Some notes cannot be played! What does the trumpeter do? Pressing down valves on the modern trumpet changes the length of the pipe of the modern trumpet (total of 7 different lengths!), and this allows the modern trumpet to produce any note within physical limitations.Ĭompared to that, the lack of valves on the baroque trumpet means it is limited to the notes shown above. But the truth is the opposite! This is where the valves come in. Let’s consider the notes possible on both instruments at fixed lengths below:įrom the images above, it looks like the longer baroque trumpet is able to produce more notes compared to the shorter modern trumpet. Both baroque and modern trumpets can produce different notes from a certain length of pipe (based on the harmonic series). What does that mean?įirst, we need to explain that the trumpet is basically just metal pipe(s). Let’s check out the difference in appearance, have a look below! Tada-!Īs you can see, the lengths are strikingly different, as well as the presence/absence of valves. How is it different from the modern trumpet? To make it simple, we will use the name “baroque trumpet” for now. We will discuss this issue another time, but here in this article, we would like to first show the differences between the baroque/natural trumpet and the modern trumpet. There are opinions that say that both are same thing, and others see them as two separate things. ※There is an ongoing discussion about the naming system of the baroque trumpet and the natural trumpet.
The baroque/natural trumpet is the trumpet which was used mainly in the Baroque era and also for HIPP nowadays. This is where the musician applies the appropriate style and technique of the related era to their performance, as well as using historical instruments (or copies) from that period. This brings us to introduce an increasingly popular way of making music: Historically Informed Performance Practice ( HIPP). The main keyboard instruments then were the harpsichord and the organ.
However during the Baroque era (the time of Bach and Handel etc.), pianos did not exist. We learn to play different pieces from different musical periods all on the piano. Many of us, especially for music learners from our home country region, started our music education on modern instruments for classical music.
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