Trumpet
The trumpet is characterized by its striking, triumphal sound and by the fact that it boasts the highest register of all the brass instruments. It does splendid work, single-handedly giving expression to heroism and jubilation.
Origins
Structure
How to Play
How the Instrument is Made
Choosing an Instrument
Care and Maintenance
Trumpet Trivia
- Trumpeters in Bach's time alternated between instruments with a variety of ranges when performing
- The keyed trumpet—the fruit of the evolutionary process
- Famous trumpet works—Concertos, part 1
- Famous trumpet works—Concertos, part 2
- Famous trumpet works—Solos
- Is a Flugelhorn a horn? Or a trumpet?
- The highest note a trumpet can produce
- Aida trumpets for the Grand March
- The secret of the trumpet's traditional tone: small impurities!?