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different in notes, what note do I
play on the trumpet for a Bb on
piano and so on?

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STRYTZ
Played 17 different instruments, familia… · Aug 18
with most.
This is simple transposition, so il help you.

Trumpet is normally keyed in Bb which means you

would play a C, but it reality that is a Bb, and you
could play a D, but in reality it is in C, sounds a
little confus, but here is the transposition on the
Bb scale ( from Bb to Bb, or C to C)

Trumpet = Concert/Piano Pitch

C = Bb

D=C

E=D

F = Eb

G=F

A=G

B=A

C = Bb

Hopes that helps?

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Anonymous
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Nobody really mentioned this: It depends.

A b-flat trumpet is one night lower so you have to

play one note higher, and that’s the assumption
everyone seems to have made you meant, but
trumpets come in many different keys. A C
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Brian Yankee
Used to supervise piano technicians for a … · 4y
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The trumpet is pitched in B flat and the piano is in
C. That means that when you play a C in the
piano, it sounds as a C, but when you play a C on
the trumpet, it sounds a B flat. So if you want to
play the two instruments together, you have to
transpose the notes one whole step higher for the
trumpet ( i.e. C=D, D=E, E= F#, F = G and so on) .
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Graham Howe
Worked at UK Border Agency · 3y

Since the piano and trumpet are different in

notes, what note do I play on the trumpet for a Bb
on piano and so on?

The standard trumpet is a Bb instrument

(although A, C, D, E♭, E, low F, and G trumpets are
also available).

Assuming, however, that you are referring to a Bb

trumpet, it is pitched one tone lower than a piano:
so C on the trumpet corresponds to Bb on a
piano, D on a trumpet corresponds to C, E
corresponds to D, F corresponds to Eb, and so
on.

This is always assuming that the piano is tuned to

concert pitch and is in tune .
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Steve Roberts
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You play a C on the trumpet to match a B♭ on the
piano.
You play a D on the trumpet to match a C on the
piano.

You can figure out the rest. The two instruments

are a full tone apart.
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Jason Paul Peterson

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If you have a Bb trumpet, that means that when
you play a C on it, it will sound like a Bb on the
piano. In otherwords, the trumpet is one whole
step lower (C-B-Bb.) The notes on a piano are at
concert pitch, whereas Bb trumpet is a
transposing instrument. Please remember,
though, that many trumpets are also in C, which
means they don’t need to be transposed. A Bb on
one of those trumpets will sound at the same
pitch as a Bb on the piano.

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Because a B-flat trumpet is a transposing

instrument. (There are trumpets in C)

A transposing instrument is such that the written

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Joe Sensor
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it’s not just the trumpets but many, if not most of

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It is possible to play much higher though.

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Jean-Pierre De Vent
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10 ledger lines above the treble clef. It would be a

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Triple tonguing.

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different point in your development depending on
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and every instrument is hugely difficult to master.
(Consider this: jazz guitarist John Scofield—a
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