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Early trumpets had no valves, so they could only play a very limited set of notes. They only had a wider variety of notes as they played higher and higher (which is why Trumpet music from the Baroque and Classical periods is so high).

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Q: Why was it that the trumpets and horns in Mozart's day could only play certain notes?
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