Chapter 1
How a trumpet turns spit and air into music
Chapter 2
A brief history of the silver scream
Chapter 3
Commanding the symphony from the back row
Chapter 4
How jazz broke the trumpet's classical mold
YOUR GOAL
Master of How the trumpet conquered the world of sound
Ch 2 · A brief history of the silver scream
maestro Screamer Trumpet History
Scream, silver, scream! Blazing up past high C! Scream, silver, scream!
maestro Illustrated charts display trumpet anatomy, orchestral seating, and historical timelines of royal guilds.
maestro Medieval soldiers blow long straight brass trumpets in a luminous Renaissance fresco painting
Fun Fact
Ancient curse: When Tutankhamun's bronze trumpet was blown in a 1939 BBC broadcast, Cairo suffered a sudden blackout, sparking rumors of a curse.
Glossary
screamer (noun)
A person or thing that makes a loud, piercing cry or sound. Canadian virtuoso Maynard Ferguson popularized this high-flying style, recording the cinematic Rocky theme song in 1977.
A person or thing that makes a loud, piercing cry or sound. Canadian virtuoso Maynard Ferguson popularized this high-flying style, recording the cinematic Rocky theme song in 1977.
Quiz
In whose ancient Egyptian tomb were silver and bronze trumpets discovered in 1922?
Quiz
Which metal was used alongside bronze to make the trumpets found in Tutankhamun's tomb?
Quiz
What was the valveless ancestor of the modern trumpet used during Johann Sebastian Bach's era called?