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TRUMPET

Section: Brass
Transposing? Yes

Construction
Range
Articulations
Effects
Mutes
Extended
Player's Tips and Tricks

Links

 

Construction

Alistair Mackie explains...

Basic design and sound production

Valves on a trumpet

Trumpets in F (outmoded)

Trumpets in Bb, C, D, Eb and Piccolo

The harmonic series on a trumpet

The sound of the piccolo trumpet

Playing piccolo trumpet

The range of different trumpets

High notes on trumpets