The Trumpet

Mónica García González 2ºB

The trumpet is a musical instrument brass. It is one of the oldest

instruments in the world and the most acute of his family. The

first trumpets were made with bamboo or shells of molluscs,

now, they are usually made of brass.

The sound is produced by the vibration of the lips in the nozzle

from the air column and it is tuned in B flat. The trumpet is

constructed by a bent tube in a spiral of about 180 cm long and it

ends in a big pavilion. It have pistons that if you press them, they

extend the vibration of the air and produces diferents heights.

The pistons were introduced by Charles Clagget. The trumpet

also have mutes, that obtain specific sounds. The first two thirds

are almost cylindrical tube, which provides a strong, bright

sound, unlike what happens with the flugelhorn, which produces

a softer sound.

The tuning is usually seen affected by environmental

temperature, so it is necessary to warm the instrument before

playing by blowing through it.

The trompet has been used by many composers, especially in

jazz and in the music of the twentieth century. It was also used

to wake up the soldiers in the military camps.

There are a lot of types of trumpets, like the piccolo trumpet or

the bass trumpet.

Some famous trumpeters of Spain are Amadeo Sánchez Lopez,

Andrés Valero and Rudy Ventura.

Other famous trumpeters of the world are Miles Davis, Chris

Botti, Arturo Sandoval and Chek Baker.

This is the basstrumpet.

This is the piccolotrumpet.

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