Rafael Mendez Plays the Trumpet

Posted by Alex in Music, Video Clips on January 25, 2008 at 1:48 am


Watch this clip of Rafael Mendez playing the The Flight of the Bumblebee on the trumpet and weep! And just in case that’s not cool enough, Mendez followed up with an excerpt from The Mexican Hat Dance, played entirely in one breath.

He’s simply amazing: Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] (fun starts at around 1:07 and 3:50) - Thanks Christophe, great find!



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6 comments to "Rafael Mendez Plays the Trumpet"

  1. thegiantsnail
    January 25th, 2008 at 3:57 am

    Much more likely he was using circular breathing.

    Still an estimable feat.

  2. Dan
    January 25th, 2008 at 7:46 am

    watch him, he uses circular breathing in the bumblebee but not the hat dance.

  3. anonymous
    January 25th, 2008 at 12:54 pm

    a different version of this famous tune (featuring similarly insane trumpeting) was used in one of the Kill Bill movies.

  4. biltmore
    January 25th, 2008 at 1:24 pm

    You should check out this video of Alexander Dmitriev playing “Flight of The Bumble Bee” on a Bayan. It’s absolutely NUTS!

    Much, MUCH respect to Mendez above of course!

  5. biltmore
    January 25th, 2008 at 1:25 pm

    Crap, forgot to post the link :

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVbuIZ-5-8o

  6. G
    January 25th, 2008 at 2:44 pm

    This is pretty cool.

    Circular breathing is pretty difficult itself. The only way you can really tell is through his cheeks but it gives a really cool effect of no breaks during the song.

    But I do get what he’s saying with practicing playing longer and longer without breath/breaks. The breathing technique allows the notes to still be very strong and clear. He is really talented, no doubt.


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