Trumpet

Trumpets are a wind instrument belonging to the brass family and are commonly used in many types of bands, including marching bands.
== Overview ==
Trumpets are among the highest pitched instruments in the brass family due to its smaller mouthpiece and size with less tubing. Being a brass instrument, it uses "buzzing" or lip vibration to create a sound as well as an airstream coming out of a small aperture in the player's lips. 
They are commonly used in all sorts of ensembles, from classical and jazz to marching bands. The standard beginner trumpet is pitched in Bb. A majority of them are either gold or silver, with most beginner trumpets being gold in color and trumpets intended for more advanced players being silver (Although there are many exceptions, of course).
== Construction ==
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== History ==
The history of trumpet is quite long depending on what you consider a trumpet. Trumpet like instruments have been used as signalling devices and such since 2000 BC, a time period in which multiple trumpet like instruments have been recovered from. This includes the trumpets found in Tutankhamun's grave in Egypyt, bronze lurs from Scandinavia and metal trumpets from China. These were very early examples of trumpets, but trumpets became more popular in medieval times in the form of baroque trumpets which were longer than modern trumpets and lacked many technical things such as valves, slides, and water keys. These were commonly used to signal a wide variety of things, but perhaps most notably to signal the presence of nobility due to its loud, strong and bold sound. Around the 1800s, trumpets began being created with valves meaning it could play more than the standard overtone series and in the 1900s onward it became a very popular instrument. 
== Techniques ==
* Double tonguing
* Triple tonguing 
* Flutter tonguing
* Glissando
* Growling
* Vibrato
* Circular breathing
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== Types ==
=== Standard Bb Trumpet ===
The standard trumpet pitched in Bb that a majority of beginners start on and play throughout their middle school, high school and college career. 
=== Trumpets Pitched in Other Keys ===
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=== Piccolo Trumpet ===
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=== Slide Trumpet ===
Also known as piccolo trombone, it takes the form of a small trombone but uses a trumpet mouthpiece and sounds nearly if not completely identical to a standard trumpet. 
== Gallery ==
File:Yamaha Trumpet.jpg|Standard Bb gold trumpet
File:Piccolo Trumpet.jpeg|Piccolo Trumpet
File:Baroque Trumpet.jpeg|Baroque/Renaissance style trumpet
File:Southern University Trumpeter.jpg|Trumpeter from Southern University
Category:Instruments
Category:Brass Instruments
Category:Wind Instruments