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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.
Arban's Complete Conservatory Method for Trumpet is a method book for students of trumpet, cornet, and other brass instruments. The original edition, Grande méthode complète de cornet à pistons et de saxhorn) , was written and composed by Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889) and published in Paris by Léon Escudier in 1864. [ 1 ]
Silver and gold plated trumpet and its wooden mute from the tomb of Tutankhamun (1326–1336 BC) Sheneb (Ancient Egyptian: šnb) was the common name in Ancient Egypt for straight natural trumpets used for military purposes. [3] The natural trumpet was probably first used as a military instrument in Ancient Egypt.
Initially intended as a 3-volume series of increasing difficulty, the middle volume titled Clarke's Technical Studies (1912) would gain a following independent of the other volumes, becoming "one of the most widely used trumpet method books" [1] and drawing comparisons to the Arban Method. [2]
The very first designs of keyed trumpet were intended to correct the intonation of the notes in the harmonic series, rather than to extend its capabilities to a full chromatic scale. [5] The harmonic trumpet , a silver trumpet in E♭ with crooks for D, C, and B♭ and four keys, was made by London instrument maker William Shaw for King George ...
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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 leadpipe for each key. The tubing in the B ♭ piccolo trumpet is one-half the length of that in a standard B ♭ trumpet. Piccolo trumpets in ...
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