Trumpets

Brass

Musical Theory and Technique

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    The trumpet is a brass instrument.

    The trumpet is a soprano brass wind instrument consisting of a long metal tube looped once and ending in a flared bell, the modern type being equipped with three valves for producing variations in pitch. Also, an organ stop that produces a tone like that of a trumpet.

    Range: The trumpet has a range of E3 to D6 (approximately 165 Hz to 1,175 Hz, with overtones to 15 KHz).

    General MIDI Level 1 Sound Set Program Channel Number: decimal 57 or hexadecimal 0x38. (See General MIDI Level 1 Sound Set.)

    The word “trumpet” comes from the Middle English word “trompette”, diminutive of the Old French word “trompe”, coming from the Old High German word “trumpa”, meaning trumpet.