Playing the EZ-TP
EZ-TP Owner’s Manual 13
● Harmonics
In the chart on the previous page you can see that the same fingering –
valves 1 and 2 – is used to produce two different notes: E and A.
Real trumpets function in the same way, allowing you to produce more
than one note with each fingering. These are “harmonic” notes, and are
produced on a real trumpet by changing your “embouchure,” or the
shape of your lips against the instrument’s mouthpiece. In the EZ-TP
the harmonic produced is determined by the pitch of the note you sing
into the mouthpiece.
● Pitch
The default key for the EZ-TP is B
b
– the standard key for most trumpets. If you play
Example 1 using the default B
b
key setting the actual pitches of the notes produced will be as
shown in Example 2 (piano-pitch score).
● Singing the Correct Pitch
Since the key of the EZ-TP is B
b
, you will also have to sing the notes you want to “play” in
the key of B
b
. To play the note indicated by the dotted outline in the above score, for
example, you will need to sing a note corresponding to B
b
on a piano. Refer to “Check the
Pitch Of the B
b
, C, E
b
, and F Keys” on page 18.
● Fingering
Two modes are provided that lets you play by singing only, without requiring trumpet
fingerings. Refer to “Fr1 and Fr2 – Play By Singing Only” on page 18.
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01
3
1
2
101
2
20
● Trumpet
● Piano
Valve
numbers
Example 1
Example 2
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