Playing method: The player can change the tone, volume and musical decoration by controlling the gap between the lips, the amount of exhalation and the intensity of vibration. There are three pistons on the trumpet, and each piston is pressed, which will increase the total length of the pipeline through which air passes, thus making the tone lower.
the first piston lowers the tone by a whole tone (two semitones), the second piston lowers the tone by one semitone, and the third piston is about the sum of the first and second pistons (three semitones, that is, three semitones). Various combinations enable trumpet players to play a complete chromatic scale.
among all the brass instruments, the trumpet has the highest pronunciation and sound. Trumpets use the high-pitched spectrum table of staff to record music. Play with a fixed roll-call method, that is, a fixed treble concept. There are many kinds of trumpets in B-flat, D-flat, E-flat, E-flat, F-flat, G-flat, A-flat and B-flat, which are 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 with piano, electronic organ and other C-key instruments, the trumpet must be improved by two degrees, that is, the performance of C-key instruments.
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The history of the trumpet:
The trumpet was originally shaped as a tube with a mouthpiece at one end and a trumpet at the other end, which can reach several meters in length. This is a high-pitched brass instrument with a cup-shaped mouthpiece, which occupies a leading position among similar instruments. The timbre of the trumpet is generous and loud, and composers often use it to describe the war. The Bible says, "The walls of Jericho are not strong enough to resist the sound", and the sonorous sound of the trumpet shows this. However, when the trumpet is added with a mute, it will have an almost humorous meaning.
The origin of the trumpet is hard to know. It was unearthed in the tombs of ancient Egyptian pharaohs hundreds of years ago. The modern trumpet originated in Germany in the 18th century. In 1796, the German composer Haydn wrote a trumpet concerto in E flat major, which is still widely circulated today, and gave full play to the performance of the trumpet in his "March of the Army".
since the 15th century, the trumpet has an S-shaped curly shape, and it was not until the 16th century that it was changed into an elliptical curly shape similar to the modern trumpet. In about 177, the retractable trumpet appeared, and later it was tried to make a trumpet with keys. In 178, Johann Andrea Stantu and Jorgelli, a German musical instrument manufacturer, made the intubation trumpet. A trumpet with a piston that can be changed into two tones was invented around 179. In 1862, Andiel, an Englishman, reformed the piston and keys, and gradually formed the trumpet and cornet with three pistons that can play chromatic scales. So far, the trumpet has been basically finalized.
The trumpet is an ancient musical instrument, and its first record was mentioned in the pictures of ancient Egyptians and Germanic tribes in the 15th century BC. This prehistoric trumpet is 56 cm long. At one end, it has a conical tube with a diameter of about 1 cm, which is expanded by 26 cm. This trumpet was simple in design and its shape remained unchanged for a long time until the mid-18th century, when the key valve was added as an accessory. In the history of trumpet, it was usually used by military departments or religions.
The ancients used terror, horror, huskiness and rudeness to describe the sound of ancient Roman military trumpets. At that time, only Roman, Tibetan and Jewish religious priests were allowed to play the trumpet. This instrument has been mentioned in the translation of the Bible, and it is associated with the voice of angels. A large number of new forms of trumpet appeared in the Middle Ages. The Spanish invasion of Saracens brought many such musical instruments, such as those used by Christianity, which were specially used to frighten the enemy. The Renaissance brought about the progress of trumpets, such as improving their status in the royal court. This instrument was used more as a "musical" performance than simply as a signal.
the popularity of trumpet can be traced back to the baroque period, except for the decline in the early 18th century. The increase of pistons and keys in the mid-18th century brought new life to the trumpet, which was frequently used in orchestral works. In 1827, the piston trumpet appeared in Germany. It was not until 1862 that Andiel, an Englishman, reformed the piston and key, which gradually formed the trumpet and cornet with three pistons and playing chromatic scales. Their development and reform were completed in Europe, the trumpet was mainly in Germany, and the cornet was developed from a French name called cornet de poste.
Traditional trumpet music conveys the feelings of festivals or wars, and it is also widely used in the works of baroque composers such as Bach and Handel. The trumpet is especially used in the works of classical composer Haydn, and his trumpet concerto in E flat has always been a classic in instrumental music. In a word, the trumpet has undergone many changes in the past years, and it has obviously become the most important musical instrument in all periods. It has become one of the few musical instruments that have been tested by the times, and it is constantly changing with the needs of new music forms and use.
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