Comments on: Rafael Mendez Plays the Trumpet

By: G

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:44:34 +0000

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.

By: biltmore

biltmore — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:25:00 +0000

Crap, forgot to post the link :

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

By: biltmore

biltmore — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:24:37 +0000

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!

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:54:24 +0000

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

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:46:28 +0000

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

By: thegiantsnail

thegiantsnail — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:57:10 +0000

Much more likely he was using circular breathing.

Still an estimable feat.