trumpet
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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 quiet of a Kyiv cemetery is broken by a trumpet salute, then a burst of rifle fire.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
On the program was Cuban composer Paquito D’Rivera’s “Concerto Venezolano,” featuring the fearless improvising Venezuelan trumpet soloist Pacho Flores.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026
In a 1981 study, Griswold & Chroback found that the harp, flute, and piccolo had high feminine ratings; the trumpet, string bass, and tuba had high masculine ratings.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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Musical Instruments - Introductory
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