trumpet
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Dan Schlosberg’s seven-player arrangement of Barber’s technicolor orchestration, conducted by Mr. Ashworth, was clever but mostly loud with prominent trumpet and trombone, contributing to a musical performance that had just one gear: ferociously strident intensity.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Thudding drums, an electric guitar that chugs like a tank’s engine turning over and blaring trumpet fanfare announce the onset of football on CBS, Fox and NBC.
From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026
Saber-rattling trumpet and timpani intrude and are shushed away as worthless.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
The famed trombonist started his music career as a child, playing the trumpet at age 12, but later shifted to his iconic trombone, playing on street corners in the neighbourhood.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
She picks up the trumpet, and when she presses her lips to the brass, her three fingers make a loud parade of blaring notes.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
Vocabulary lists containing trumpet
Musical Instruments - Introductory
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Musical Instruments - Middle School
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Musical Instruments - High School
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