The trumpet, a brass instrument, is often responsible for melodic parts or high rhythms and is the highest-registered instrument in the brass family.

It is often used in marching bands, orchestras, wind ensembles, jazz big bands, or general jazz music.

What kinds of trumpets are there?

The length and thickness of the trumpet body are different, and the pitch and tone of the trumpet are different.

For beginners or amateurs, the B-flat trumpet is appropriate, because the B-flat trumpet has other keys of the trumpet's better pronunciation, the application is also more widespread, and the market supply is also relatively large.

Trumpet material

The trumpet mouthpiece is commonly silver-plated brass or gold-plated, trumpet horn materials used are brass, and rose copper two, and there is also the pure silver horn.

Mouthpiece tubes commonly use materials are, brass, rose copper, and white copper, and very few senior instruments made of silver materials.

Trumpet pipe bend material is generally brass. The inner and outer mating pipe materials are made of brass or white brass.

The best material for vertical trumpet pistons is Monel, a kind of stainless steel, this material is corrosion-resistant, high strength, not easy to deform, high production difficulty. There are some musical instruments with a piston with white brass, gradually been eliminated in recent years.

Identify poor-quality trumpet

The piston part of the air leakage, the key is not smooth, the key noise is too big, piston holes and jacket holes are not aligned, the appearance of the architecture is unreasonable, adjusting the tube pull is not smooth, the surface of the paint off, off the plating and other phenomena are substandard products.

What should you do before playing the trumpet?

When blowing the first note, be sure to be ready to suck in a full breath and then blow.

Find the best resonance point for your lips.

The shape of the mouth and the development of the teeth are different for each person, some people have more protruding upper teeth and some have more protruding lower teeth, so there is no fixed mouth shape for brass instruments. Each person must find a mouth shape that allows them to play smoothly.

If you want your lips to vibrate completely, the best condition is that the upper and lower rows of teeth are in a uniformly flat state, so that your lips are also flat on the top and bottom.

Maintenance of the trumpet

Trumpet maintenance should always do the following four tasks.

1. Instrument after each use, drain the tube of saliva.

2. Use brass piston oil to oil the piston keys, 3 to 7 days to apply once.

Use petroleum jelly to oil the tuning tube to prevent rusting, once every half month to once a month.

3. The inside of the tube should be flushed and cleaned with water regularly to keep it clean and hygienic and reduce acid corrosion. It can be flushed once a month.

4. Wipe the water, sweat, oil, and dust on the surface of the instrument with a soft cloth regularly. To keep the surface of the instrument clean and shiny.

Now, do you have an understanding of the trumpet?