(1)Today’s trumpet (喇叭，小号) is one of the world’s oldest instruments. It is the result of many centuries of development. Although it looks nothing like the ones of old days, there are many similarities. All trumpets are hollow tubes (管). They are all blown. And they all use the player’s lips to produce their basic sound.(2)The trumpet developed as players and makers worked to improve its design, size, shape, material, and method of construction. They wanted to create an instrument that would produce a beautiful and attractive tone, enable the performer to play all the notes of the scale, extend the range higher and lower, make it possible to play more difficult music, and in general, be easier to play well. The remarkable way in which the modern trumpet achieves these goals is a measure of the success of all those who struggled to perfect this magnificent instrument.(3)The trumpet is actually the leading member of an entire family of related instruments. There are trumpets of several different sizes, and in se