Trumpeteer
Can You Play Trumpet in VR? Trumpeteer on Meta Quest
Yes. Trumpeteer is a B♭ trumpet for Meta Quest 2, 3, 3S and Pro. It opens in your own room with a brass trumpet in your right hand. Your right hand works the three valves with real trumpet fingerings, and your left hand is your lips and air. There are no menus to get through. Squeeze the left trigger and it plays.
A real trumpet is loud, as anyone who has lived next to a beginner knows. Trumpeteer plays through the headset. Put headphones on and nobody else hears a note.
How do you play trumpet in VR?
Each controller has one job.
Your right hand is the valves. It holds the trumpet. A is valve 1, B is valve 2 and the index trigger is valve 3. They run along the controller the way the valves run along a trumpet, nearest you first. Each combination lowers the note the way it does on a real trumpet, so if you know trumpet fingerings, they work here.
Your left hand is your lips and air.
- Squeeze the left trigger to blow. Squeeze harder to play louder and brighter.
- Point the left thumbstick to set your lips: straight up for the lowest note, and round clockwise for higher ones.
When you start, labels name each control. The menu button on the left controller shows or hides them.
One fingering, several notes
On a real trumpet, your lips choose which note a fingering plays. Trumpeteer has six lip positions. With no valves pressed, they play C, G, C, E, G and high C, which is C4, G4, C5, E5, G5 and C6 in written pitch. That’s enough for a bugle call like Taps without touching a valve.
The valves lower whichever note your lips are on. On the low C, they go:
| Valves | Open | 2 | 1 | 1+2 | 2+3 | 1+3 | 1+2+3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Note | C | B | B♭ | A | A♭ | G | F♯ |
That’s the same chart a trumpet player learns, and it takes Trumpeteer from low F♯ to high C.
See what you’re playing
A small display floats over the trumpet.
- The note, named in written B♭ pitch, the way trumpet music is printed.
- Three circles that fill in for the valves you’re holding, like a fingering chart.
- A bar that fills as you blow.
- A ring laid out like the stick, naming the note each direction gives with the valves you’re holding, with yours lit.
What Trumpeteer isn’t
Better you hear it here than after you buy it.
- It’s free play. There are no songs, lessons or scores. The display names the note you’re playing, but it doesn’t tell you what to press next.
- It won’t train your lips. Lip positions come from the stick, so it won’t build an embouchure or your range.
- It’s played with Touch controllers. There’s no hand tracking, and no microphone: you don’t blow into anything.
- It’s single-player. There’s no multiplayer.
Trumpeteer or Trumpet Studio?
If you’ve looked for a trumpet in VR, you may have found Trumpet Studio: Learn & Play by A4 Tech, which came to Quest in October 2026. It and Trumpeteer do different jobs.
| Trumpeteer | Trumpet Studio: Learn & Play | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An instrument | A trumpet game with lessons |
| Where you play | Your own room, in mixed reality | A virtual music studio and stage |
| Lessons | None. You play what you like | Play the right note on the beat to cut glowing note cubes |
| Mixed reality | Yes | No |
| Input | Touch controllers | Controllers or hands |
| Headsets | Meta Quest 2, 3, 3S and Pro | Meta Quest 2, 3, 3S and Pro |
Want lessons that tell you what to play next? Get Trumpet Studio. Want a trumpet with real fingerings to pick up in your own room and play whatever you like? That’s Trumpeteer.
Questions
- Can you play trumpet in VR?
- Yes. Trumpeteer is a B♭ trumpet for Meta Quest 2, 3, 3S and Pro. Your right hand works the three valves and your left hand blows, in your own room.
- Which headsets does Trumpeteer run on?
- Meta Quest 2, Quest 3, Quest 3S and Quest Pro.
- Do the fingerings match a real trumpet?
- Yes. A, B and the right trigger are valves 1, 2 and 3, and each combination lowers the note the way it does on a real trumpet, from open down to 1+2+3.
- Do I blow into a microphone?
- No. The left trigger is your breath, and squeezing harder plays louder and brighter. Trumpeteer doesn’t use the microphone.
- Does it work in mixed reality?
- Yes. It starts in your own room, with passthrough on.
- Does Trumpeteer have songs or lessons?
- No. It’s free play: no songs, lessons or scores. The display names the note you’re playing, but it doesn’t tell you what to press.
- Is there a left-handed mode?
- No. Real trumpets put the valves on the right for everyone, left-handed players included, and so does Trumpeteer.
- Is Trumpeteer multiplayer?
- No. It’s single-player.