Trumpet

The trumpet is the highest brass instrument in register, above the tuba, euphonium, trombone, sousaphone, and french horn. A person who plays the trumpet is called a trumpeter or, trumpet player.

Relationship to other brass instruments

The trumpet is often confused with its similar-looking relative, the cornet, which like another relative, the flugelhorn, is more conical rather than cylindrical in the shape of the bore of the tubing. Cornets and flugelhorns have more mellow tones but are in the same pitch range as the trumpet. There are also piccolo trumpets, which are usually pitched in B♭ or A, one octave higher than a regular trumpet. There are also rotary-valve, or German, trumpets, as well as bass, alto and Baroque trumpets. The modern trumpet evolved from earlier non-valved instruments, such as the Baroque trumpet now used by original instruments ensembles, the cornett or cornetto (not to be confused with the modern cornet), and the Scandinavian lur.

Related Topics:
Cornet - Flugelhorn - Conical - Cylindrical - Octave - Baroque - Original instruments - Cornett - Scandinavia - Lur

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Air speed does not determine pitch on the trumpet, or any brass instrument. Air speed, or more accurately, air flow, is more associated with the sound volume on a given pitch.

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