The Trumpet (photo) (audio)

Perhaps one of the oldest instruments in the world, primitive trumpets have been among all human civilizations. Silver trumpet-like instruments have been found in Ancient Egypt. Ivory trumpets were made in ancient Greece. Trumpets

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have normally been associated with festive and martial feeling.

The modern trumpet begain developing around the 1300s when an instrument made of metal with a flared bell and short cylindrical bore was introduced. By the fourteenth and fifteenth century, the tubing was changed into an S-shaped figure rather than the forward-flared shape used previously. By the end of the fifteenth century, the tubing was again changed into a loop-like

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figure. Trumpets with keys and valves, which allowed the musician to work with a wider range in pitch, was introduced in the nineteenth century. During this time, trumpets came in many keys: E flat, A, G, F. However, by the end of the nineteenth century, the C and B flat trumpets became standard.

Trumpets produce sound when air is blown into the cupped mouthpiece. This causes vibrations within the column of air. There have been several music made for Trumpet. Some noteworthy are: Bach's "Mass in B Minor" and Haydn's "Concerto for Trumpet in E Flat". Today, trumpets are often widely used in symphonic orchestras, jazz bands and the traditional marching and concert band.