How to play the trumpet?

Brief introduction of trumpet

Standard B-flat trumpet, commonly known as trumpet, is a member of the brass family, often responsible for melody or treble rhythm, and is also the instrument with the highest range in the brass family. It is often used in military bands, orchestras, wind bands, jazz orchestras or general jazz, depending on the needs of repertoire arrangement.

Small structure

Trumpet consists of nozzle, pipe and machinery. The length of the pipeline is1.355m, and the mechanical part consists of piston and piston sleeve. By pressing the piston to connect the bypass pipe, the purpose of extending the 1 pipe is achieved. There are two types of pistons: straight and rotary. Trumpets use a staff treble chart to record music. Play with a fixed roll call, that is, a fixed treble concept. There are many kinds of trumpets in the world today. B-flat, E-flat, D-flat, E-flat, F-flat, G-flat, A-flat and B-flat are all determined according to the high notes of the first overtone series. The trumpet we usually use is in B flat. If the trumpet plays the same melody as the piano, electronic organ and other C-key instruments, the trumpet must be improved by two degrees, that is, the performance of C-key instruments.

Trumpet joke

1. How many trumpeters does it take to change a light bulb? Five. One changed the light bulb, and the other four told him how well they could do.

2. What's the difference between a trumpeter and a ponytail? I haven't even heard of it.

How do you know that the trumpeter has arrived at your door? The doorbell screams.

Playing method of trumpet

Players can change the tone, volume and tone decoration by controlling the gap between lips, the amount of exhalation and the intensity of vibration. There are three pistons on the trumpet, and each piston is compressed, which will increase the total length of the pipeline through which air passes, thus making the tone lower. The first piston drops a whole tone (two semitones), the second piston drops a semitone, and the third piston is about the sum of the first and second pistons (three semitones). Various combinations enable trumpet players to play a complete chromatic scale.

Early application of trumpet

Trumpets were first used to transmit signals in the army, and became orchestras and solo instruments after17th century. Before the19th century, trumpets were limited to playing overtone notes, but in Bach's era, many trumpets played longer than in the high-pitched area. The pitch can be changed by installing nozzles with different lengths (several tubes). About 1830, the trumpet has a valve key to facilitate playing. Trumpet is an important instrument in military bands and is also widely used in jazz bands. Besides B-flat, C-flat, E-flat and A-flat also have trumpets, but they are rarely used. Trumpets are loud and magnificent, and are mostly used to play the sound of horns and play melodies. For example, the trumpet ensemble in Verdi's Aida is magnificent and provocative. When playing the trumpet, you can also plug a pear-shaped mute at the trumpet mouth to block 70% of the exhaust volume, thus achieving the purpose of changing the timbre to express lyricism, fantasy and mystery.