Trumpet vs clarinet sound

If you compare the trumpet with the clarinet, the embouchure (how you use the muscles of your mouth to play a wind instrument) is quite different. For the trumpet, you buzz your lips while blowing into the mouthpiece. ... On the clarinet, sound is created by blowing air between a single reed and a mouthpiece.

1. Whats harder clarinet or trumpet?
2. Are clarinet and trumpet notes the same?
3. Can clarinet read trumpet music?
4. Is trumpet a high sound?

Whats harder clarinet or trumpet?

Compared with trumpet, clarinet is harder because you have all those extra keys and fingers you need to use to play all the notes. Trumpet is harder though because you only have three keys and fingers to play all the notes.

Are clarinet and trumpet notes the same?

Saxophones, trumpets and clarinets are transposing instruments. Their notes do not match the pitches of the same notes on Concert key instruments like the piano, guitar, flute or violin. The note C played for example on a trumpet, a clarinet, a tenor sax or a soprano sax sounds like a Bb on the piano.

Can clarinet read trumpet music?

Yes, the Bb Tenor sax and the Bb clarinet can read trumpet music. The question is instrument range, the clarinet extending higher than the trumpet, and the saxophone extending lower. The shift of range applies to all the music.

Is trumpet a high sound?

The trumpet is the highest sounding member of the brass family. The brilliant tone of the trumpet travels through about 6 - ½ feet of tubing bent into an oblong shape. A trumpet player can change pitches changing the position of his lips on the mouthpiece or pushing down one or more or the valves.