers --- Piano, King of Instruments

[@ericliang4744]

There are many advantages to the piano but also many disadvantages. No instrument is simply "Better" than all other instruments, but some may offer advantages others do not.

[@phildf6922]

Piano player who learned trumpet

[@DiscoInTheNunnery]

Me too! And my name is Phil... okay this is starting to scare me

[@GrumpyStormtrooper]

i wanna do the same. is it worth it, or should i focus just on piano? i'm debating whether to get a trumpet or not

[@JohnsonSmithson]

@@GrumpyStormtrooper get into trumpet

[@zacharybrett9757]

@@GrumpyStormtrooper Join the brass side...

[@petertrigiani1088]

This was a great lesson, thank you for sharing!

[@peterdodson4685]

Trumpet player learning piano 5 months after horn, learning same jazz standards on Piano. Really helping with it all.

[@filliiiii7]

You are musician?

[@DallasCrane]

Great advice Marcus!!

[@vincentm4717]

I love piano

[@nelsonpenaranda2745]

Muchas gracias ..es un gran incentivo por favor subtitulos...sería gran ayuda.. Gracias

[@hudsoncampos5976]

Very good

[@trevianhipp9250]

Currently teaching myself.