| The piano is a member of the percussion family. It is complete with 88 black and white keys with notes getting increasingly higher by one half step from left to right. Piano music is read using the grand staff which is treble and bass clef joined together with middle C between the two. The left hand plays the bass while the right hand plays treble. |
| The trumpet is a member of the brass instrument family. It has 3 valves and is a transposing instrument. Most trumpets are in the key of B flat which means a C played on the trumpet sounds like a D played on the piano. It reads treble clef and has an instrument range from F sharp below middle C to C two octaves above middle C. Skilled trumpet players can play even higher notes. |