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Discover the highest instrument in the brass section, the trumpet. Read about composing for the instrument, listen to extracts by composers including Stravinsky and Mahler, and watch Philharmonia trumpeters demonstrating various techniques; from playing with a mute, to playing 'rips'.
Here are some examples of playing high notes on the trumpet.
High notes in baroque music were very common and played on the natural trumpet, which would be written almost at the top of the instrument. In modern times, the piccolo trumpet in more commonly used, as the notes are lower in the instruments natural range. Enjoy the examples of high notes on the piccolo in Bach's Brandengurg Concerto.
