La trompeta es un instrumento musical de viento, perteneciente a la familia de los instrumentos de viento-metal o metales, fabricado en aleación de metal. El sonido se produce gracias a la vibración de los labios del intérprete en la parte denominada boquilla a partir de la columna del aire (flujo del aire). La trompeta, comúnmente, está afinada en si ♭ (bemol), es decir, un tono por debajo de la afinación real (también hay trompetas afinadas en fa, en do, en la y en mi ♭ —bemol—). El músico que toca la trompeta recibe el nombre conocido de trompetista o trompeta.

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A trumpet is a musical instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group contains the instruments with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpet-like instruments have historically been used as signaling devices in battle or hunting, with examples dating back to at least 1500 BC; they began to be used as musical instruments only in the late-14th or early 15th century. Trumpets are used in art music styles, for instance in orchestras and concert bands, and in popular music styles such as jazz. They are played by blowing air through almost-closed lips (called the player's embouchure), producing a "buzzing" sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument. Since the late 15th century they have primarily been constructed of brass tubing, usually bent twice into a rounded rectangular shape. There are many distinct types of trumpet, with the most common being pitched in B♭ (a transposing instrument), having a tubing length of about 1.48 m (4 ft 10 in). Early trumpets did not provide means to change the length of tubing, whereas modern instruments generally have three (or sometimes four) valves in order to change their pitch. Most trumpets have valves of the piston type, while some have the rotary type. The use of rotary-valved trumpets is more common in orchestral settings, although this practice varies by country. Each valve, when engaged, increases the length of tubing, lowering the pitch of the instrument. A musician who plays the trumpet is called a trumpet player or trumpeter.

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