Bass trumpet

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  Keyed trumpet

  The keyed trumpet is a brass instrument that, contrary to the traditional valved trumpet, uses keys. The keyed trumpet is rarely seen in modern performances, but was relatively common up until the introduction of the valved trumpet in the early nineteenth century. Prior to the invention of the...
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  Natural trumpet

  A natural trumpet is a valveless brass instrument that is able to play the notes of the harmonic series. The natural trumpet was originally used as a military instrument to facilitate communication (e.g. break camp, retreat, etc). Even before the early Baroque period the (natural) trumpet had been...
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  Pocket trumpet

  The pocket trumpet is a compact size B♭ trumpet, with the same playing range as the regular trumpet. It is a non-standard instrument, not to be found in orchestral brass sections and is generally regarded as a novelty. The tubing is wound more tightly than that of a standard trumpet to reduce its...
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  Piccolo trumpet

  The smallest of the trumpet family is the piccolo trumpet. The most common of these instruments are built to play in both B-flat and A, with separate leadpipes for each key. The tubing in the B-flat piccolo trumpet is exactly one-half the length of that in a standard B-flat trumpet. Piccolo...
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  Wind instrument

  A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube), in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece set at the end of the resonator. The pitch of the vibration is determined by the length of the tube and...
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  Brass instrument

  A brass instrument is a musical instrument whose sound is produced by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player's lips. Brass instruments are also called labrosones, literally meaning "lip-vibrated instruments" . There are two factors in...

• Tube trumpet

  Homemade tube trumpets are natural trumpets constructed out of a length of hose pipe fitted with a kitchen funnel. They are used as teaching aids, and by bands such as the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and Low Profile. As with the natural trumpet and bugle, the tube trumpet is a simple (valveless) brass...

• Buisine

  The buisine was a type of straight medieval trumpet usually made of metal. It had a very long and slender body, usually one to two meters in length (some were reported to have been at least six feet in length) that tapered toward the end into a slightly flared bell. It made its first documented...

• Clarion

  The clarion or claro is a type of cylindrical brass instrument dating from the 11th to 14th centuries. It is the ancestor to the trumpet and was used by cavalries in camp and as a signal during war. It had a narrower, and perhaps shorter, tube and produced a more acute and shrill tone than the...

• Slide trumpet

  The slide trumpet is a type of trumpet that is fitted with a slide much like a trombone.