Trumpet
B♭ trumpet | |
Bress instrument | |
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Classification |
Brass |
Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 423.233 (Valved aerophone soondit bi lip movement) |
Playin range | |
Written range: | |
Relatit instruments | |
Flugelhorn, cornet, bugle, natural trumpet, bass trumpet, post horn, Roman tuba, bucina, shofar, conch, lur, didgeridoo, piccolo trumpet, baritone horn, pocket trumpet |
A trumpet is a muisical instrument. It is the heichest register in the brass faimily. Trumpets are amang the auldest musical instruments,[1] datin back tae at least 1500 BC. Thay are played bi blawin air through closed lips, producin a "buzzin" soond that stairts a staundin wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument. Syne the late 15t century thay hae primarily been constructit o brass tubin, uisually bent twice intae a roondit oblong shape.
Thare are several types o trumpet. The maist common is a transposin instrument pitched in B♭ wi a tubin length o aboot 148 cm. Earlier trumpets did nae hae valves, but modren instruments generally hae either three piston valves or, mair rarely, three rotary valves. Each valve increases the length o tubin when engaged, tharebi lawerin the pitch.
A muisician who plays the trumpet is cried a trumpet player or trumpeter.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "History of the Trumpet". petrouska.com. Retrieved 3 Mey 2008.