Trumpet
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The trumpet is a brass instrument. The most common type of trumpet is a transposing instrument in B♭, with pitches sounding a whole step lower than written. The trumpet family includes instruments ran
Trumpet in B♭
Trio of trumpeters in Toledo, Ohio, approximately 1940
Silver and gold plated trumpet and its wooden mute from the tomb of Tutankhamun (1326–1336 BC)
Ceramic trumpet, AD 300, Larco Museum Collection Lima, Peru
Piccolo trumpet
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The piccolo trumpet is the smallest member of the trumpet family, pitched one octave higher than the standard B♭ trumpet. Most piccolo trumpets are built to play in either B♭ or A, using a separate le
Trumpet
…is a transposing instrument in B♭, with pitches sounding a whole step lower than written. The trumpet family includes instruments ranging from the piccolo trumpet, with the highest register in the brass family, to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard B♭ or C trumpet. Trumpet-like instruments…
Piccolo trumpet in B♭
Piccolo trumpet in B♭, with separate lead pipes to tune the instrument to B♭ (shorter) or A (longer).