![]() ![]() Hell I own a Bb trumpet from 1920 that is modern in every significant way - 1955 was not a turning point in instrument keying), this is just one angle that occurred to me, and explains why every 5th/6th grader or beginner for the last 100+ years has started on a Bb trumpet or clarinet. You have to play through a dozen C trumpets to find one that doesn't suck balls.Īsk a clarinetist about Eb clarinet sometime, you'll get an earful.Įverything everybody else said was absolutely true though (except the guy who referenced Wikipedia, that is just not true at all - John Philip Sousa's stuff was written for Bb cornet, for example. ![]() ![]() Partly it also seems to just be easier to make consistently good Bb trumpets as well, don't ask me why. On the other hand, piccolo trumpet is best in A (different leadpipe) in Bb it's inherent intonation issues are decidedly amplified. Bb trumpets are more consistent than C trumpets (which tend to go out at in couple inconvenient places) and significantly more consistent than Eb/D trumpets. A factor that hasn't been mentioned yet that relates to trumpet and clarinet in particular is that, yes, while there are a multitude of different keys available, Bb is the most consistent in terms of intonation.
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