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A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic. | Someone who plays the trumpet; a trumpeter. | The cry of an elephant, or any similar loud cry.
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In Scotland in 1538 the slide instrument is referred to as draucht trumpet (drawn trumpet) as opposed to a weir trumpet (war trumpet), which had a fixed length.
Bent trumpet Dizzy Gillespie with his bent trumpet, performing in 1988 Gillespie's trademark trumpet featured a bell which bent upward at a 45-degree angle rather than pointing straight ahead as in the conventional design.
This year’s concert will feature Sharpe performing with Amherst Jazz Orchestra and members of the HCC jazz faculty: Geoff Cunningham (on trumpet), Pete Grimaldi (on trumpet), and Robert Ferrier (on guitar).
Kenny received his first trumpet lesson from his father, who also played trumpet.
A musician who plays the trumpet is called a trumpet player or trumpeter.
Deriving from early straight trumpets, the Renaissance slide trumpet was essentially a natural trumpet with a sliding leadpipe.
Gillespie sent a request to Martin to make him a "bent" trumpet from a sketch produced by Lorraine, and from that time forward played a trumpet with an upturned bell.
Noises: By hissing, clicking, or breathing through the instrument, the trumpet can be made to resonate in ways that do not sound at all like a trumpet.
Other types of trios include the "drummer-less" trio, which consists of a piano player, a double bassist, and a horn (saxophone or trumpet) or guitar player; and the jazz trio with a horn player (saxophone or trumpet), double bass player, and a drummer.
Reproduction baroque trumpet by Michael Laird Improvements to instrument design and metal making in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance led to an increased usefulness of the trumpet as a musical instrument.
The captain's niece, however, had stowed away on board and soon won over the men. citation Sousa also wrote a booklet, "A manual for trumpet and drum", published by the Ludwig drum company, with advice for playing drums and trumpet.
The standard instrumentation includes both the cornet and the trumpet; however, in recent decades, the cornet has largely been replaced by the trumpet.
The word trombone derives from Italian tromba ( trumpet ) and -one (a suffix meaning "large"), so the name means "large trumpet".
A forlorn trumpet played as dozens of runners walked the track eating slices of pizza in the rain.
Although the executives were tight-lipped about the production schedule for the Alpha 5, they continued to trumpet plans to work with Southwest Research Institute.
As branch told it, she had been waffling between trumpet and saxophone when her family went out for dinner at Dave’s Italian Kitchen in Evanston.
Besides writing iconic tunes like "Powerhouse" and "The Toy Trumpet," Scott created some of the very first synthesizers and sequencers.
Butch very much enjoyed the outdoors he was an avid hunter and fisherman, but his lifelong passion was music and singing, he played his trumpet and sang with the band “The Hummers” for many years.
But in 2014 he returned to music with his first solo album in decades, the well-received “Croz,” which included this tender meditation on aging complete with a classy trumpet solo by Wynton Marsalis.
But while candidates might trumpet those endorsements, it’s not clear whether they necessarily translate into votes.