{"id":1183,"date":"2020-09-15T20:11:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T01:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soundadventurer.com\/?p=1183"},"modified":"2020-09-15T20:11:46","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T01:11:46","slug":"why-is-the-trumpet-so-hard-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundadventurer.com\/why-is-the-trumpet-so-hard-to-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Is The Trumpet So Hard To Play?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You have probably heard many times that the trumpet is one of the most difficult instruments to play. Maybe you play the saxophone and you’re wondering where the famous trumpet ego comes from, or maybe you’re thinking about learning the trumpet. Either way, there’s something to what people say about it, let’s learn why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The trumpet is considered a difficult instrument because the sound of the trumpet is reliant on the delicate embouchure. The brass embouchure, particularly the trumpet embouchure, must be capable of producing frequencies upwards of 1000 HZ<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does that even mean? Well, don’t worry, I’ll go into detail of what exactly is difficult. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Makes the Trumpet So Difficult?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is a totally understandable question–I remember when I first started playing trumpet I thought it would be much easier than playing piano because the trumpet is only capable of playing one note at a time.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A piano player can play 10 notes at once! <\/strong>So isn’t piano way harder than trumpet? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who Makes The Sound<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Music <\/strong>is practically the same as vibration<\/strong>. The way sound works is vibrating air<\/strong> (or another medium… bone-induction headphones <\/a>prove that. Link to Amazon).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vibration from an instrument vibrates the air which in turn vibrates our ear drum which in turn vibrates our inner ear’s cochlea which in turn excites nerves that our brain can understand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a trumpet to make sound, the trumpet player’s lips must produce the vibration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It helps to understand the challenge here if we compare what is required of a trumpet player vs. other instruments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n