Playing of TAPS

[Trumpet105]

G G C, GCE, GCE, GCE, GCE fingerings for taps

[davismusic2002]

Ok well I won't argue anymore. If you want proof that it is played all open on a Bb trumpet then just look at any trumpet player on youtube wearing a US military uniform and see that they do not have any valves pushed down. Quite sure that the US Military Academy of Music knows a little more than anyone on youtube.

[makupson]

i was their last week and your right

[j2daoe1015]

ive been playing 8 years, and i have to play this next week for a funeral. it IS all open

[303darthbobby]

It can be played with any fingerings, as long as they're the same. If one note is played open, they are all open.

Generally it's all open, and that's the way I have always played it.

[chandler3214]

shot up with the negetive comments

[tobyupped]

LOL *burp*

[davismusic2002]

coolpatrick04, it all depends on the key of the trumpet you are playing on. To put it in the traditional key that is played on a bugle on a "Bb Trumpet",which I am assuming that you are playing on, start on G in the staff and play it all open. NO VALVES!

[OCCleanUpCrew]

wrong, you actually wanna start on an f(first valve) i'm an instrumental major a university and am playing taps at an upcoming funeral and i have the sheet music and it's keyed Eb and starts on F....idk why they don't just key it in F but oh well....G works just as good but officially it starts on an F...lets you play a whole step lower too :)

[coolpatrick04]

can someone honestly tell me the correct valve(s) taps is played on? i know how it goes, just dont know the keys. and i have to play it for a program on wednesday. HELP! (i am a cornet player..does that make a difference?)

[Temarisboy]

I'm a cornet player too. It's on the Concert of F. Play it on G.

[davismusic2002]

yea thanks for repeating everything that I said.

[davismusic2002]

Geez I love it when kids get on here and argue. Taps is traditionally performed on a bugle, which is in the concert key of F. Therefore if played on a Bb trumpet it should be all played open starting on G in the staff. Then it is all based off the overtone series for trumpet. If you don't know what that is then look it up. There, the arguement was solved by a professional trumpet player. Also if you have never performed it for a funeral you have no idea the difficulity of it.

[HaruYukiandKyo]

lol in the back ground if u listen carefully u can hear sumone burp

[migman29]

i hear this every day at like 10pm and at 6am

[bossman380]

RIP my brother, good friends of mine have died. RIP

[jamalb1993sbcglobal]

7th grade..

[ordude123]

in learned this when i was in 5th grade

[DavidIreland123]

Yea....this is somthing that i had to learn 6th grade....i never did......im in 7th grade learning it in band...

[jamalb1993sbcglobal]

wow noob lol

(just start on D and usein 1,3 and just use thoes keys if u play trumpet)

[DavidIreland123]

it veries on wat is used.....it can be first and third, all three, or any other combination. and i can play it now, by the way

[jamalb1993sbcglobal]

o....

traditionally its 1,3

[jimipage9]

That isnt that hard to play. I can play it and im just a kid

[semperfisoldia]

Taps isn't about difficulty or skill. It's purely about honoring the soldiers who so heroically gave their lives for the continued prosperity of the United States.

[tennisgirl149]

i was SO there.

[cadetkb]

HOOAH!

[rammstein4evr]

that kinda sad thinking about all the americans that have died for our freedom........god bless them