Hello,
I am a professional violinist and composer and I`d like to know more about trumpet fingering. My main questions are:

- How are important fingerings in the trumpet for a professional player?

- Are fingerings always the same for any written note or can be different?

Any advice is very welcome

Thank you in advance!

Sincerely,
Fab.

Fingering is, of course, very important.

I think that you can play every note on another way. Most of the time you use the other fingering when the normal fingering doesn`t sound correct (too high or low).

Fingerings are the most important thing right after the tone. Actually the range of notes in brass is unlimited. But as you go higher, there are so many alternative fingers. 3rd octave(from high C) has 5 alternative fingerings.

The valve combinations are very important.
At the bottom 2 octaves, there are very few opportunities to use alternates. There is one combination E is usually 1&2, but can be played 3 only.

1 & 2 = 3 (alone) but is usually out of tune.

The trumpet Harmonic scale (open notes) get a lot closer as you move past the high A. Bb can be played open instead on using valve 1, but uncommon. Most rrumpeters have a combination of notes so that the brain can place the note. Above High C, most will play the same combination as the previous octave. It does sound OK. G above high C is getting up there, and nailing good notes past that is a real achievement. A lot can squeak notes out, but not in tune or a good sound. The combinations "up there" are really for individuals "brains" to pick and see the note you want.