trumpet
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Maalouf: For me, as a trumpet player, of course, the musical influence; space, phrasing, silence, we can talk about this for hours.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
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
Born William Anthony Colón Román on April 28, 1950, to Puerto Rican parents in New York City, Colón first picked up the trumpet in school.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026
In the other hand he seized the suitcase and the long trumpet thing and off he ran.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
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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