It claims to explain why the melody curiously ends on a somewhat unexpected short note. The story goes that during the Tatar invasion of Poland in 1241, a sentry was playing St Mary’s Trumpet Call ...

After thinking it over, it occurred to me that I had never heard a lullaby for trumpet so I set out to write one --- with a quiet melody based on bugle notes played by the trumpet and with the ...

If an instrument can play different pitches, then it can play a melody. A violin, flute and trumpet can play a melody but a shaker, drum or woodblock can't. The flute and violin are perfect for ...