Definition of Trumpet

Trumpet

A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone.

A trumpeter.

One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.

A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.

To publish by, or as by, sound of trumpet; to noise abroad; to proclaim; as, to trumpet good tidings.

To sound loudly, or with a tone like a trumpet; to utter a trumplike cry.

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Trumpet Quotations

With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists the small trumpet of your defiance.
Norman Mailer

I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello.
Roger Bannister

There are those who wrap themselves in flags and blow the tinny trumpet of patriotism as a means of fooling the people.
George Galloway

My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I played by ear and I played always soulful or very direct from the gut.
Dick Dale

The nerves are a problem on trumpet, because when you mess up everyone can hear it. Just remember most people are too polite to say anything about it. That should calm your nerves.
Wynton Marsalis

I didn't want to get that ring around my lips from practicing the trumpet, because I thought the girls wouldn't like me. So I never practiced.
Wynton Marsalis

Trumpet players see each other, and it's like we're getting ready to square off or get into a fight or something.
Wynton Marsalis

I got my first trumpet when I was six years old, from Al Hirt. My father was playing in Al Hirt's band at that time.
Wynton Marsalis

The first time I ever played the trumpet in public, I played the Marine Hymn. I sounded terrible.
Wynton Marsalis

I wrap my heart in yours, placing divulged faith in the whole of your being, wistfully awaiting the trumpet you return.
Isabel Yosito

I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight.
Jackson Browne

And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet.
Jackson Browne

So I had a couple of years of playing trumpet. I really enjoyed it, but it was not the kind of instrument you could whip out at a party. Let's face it.
Jackson Browne

I play drums, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, french horn, piano.
Norman Wisdom

Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out of it.
William Christopher Handy

He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle.
Aneurin Bevan

You start way down on a low B flat on the tuba and you have a chromatic scale; you can match the colours all the way up, till you get to the top of the trumpet.
Gerry Mulligan

Clifford Brown was in the jazz circles considered to be probably the greatest trumpet player who ever lived.
Herb Alpert

Matisse was very clear about saying that you have to blow your own trumpet and explain yourself, which I think has been slightly forgotten.
Howard Hodgkin

I've never taken vocal lessons. My early trumpet training and a fortunate talent for singing has always been enough for me. In the case of rock singing, I've always felt it was better to remain a bit untrained to maintain your individuality.
Ronnie James Dio

I've always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting.
Gerry Mulligan

My older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12, he was playing around Kansas City in classical situations. He was already an amazing talent.
Pat Metheny

The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument.
Herb Alpert

Well, my sister played trumpet. Can you imagine having a sister blowing the trumpet around the house, Fred? And my brother, he played piano. Everybody was playing some kind of music, so it was natural for me to get into it.
Freddie Hubbard

I used to look at these pictures of trumpeters pointing their instrument to the ceiling. Stunning pictures, but if you play the trumpet and point it upwards, all the spit comes back into your mouth!
Humphrey Lyttelton

I play piano and trumpet. I studied classical guitar.
Mike Figgis

If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; You must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, Or, trust me, you haven't a chance.
William Gilbert

When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly.
Frankie Avalon

I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players. Not to say that it is not important to listen to guitar players, but there's so much music out there and so many possibilities. I like anyone who plays any instrument.
Bill Frisell

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.
Theodore Hesburgh

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Trumpet Translations

trumpet in Dutch is toeteren, de trompet steken, toeten
trumpet in Finnish is torvi
trumpet in French is trompette
trumpet in German is Trompete
trumpet in Italian is tromba
trumpet in Portuguese is trombeta
trumpet in Spanish is trompeta
trumpet in Swedish is trumpet, utbasunera

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