Friday, August 5, 2011

Trumpet

                    The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. It is the most oldest instrument in musical history. The trumpet is constructed of brass tubing bent twice into a rounded oblong shape. The trumpet and trombone share a roughly cylindrical bore which results in a bright, loud sound.
                     The most common type is the B trumpet, but low F, C, D, E, E, G and A trumpets are also available. The C trumpet is most common in American orchestral playing, where it is used alongside the B trumpet. Its slightly smaller size gives it a brighter, more lively sound. Because music written for early trumpets required the use of a different trumpet for each key — they did not have valves and therefore were not chromatic — and also because a player may choose to play a particular passage on a different trumpet from the one indicated on the written music, orchestra trumpet players are generally adept at transposing music at sight, sometimes playing music written for the B trumpet on the C trumpet, and vice versa.
                     It is a unique type of musical instrument ani produces heart touching sound.

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