Trumpets

Trumpets are the highest sounding members of the Brass instrument family and among the oldest musical instruments, but certainly in a different primitive guise. With certain variations from the bugle, the first keyed chromatic trumpet was formed in 1796. The first commission for this chromatic trumpet was The Trumpet Concerto by Haydn. In the 21st century trumpets are primarily used with piston valves and are present in virtually every form of music from classical to jazz, rock to blues.