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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'.
On this page read about the range of the trumpet and related instruments.
Below you can see examples of the Bb, C, D and Piccolo trumpets ranges. This is very important information for all composers to be aware of when writing for transposing instruments, making sure a they don't write a note or passage tat is of the instruments register.
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