Trumpet

Trumpet The bright-sounding **trumpet** plays the highest notes in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced on the **trumpet** by the buzzing of your lips into a removable mouthpiece. Pushing down one or more valves (buttons) changes the pitch of the instrument. Because of its loud, direct sound, the trumpet often plays the melody in the band. The trumpet can create a very loud forceful sound, but can play very soft and delicate music as well. A very versitile insturment, **trumpets** can be found in a variety of different musical settings from concerts bands, to jazz ensembles, to orchestras.

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 * Some famous trumpet players are Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis, Maurice Andre, and Doc Severinsen.
 * If you like higher, brighter sounding instruments who play lots of melodies, the **trumpet** is probably a good choice for you!
 * If you like the sound of the trumpet, but think you might enjoy playing something with a lower, deeper sound, you may want to choose the **trombone** or the **baritone.**
 * **Triva:** The concerto that you listen to above (Haydn) was the first major trumpet solo to use a trumpet with valves or keys. Trumpets with valves were not invented and until the late 1700s. Before that, all trumpet music was performed on instruments with NO valves called natural trumpets. Some players today have brought back the practice of using natrual trumpets to play music from the baroque era to give the music a more authentic sound.

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