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  2. NASA offers explanation for bizarre 'trumpet noise' phenomena

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    Since this still lacks scientific confirmation, rampant speculation continues about potential extra-terrestrial theories for these "trumpet noises." But don't count NASA as a UFO-doubter just yet.

  3. Mute (music) - Wikipedia

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    In trumpets, it lets through frequencies above about 1800 Hz, producing a shrill, piercing sound that can be penetrating at high volumes. [ 6 ] [ 22 ] Straight mutes made of materials like plastic or fiberglass are generally darker and less forceful in sound than their metal (usually aluminum [ 23 ] ) counterparts. [ 6 ]

  4. Shofar - Wikipedia

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    Shulkhan Arukh limited English translation includes Rosh Hashanah chapters 585–590 regarding the shofar. Shofar sounds Archived 21 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine several videos with shofar sounds and explanations. biblicaltrumpets.org - A research site on the use of trumpets in both Old and New Testament. The origins of the Shofar ...

  5. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...

  6. St. Mary's Trumpet Call - Wikipedia

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    Trumpet calls were used in many European cities to signal the opening and closing of city gates at dawn and dusk. The four directions in which the St. Mary's Trumpet Call is currently sounded correspond roughly to the four main Kraków gates before 3 out of 4 of the gates were demolished in the 19th century. 16th-century sources mention other ...

  7. Trumpet - Wikipedia

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    The English word trumpet was first used in the late 14th century. [5] The word came from Old French trompette, which is a diminutive of trompe. [5] The word trump, meaning trumpet, was first used in English in 1300.

  8. Fanfare - Wikipedia

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    The word is first found in 1546 in French, and in English in 1605, but it was not until the 19th century that it acquired its present meaning of a brief ceremonial flourish for brass. [1] Indeed, an alternative term for the fanfare is "flourish", as in the ruffles and flourishes played by military bands in the US to announce the arrival of the ...

  9. Mouth trumpet - Wikipedia

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    Mouth trumpet is a vocal technique that imitates the sound of the trumpet.. The mouth trumpet sound is produced by using the vocal cords to produce the desired pitch and passing the sound through the lips that are held together with just enough tension so that they vibrate at the same frequency as the vocal cords, producing a trumpet-like sound.