Trumpet

Brass instrument sounding through lip vibration into a cupped mouthpiece, voiced by three piston valves.

Core Principles & Analysis

• Valveless trumpets found in Tutankhamun's tomb date to around 1323 BCE.
• Piston valves, added in the early 19th century, made the instrument fully chromatic.
• Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis defined its voice in jazz.

Specifications & Metrics

• FAMILY: Brass
• RANGE: F♯3 – D6