Battle of the High Brass - Trumpet vs Cornet vs Flugelhorn

Which is your favorite sound? Do you like the trumpet, cornet, or flugelhorn best?

Hey! I'm a general music teacher and I'm teaching my kids about instruments through Jazz Appreciation Month. Phenomenal presentation, playing, and comparison. Cheers!

it’s also what the musician does with the horn …… I’ve seen some musicians alter their embouchure and air speed and make a trumpet almost sound like a flugelhorn …… I’ve also heard Maynard Ferguson almost make a flugelhorn sound like a trumpet 😆 …… pls remember, i used the word almost 😀✌🏽

Nice comparison of the instruments. And beautiful playing on each horn. Your point that each instrument has its own purpose was well-taken. You play flugel to lean into the mellow, and cornet to lean into the melodic. Picking up the different horns should be seen as an opportunity to explore broader musical expression.

Chris, you sound wonderful on all three, and I'm always predisposed to flugel sound, but I wanted to say a few things. I as a brass-bander LOVE your cornet sound and I love especially that you mention the importance of approaching all three differently! Everybody more or less intuits at some point to treat the flugelhorn with a more gentle touch than the trumpet, but too many people play the cornet like a trumpet: a) they don't use a funnel mouthpiece and b) they approach it with the same 'hostility' of lack of subtlety as they do the trumpet. Then they wonder why the cornet is no fun to play!

Another great overview. Great teacher. Such clear explanations.

Very nice & helpful presentation Chris. Thanks for taking the time to create it

I love the fluffy butter smooth sound of the flugelhorn the most btw I dug the tone that you got out of all three Bro! ✌🏽

Thx a lot for this video! 2 yrs ago, at the age of 60, I fell in love with the Flügelhorn. 1st instrument I've learnt (trying to, tough job!). Wheneved I try the trumpet - not mine... I enjoy listening to it, though. One is a lemon the other an orange (to me)

Always enjoy these videos.

So glad you mentioned, the fact you should approach each one differently 😎

Great piece of work my man i like all of them but my favorite is that flugle horn thats a kool mellow seaside breeze sound 🤘😎👍

Loved this Cris Davis. Would like to discuss the applications. Is a cornet better for blues and trumpet better for jazz and rock? I've read that trumpet cuts through loud better. But the cornet sound is melancholy. Also, could a particular mouthpiece make a trumpet sound warmer?

Thanks a lot!

Sounding great on all of them, but the sound you get from that Flugel is especially sweet! May I ask what flugel that is? Thank you very much!

I love the fact that all sound awesome to me and are fun to ply

Beautiful playing. I especially liked your cornet sound. I noticed your embouchure looks slightly off center, like Randy brecker and Terrell Stafford. Can you do a video on your own approach? Thank you

You sound really good but I noticed that the mouthpiece is to the right instead of the center, is that to make the sound more distinct or is that just how you play?

Very nice demonstrations on 3 different horns.

I'm a low brass guy (primarily tuba and euphonium), but started dabbling in high brass during the pandemic. Started with a cheap trumpet to see if I could even get a sound then added a decent used cornet, but eventually settled into flugelhorn. Considering I still play the tubas fairly often, I just naturally like its tone and feel more than the cylindrical-bore trumpet.