Brass instruments
The Trumpet
Lluís Arratia
11th grade
Deutsche Schule Barcelona
March, 2015
Summary
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IV.
V.
History
Parts
Different trumpets
How is the sound produced?
Music styles featuring a trumpet
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I. History
Natural trumpet
 Since 1500BC
Used in: Middle Age, Renaissance
-->Probably
other instruments
and specially
in the Baroque.before
that, too
 Religious & military purposes
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I. History
Modern trumpet
-three valves
-easier to play
-every tone within the trumpet’s tone range can be played
- wide range of music styles
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II. Parts
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II. Parts
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How is the sound produced?
Mouthpiece- & Bell effect
• Vibrating air column inside
the instrument
• Mouthpiece
lowers high
• The player buzzes his/ her
resonances
• Belllips
raises low resonances
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Full harmonic
sequence can
be played
III. Different Trumpets
Bb
Trumpet
in
C
Piccolo
Trumpet
trumpet
in D
Eb
FE
G
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V. Trumpets in different styles of music
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THE END