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  2. Trumpet - Wikipedia

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    There are many distinct types of trumpet. The most common is a transposing instrument pitched in B ♭ with a tubing length of about 1.48 m (4 ft 10 in). The cornet is similar to the trumpet but has a conical bore (the trumpet has a cylindrical bore) and its tubing is generally wound differently.

  3. List of transposing instruments - Wikipedia

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    May be B ♭ 3 like a B ♭ trumpet Bass Trombone C4 The Bass Trombone is the same as the Tenor Trombone except it has a larger bore and an extra trigger Contrabass Trombone C4 Plays the same notes as a tuba Trumpet: C Piccolo Trumpet: C 5: Piccolo trumpet: B ♭ 4: Piccolo Trumpet in A A 4: F trumpet F 4: E trumpet E 4: E ♭ trumpet E ♭ 4 ...

  4. Transposing instrument - Wikipedia

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    Some instruments are constructed in a variety of sizes, with the larger versions having a lower range than the smaller ones. Common examples are clarinets (the high E ♭ clarinet, soprano instruments in C, B ♭ and A, the alto in E ♭, and the bass in B ♭), flutes (the piccolo, transposing at the octave, the standard concert-pitch flute, and the alto flute in G), saxophones (in several ...

  5. Piccolo trumpet - Wikipedia

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    Piccolo trumpet in B ♭, with separate lead pipes to tune the instrument to B ♭ (shorter) or A (longer). The piccolo trumpet in B ♭ is a transposing instrument, which sounds a minor seventh higher than written. [3] [4] Not often called for specifically, it is often used at the player's discretion to cover high material as appropriate ...

  6. Category:B-flat instruments - Wikipedia

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    This is a category for all transposing instruments that sound music written in the key of C in the key of B ♭, regardless of octave. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.

  7. Tuba - Wikipedia

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    Tuba is Latin for "trumpet". [3] A person who plays the tuba is called a tubaist, ... the tuba is a transposing instrument but not when the music is in bass clef.

  8. Pitch of brass instruments - Wikipedia

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    High brass - from the top left: Baroque trumpet in D, modern trumpets in B ♭ and D (same pitch D as Baroque), piccolo trumpet in high B ♭, Flugelhorn in B ♭; right: cornet in B ♭. The pitch of a brass instrument corresponds to the lowest playable resonance frequency of the open instrument.

  9. Euphonium - Wikipedia

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    In the trombone family large and small bore trombones are both called trombones, while the cylindrical trumpet and the conical flugelhorn are given different names. As with the trumpet and flugelhorn, the two instruments are easily doubled by one player, with some modification of breath and embouchure , since the two have identical range and ...