The smallest of the trumpet family is the piccolo trumpet. The piccolo is a small Flute. Like the flute the piccolo is normally pitched in the key of C one octave above the concert flute (making it effectively a sopranino The most common of these instruments are built to play in both B-flat and A, with separate leadpipes for each key. The tubing in the B-flat piccolo trumpet is exactly one-half the length of that in a standard B-flat trumpet. Piccolo trumpets in G, F, and even high C are also manufactured, but are rarer.
The piccolo trumpet in D is also known as the Bach trumpet, and was invented in about 1890 by the Belgian instrument maker Victor Mahillon to play the high trumpet parts in music by Bach and Handel. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section.2 This article is written in British English including maximised use of "-ise"
The modern piccolo trumpet enables players to play the difficult trumpet parts of Baroque music, such as Bach's second Brandenburg concerto and B-minor Mass. The Brandenburg concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach ( BWV 1046&ndash1051 original title Six Concerts Avec plusieurs Instruments) are a Adolf Scherbaum was the first to specialize in the piccolo trumpet repertoire and to discover new baroque works, doing original transcriptions. Maurice André further developed the modern piccolo repertoire, playing the instrument for 50 years. Maurice André (born May 21, 1933) is a French Trumpeter, active in the classical music field
The sound production technique is basically the same as that used on the larger B-flat trumpet. Air pressure and tonguing are different, and some players use a shallower mouthpiece for the piccolo trumpet. On Brass instruments the mouthpiece is the part of the instrument which is placed upon the player's Lips The purpose of the mouthpiece is a Resonator, which Almost all piccolo trumpets have four valves instead of three — the fourth valve usually lowers the pitch by a fourth. This extends the low range and provides alternate fingerings and improved intonation for some notes.
The piccolo trumpet solo in The Beatles' "Penny Lane", which introduced the instrument to pop music, was played by David Mason. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 " Penny Lane " is a song by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney, recorded during the Sgt Paul McCartney was dissatisfied with the initial attempts at the song's instrumental fill (one of which is released on Anthology 2), and was inspired to use the instrument after hearing Mason's performance in a BBC radio broadcast of the second Brandenburg Concerto [1] and asking George Martin what the "tremendously high" trumpet was. Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer, Anthology 2 is a Compilation album by The Beatles released in March 1996 by Apple Records as part of The Beatles Anthology series The Brandenburg concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach ( BWV 1046&ndash1051 original title Six Concerts Avec plusieurs Instruments) are a Sir George Henry Martin CBE (3 January 1926 is a British record producer arranger and Composer. Eventually Mason recorded the solo using a piccolo trumpet in A. [2]. Use of the instrument is now commonplace in many musical genres. Maurice André, Wynton Marsalis, and Hakan Hardenberger are some well-known piccolo trumpet players. Maurice André (born May 21, 1933) is a French Trumpeter, active in the classical music field Wynton Learson Marsalis (b October 18, 1961) is an American Trumpeter and Composer. Håkan Hardenberger (born 1961 Malmö) is a Swedish Trumpeter Taking up the trumpet at the age of eight under the guidance of hometown teacher Bo
Notes
Taken from Wikipedia's Trumpet article, under Types of trumpets.
See also
- Trumpet
- Piccolo (flute)
- Brass instrument
External links
- Maurice Andre website See section : Piccolo tpt
- Piccolo trumpet models
- Piccolo trumpet manufacturers
- Historic of the piccolo trumpet
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