I know that trombones have soprano, alto, tener, and bass. What kind do trumpets have besides Bb? I hear about C trumpets and G trumpets but what does that mead, do they player higher/lower. In other words what is the order in which they go low to high?

there is so many.really the higher the bass ie: c e g a f d
the higher it plays. plus the fingerins r different, go through the questions and find one from debbi xxxxx

i can`t find it could someone send me a link, or maybe the subject name please.

there are trumpets in every key but for some keys you have to get them costom made and are pretty much pointless. it`s not like you`ll ever use a c# trumpet for anything other than novelty use or to make stuff harder on your self to think you look more impressive

I think you mean as in Normal horns.

Normal is Bb trumpet. Use this as reference point.

An octave lower is the Bass Trumpet. It is basically a valve Tenor trombone, wound as a trumpet. Fingerings are the same as trumpet, but played on a Trombone mouthpiece, and down an octave.

An octave up, is Piccolo trumpet. It is like playing from the Middle C on a trumpet, that is where it kicks off.

C Trumpet is really orchestral speciality work. The Bb is the usual horn.

The Flugel is the same fingering as Trumpet, and Euphonium is the same as well but think of a mini Tuba an octave down.

Fanfare trumpets are stretched (non wound) trumpets. There are bass etc with these as well...

There are other horns at different registers e.g. F horn, but not worth discussing as it is specialist.

Hope this helps. If you can play normal Bb trumpet then Flugel is a great doubler. Bass Trumpet will adjust the ear and embouchure for tenor trombone and Euphonium.

Hope this helps

thanks peter

i have a bach strad and i find it easier to play than my beginner horn...


-joe

The other keyed trumpets are to help change the sound and/or convienently change the transposition to help read music. I love the sound of an Eb played by a pro, its beautiful. Plus, it would probably help them with transposition, as most classical pieces are in a key that the Bb horn would lack in intonation. Oh heres some trivia; excluding the bass trumpet, the Bb trumpet should be considered the lowest of the trumpet line. They used to make an A trumpet below that Bb, but I believe those arent in production. All other keyed trumpets will be cut shorter thus changed the key into a higher pitch i.e Eb/Db and C. The color change in sound comes from this fact that the tubing is shorter, and changing many variables within the horn. Now, as long as youre a good transposer, using a different keyed instrument should affect much at all with reading the music. If it is written for Bb and youre on a Bb, then the C on the page will be the C for the horn or open. Same principle for the other keys, if its written for C, and youre playing a C horn, the the C on the page is the C on the horn or open. The horns within the trumpet family keep the same fingerings because technically, they are doing mechanically the same thing i.e. the 2nd valve drops a half step and 1-2 combo a minor third. So, all twelve major scales you learned in fingering are the same, however, the concert pitches are dramatically different, and you could really get into some trouble if you dont know what youre doing. So what happens if you choose to play without similar keys for the music on page and the horn? You already know that the other keys besides Bb are higher so, all you really have to do is see which is easier for you, raising or dropping by some chord value i.e. fourths or fifths. If I were playing a Eb for a Bb piece, i would choose to lower everything on page by a fourth and play that note. so if i see a C on the page, i would play a G. If I saw a Bb i would play an F. (cont. story lat later ime.