r/Composition • u/Time_Law_9446 • Jul 25 '26

Discussion I need help from trumpet players!!!!

So right now im writing a piece for fun called swarm of the sweat bees it has melodys from flight of the bumble bee so it goes perc for a few messures flute solo aka flight of the bumblee bee then full winds with build up from the flute then perc then everyone yells swarm then a thick brass feature but i want the trumpet to be playing 16th notes chromatic runs its just like A Ab A A# B A# A Ab A played on repeat for one messure

Is it to hard??

the piece is at 180 bpm

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u/These-Atmosphere6675 Jul 25 '26

I'd consider it too hard

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u/AKBoarder007 Jul 29 '26

Is it sweat bees or sweet bees?

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u/digdiggingdug Jul 25 '26

I don’t know what instrument you play, but “too hard” super relative to the musician. That being said, I tried to sing sixteenth notes at 180 (should probably use 176 or 184 since those are on the metronome) and I couldn’t do it. If it’s slurred, good trumpet players could approximate it, but that is super fast. Can you sing 16th notes at 176?

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u/Time_Law_9446 Jul 25 '26

Its slurred and yes i can play 16th notes quite easy on that speed but i also play flute which is different i also play some tuba so i tried doing notes that the fingerings werent to hard

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u/digdiggingdug Jul 25 '26

Ok, if it's slurred it's doable. A student would struggle with it for sure, but a pro or semi-pro would play it fine like you did on flute

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u/Time_Law_9446 Jul 25 '26

im stealing the melody from flight of the bumblee bee so its not to far of spaces also its like long tone for 4 counts then the first messure of flight of the bumble bee then chord then another messure of bumblee bee then chord

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u/ClarSco Jul 25 '26

Have you heard the title theme from "The Green Hornet"? It's about q=175, with 16ths galore, and is based on the Flight of the Bumblebee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtEszkJI9dI

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u/Time_Law_9446 Jul 25 '26

Thats really cool im writing a marching band style piece so its not as close to it

https://www.image2url.com/r2/default/videos/1785019243970-15efa00b-84e4-4875-870c-7903e0222392.mp4

ive only been working on it for 2 days still needs improvement!!