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Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments. They are constructed of brass tubing bent twice into an oblong shape, and are played by blowing air through closed lips, prodicing a buzzing sounds which starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the trumpet.

There are several types of trumpets; the most common is a transposing instrumnet pitched in B♭. The prdecessors to trumpets did not have valves, but modern trumpets have either three piston valves or three rotary valves. Each valve increases the length of tubing when eangaged, thereby lowering the pitch.

Trumpeters, or trumpet players, play in many forms of music, including classical music and jazz.

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