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Trumpet History

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is also one of the newest instruments in its modern incarnation. Long used as a military signaling device, or as a symbol of high social status, an examination of the  trumpets history and evolution demonstrates that it is only in its modern incarnation that the trumpet fulfills its full potential as a musical instrument capable of great versatility. The technical  innovations of the nineteenth century, which allows the player to control the airstream with valves, makes the trumpet a brilliant star of the modern orchestra. The trumpet The modern trumpet  is a soprano brass instrument that is commonly about 1.4 meters (4 and a half feet) in tube length, folded twice to a narrow rectangular shape of about 35 cm.  (14 inches) long.1 A mouth pipe with mouthpiece protrudes from one end of the rectangle, and an expanded opening or "bell" extends from the other.2 The center of the  rectangle has three valves and associated extra tubing. As a term, "trumpet" can be used to describe any instrument in which the airstream passes through the players vibrating lips,  so gaining access to the air column which is made to vibrate.3 This category of instruments is divided into two major subcategories: natural trumpets, which are those that have no  extra devices to alter pitch, and chromatic trumpets, which do have extra devices, such as valves, to modify pitch.4 Essentially, this is also the difference between the trumpets of antiquity  and the modern trumpet. The range of a soprano trumpet goes from F-sharp below middle C to C above the treble clef. However, experienced musicians are frequently able to extend  this range, often as high as the G above high C. While these facts pertain to the modern trumpet, as part of the brass family, the trumpet can trace its