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  2. Piccolo trumpet - Wikipedia

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    The piccolo trumpet solo in the Beatles' "Penny Lane", which introduced the instrument to pop music, was played by David Mason. Paul McCartney was dissatisfied with the initial attempts at the song's instrumental fill (one of which is released on Anthology 2), and was inspired to use the instrument after seeing Mason's performance in a BBC television broadcast of the second Brandenburg ...

  3. List of transposing instruments - Wikipedia

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    May be B ♭ 3 like a B ♭ trumpet Bass Trombone C4 The Bass Trombone is the same as the Tenor Trombone except it has a larger bore and an extra trigger Contrabass Trombone C4 Plays the same notes as a tuba Trumpet: C Piccolo Trumpet: C 5: Piccolo trumpet: B ♭ 4: Piccolo Trumpet in A A 4: F trumpet F 4: E trumpet E 4: E ♭ trumpet E ♭ 4 ...

  4. Trumpet - Wikipedia

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    The smallest trumpets are referred to as piccolo trumpets. The most common models are built to play in both B ♭ and A, with separate leadpipes for each key. The tubing in the B ♭ piccolo trumpet is one-half the length of that in a standard B ♭ trumpet making it sound an octave higher. Piccolo trumpets in G, F and C are also manufactured ...

  5. David Mason (trumpeter) - Wikipedia

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    On 17 January 1967 at Abbey Road Studios Mason recorded the piccolo trumpet solo which is a prominent part of the Beatles' song "Penny Lane". [8] The solo, inspired by Mason's performance of Bach's 2nd Brandenburg Concerto with the English Chamber Orchestra, [9] is in a mock-Baroque style for which the piccolo trumpet is particularly suited, having a clean and clear sound which penetrates well ...

  6. List of musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Trumpet Alboka: aerophones: 422.2: Basque Country: reed instruments: clarinet Algaita: aerophones: Niger: ... Piccolo clarinet in A♭ (or G) Sopranino clarinet in E

  7. Pitch of brass instruments - Wikipedia

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    High brass - from the top left: Baroque trumpet in D, modern trumpets in B ♭ and D (same pitch D as Baroque), piccolo trumpet in high B ♭, Flugelhorn in B ♭; right: cornet in B ♭. The pitch of a brass instrument corresponds to the lowest playable resonance frequency of the open instrument. The combined resonances resemble a harmonic ...

  8. Adolf Scherbaum - Wikipedia

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    Adolf Scherbaum (23 August 1909 – 2 August 2000) was a trumpet player who specialised in the piccolo trumpet. [1] Scherbaum was born in the town of Eger, then in Austro-Hungarian Bohemia (now Cheb, Czech Republic). He studied in Prague and Vienna with Prof. Dengler.

  9. Shorthand for orchestra instrumentation - Wikipedia

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    3 flutes (1 doubling piccolo), piccolo, alto flute, 4 oboes (one doubling English horn), English horn, 3 clarinets (one doubling bass clarinet), D clarinet (doubling E-flat clarinet), bass clarinet, 4 bassoons (one doubling contrabassoon), contrabassoon, 8 horns (2 doubling tenor tuba), 4 trumpets (1 doubling bass trumpet), piccolo trumpet, 3 ...