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Taratabong: The World of the Meloditties (original Italian: Taratabong!Il Mondo dei Musicilli) is an Italian Computer Animation Pre-School series Animated produced and directed by Italian studio Toposodo, based on an idea by Marco Bigliazzi and Fabrizio Bondi, and distributed worldwide by Mediatoon.
J. S. Bach, for example, calls for a trumpet in B ♭ in his Cantatas Nos. 5 and 90, trumpets in E ♭ in the first version of his Magnificat and, most famously, the solo trumpet in high F in his Brandenburg Concerto No. 2. In the 18th century various attempts were made to overcome the limitations in the notes available to natural trumpets.
Photograph of a wazza. The wazza, also referred to as al-Wazza, is a type of natural horn played in Sudanese music. [1] The wazza is a long wind instrument, constructed by joining several wooden tubes to form an elaborate gourd trumpet, and while blown, it is also tapped for percussive effect.
A fanfare trumpet, also called a herald trumpet, is a brass instrument similar to but longer than a regular trumpet (tubing is the same length as a regular Bb trumpet but not wrapped), capable of playing specially composed fanfares. Its extra length can also accommodate a small ceremonial banner that can be mounted on it.
In 1964, the leg-baring mini-skirt was introduced and became a white-hot trend. Fashion designers then began to experiment with the shapes of garments: loose sleeveless dresses, micro-minis, flared skirts, and trumpet sleeves. Fluorescent colors, print patterns, bell-bottom jeans, fringed vests, and skirts became de rigueur outfits of the 1960s ...
The trumpet may be gripped with either the left hand or the right hand, and the valves may also be operated by either hand, which is facilitated by the presence of two pinky rings on the top. Similarly, the slide may be operated by either hand, giving the player the option to finger the valves with the right hand and operate the slide with the ...
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.
The piccolo trumpet solo in the Beatles' "Penny Lane", which introduced the instrument to pop music, was played by David Mason. Paul McCartney was dissatisfied with the initial attempts at the song's instrumental fill (one of which is released on Anthology 2), and was inspired to use the instrument after seeing Mason's performance in a BBC television broadcast of the second Brandenburg ...