Word Finder - trumpet

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A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.

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The royal herald sounded a trumpet to announce their arrival.

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Someone who plays the trumpet; a trumpeter.

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The trumpets were assigned to stand at the rear of the orchestra pit.

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The cry of an elephant, or any similar loud cry.

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The large bull gave a basso trumpet as he charged the hunters.

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One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.

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A funnel, or short flaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.

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A kind of traffic interchange involving at least one loop ramp connecting traffic either entering or leaving the terminating expressway with the far lanes of the continuous highway.

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A powerful reed stop in organs, having a trumpet-like sound.

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To sound loudly, be amplified

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The music trumpeted from the speakers, hurting my ears.

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To play the trumpet.

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Cedric made a living trumpeting for the change of passersby in the subway.

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Of an elephant, to make its cry.

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The circus trainer cracked the whip, signaling the elephant to trumpet.

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To give a loud cry like that of an elephant.

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To proclaim loudly; to promote enthusiastically

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Andy trumpeted Jane's secret across the school, much to her embarrassment.

The use of the trumpet is also later.

It happens too often that your trumpet call is unheeded.

I played trumpet with big bands for many years.

This could be fixed, within certain limits, at whatever pitch suited the composition; but on the horn it could be only very partially filled out by notes of a muffled quality produced by inserting the hand into the bell of the instrument, a device impossible on the trumpet.

Art Farmer was blowing trumpet with the Horace Silver quintet in a piece called "Moon Rays" that Fred wouldn't have lis­tened to on his own unless someone cut off his ears.

I bass trumpet.

Queen Cleopatra' made use of a large number of sistra at the battle of Actium (31 B.C.), and accordingly the instrument was satirically called Queen Cleopatra's war trumpet.

In war they trembled at the sound of a trumpet, in peace they quaked before the shouting of their own demagogues; and during the assault of Philip II.

Secondly, the trumpet source of the time of Caligula (circa 40),-vii.

The Trumpet of Nordland remains as fresh as ever in the memories of the inhabitants of the north of Norway; boatmen, peasants, priests will alike repeat long extracts from it at the slightest notice, and its popularity is unbounded.

Other characteristic plants of the Coastal Plain are the cranberry, wild rice, wild yam, wax myrtle, wistaria, trumpet flower, passion flower, holly and white alder.

The first volume of the Histoire et memoires de l'Academie (1733) contains many original papers by him upon a great variety of physical subjects, such as the motion of fluids, the nature of colour, the notes of the trumpet, the barometer, the fall of bodies, the recoil of guns, the freezing of water, &c.

The most prominent of those who remained received such titles as the "Anointed Ones," the "Angel of the Last Trumpet," the "Seven Witnesses" and so forth.

He pleaded for the despised Dutch Anabaptists, and remonstrated with John Knox on the rancour of his First Blast of the Trumpet.

He founded and edited The Universalist Magazine (1819; later called The Trumpet) and The Universalist Expositor (1831; later The Universalist Quarterly Review); wrote about io,000 sermons, many hymns, essays and polemic theological works; and is best known for Notes on the Parables (1804), A Treatise on Atonement (1805) and Examination of the Doctrine of a Future Retribution (1834); in these, especially the second, he showed himself the principal American expositor of Universalism.

He was the national bard of justice, humanity and reform, whose voice went up as a trumpet until the victory was won.

The conch-shell is the trumpet of alarm and call to arms. The vendetta - resulting, when successful, in the bringing back the head of the slain as a trophy to be set up as a house ornament - is widely practised..

Then the voice of Demosthenes, calling Greece to arms, rang out like a trumpet.

Dont know what im playing lol could be side drum bass drum cymbals or trumpet.

Stephen Hopper was the soloist in a tightly controlled Haydn Trumpet Concerto, with a lovely cadenza at the end of the Allegro.

He also learned clarinet, trumpet, trombone and piano.

The trumpet part is fully chromatic and always crooked in either F or E flat.

Even more surprising is the absence of awards for ' Emperor ', the doyen of yellow trumpet daffodils.

A real trumpet is actually played by an artificial embouchure, the visitor controls air pressure and the valves and hears the results.

I congratulate Matthew Booth on encapsulating the essence of John's ideas on trumpet playing.

Two elves at the front of the sleigh blew a trumpet fanfare.

I set my alarm clock to a trumpet fanfare, I will wake up at the right time tomorrow!

His trumpet virtuosity set the standard for jazz improvisation for generations to come.

For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

You released your incredible debut novel Trumpet at the end of the 90s.

Kitt hopes to become a professional trumpet player combining mainly orchestral playing with some solo performing.

Look out for its rather dog-eared, pale primrose yellow perianth chiseled, richer yellow trumpet, and slightly nodding poise.

Soon, they were both fast asleep and the next thing they knew a trumpet was sounding reveille.

Viramundo can augment to include sax, trombone, trumpet or full horn section.

This popular traditional jazz sextet was formed six years ago and comprises of drums, bass, banjo, trumpet, clarinet and trombone.

With Glen's (the previous trumpet player) influence, we became more ska, which we think rocks!

Definitely the punk ska summer soundtrack In 2004, vocalist Alan Cains left KENISIA and trumpet player James Lambeth took over the vocal duties.

Subsequently, the bass trumpet (developed from the cavalry trumpet) could provide a similar sonority for solo work in operatic music.

Then blow some trumpet loud and free And give thine oaten pipe away, Ah, leave the hills of Arcady!

The man who blew the trumpet to warn the people stayed next to me.

Simply put, we pray that things move ahead until that seventh trumpet is sounded.

With the fifth trumpet we have a different kind of judgment.

Now, I'm not trying to blow my own trumpet here.

The trumpet solo will be played by our solo trumpet solo will be played by our solo trumpet player.

Through these engaging stories, you'll explore the entire history of jazz trumpet.

A solo trumpet can steadily enhance a hymn tune.

The alto should always sound like a trombone, not a horn or bass trumpet.

Harper's instrument was, of course, the English slide trumpet.

Climbers Name Common name Comments Lonicera Honeysuckle Climbing varieties twine through shrubs and supports and have trumpet shaped flowers, most are scented.

In addition to various sounds produced at other times, an elephant when about to charge gives vent to a shrill loud ` trumpet'; and on such occasions rushes on its FIG.