As they are different keys is music printed to accommodate or is it not needed. What is the C key trumpet used for ?? Why would you get a c instead of a Bb. What are the pros and cons of a c key trumpet.
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Using one trumpet over the other often has to do with what kind of music that you are playing. Band music is generally written for the Bb trumpet. Occasionally you run into an A trumpet part, but that is an easy transposition from Bb trumpet as it’s just down a half step. On the other hand, orchestral music is written for all different keyed trumpets like Bb, C, D, Eb, E, F, G alta, and A. Transposing to these various keys is often easier on a C trumpet. In most of the major North American orchestras, the C trumpet is generally the one that is used the most. It is also popular in France, but in England and Russia they prefer the Bb trumpet.
The C trumpet has a slightly brighter timbre than the Bb and fits better with certain music, especially French music. For Russian and a lot of American music, I would use a Bb trumpet. It really just comes down to preference. The nice thing about a Bb trumpet is that it has two more notes at the bottom compared to a C trumpet yet can play just as high.
The C trumpet is most commonly used in American orchestral playing, where its slightly smaller size gives it a brighter, more lively sound than the B-flat trumpet. Because music written for early trumpets required the use of a different trumpet for each key — they did not have valves and therefore were not chromatic — and also because a player may choose to play a particular passage on a different trumpet from the one indicated on the written music, orchestra trumpet players are generally adept at transposing music at sight, sometimes playing music written for the B-flat trumpet on the C trumpet, and vice versa. thats all i got cant think of pros and cons.
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I doubt the musicians with a C trumpet (willingly) need transposed music.
A C trumpet is used more often in solo or orchestral playing, because C trumpets were used so often in that setting before the B-flat trumpet "took over." The above answerer has some good points. Sometimes soloists prefer C trumpets because of their size, so it’s a matter of preference for the player.
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Using one trumpet over the other often has to do with what kind of music that you are playing. Band music is generally written for the Bb trumpet. Occasionally you run into an A trumpet part, but that is an easy transposition from Bb trumpet as it’s just down a half step. On the other hand, orchestral music is written for all different keyed trumpets like Bb, C, D, Eb, E, F, G alta, and A. Transposing to these various keys is often easier on a C trumpet. In most of the major North American orchestras, the C trumpet is generally the one that is used the most. It is also popular in France, but in England and Russia they prefer the Bb trumpet.
The C trumpet has a slightly brighter timbre than the Bb and fits better with certain music, especially French music. For Russian and a lot of American music, I would use a Bb trumpet. It really just comes down to preference. The nice thing about a Bb trumpet is that it has two more notes at the bottom compared to a C trumpet yet can play just as high.
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Tone quality and ease of transposition. Try these sites
http://symphony.calpoly.edu/History%20of%20Symphony/Trumpet.html
http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/thesoundexchange/the_orchestra/instruments/trumpets/construction/trumpet_types.html
http://www.soundjunction.org/differenttypesoftrumpet.aspa?NodeID=133
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A C trumpet is nice if you want to play with a friend, and you only have piano music- with a C trumpet you can play reading the vocal line. I have a C saxophone and can do this, it’s useful- they’re sometimes used in churches to read out of hymnals.
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