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Where are you getting your information about the Trumpet being so popular? Yes, some instruments may be in higher demand than others at a certain time, but this is do to cost of the instrument, cost of the lessons, and how commonly used it is in culture. It is really hard to say that one instrument is "more popular" than another. How many people with that instrument are actually playing it? How many people settled with a cheaper instrument until they can afford the one they actually desire?

And the key question here is why does it matter if one instrument is more popular than another? Play what you heart is drawn to, and you will paint beautiful music together.

The question didn't say anything about a trumpet being more popular than other instruments. Trumpets are popular for a variety of reasons, just like any other instrument that's popular.

In this contributor's experience, people who wanted to take up an instrument in school saw that the trumpet only had three valves and determined that it must be easier to play than other instruments.

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The noun trumpet is a common noun because it's a word for any trumpet of any kind, anywhere.

A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, thing, or a title; for example:

  • 'Mr. Trumpet' by Michael P. Zirpolo, biography of the jazz trumpeter Roland Bernard "Bunny" Berigan
  • Trumpet Street, Houston, TX or Trumpet Street, Manchester, UK
  • Black Trumpet Bistro, Portsmouth, NH
  • Getzen 3001MV Trumpet
  • "Gideon's Trumpet" by Anthony Lewis
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It comes from the 14th century word Trompette or trump which means to extol or proclaim.

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The name "trumpet" comes from the Latin "tromba", which is also the modern Italian name for the instrument.

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