By the Classical era of Mozart and Beethoven, the trumpet's role had largely been reduced to a fanfare instrument to accentuate sections of orchestral music. Without an abundance of skilled trumpet players, the musical skills required of trumpet players actually regressed.
Supply and demand took its course over time. Often times pieces for natural trumpet were written with specific players in mind due to the incredible demands of the instrument in order to bend certain pitches to play them in tune. 2.īeing able to play in the clarino register was such a precise skill and required very specialized talent. One of the most famous (and most difficult) pieces written for the clarino trumpet range is Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. The upper register was called the clarino, and allowed for more melodic playing with notes spaced closer together. The lower register became known as the principale, and was used for fanfares.
#Baroque trumpet repertoire series
Bugle calls like taps and reveille both utilize the natural harmonic series that can be played without the use of valves to adjust the length of tubing in the instrument.Īs the range gets higher, the pitches get closer together, allowing one to play more melodic passages within that range.ĭue to the spacing of pitches in the natural harmonic series, with larger leaps in the lower range, and closer together notes in the upper range, two distinct registers of the natural trumpet emerged, with repertoire written for each. Think about fanfare-esque music that relies heavily on intervals of fourths and fifths. On a modern trumpet, that would be C, G, C, E, G, Bb, C and so on.
Comparing this to a trumpet today, it could only play all of the pitches for the "open" valve combination. Unlike the modern trumpet, the natural trumpet could only play pitches in the natural harmonic series. It was commonly used to signal and communicate military events, such as retreats and charges. Many types of trumpets have long been associated with warfare, and the natural trumpet was no different. While we commonly associate the natural trumpet with the Baroque period, it actually played a prominent role before the late Baroque period, and was commonly used from about 1400 until the early 1800s. Predecessor to the keyed trumpet, and is very distinct from today's modern The natural trumpet is also known as the Baroque trumpet.
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