Brass Instruments
A brass instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player's lips. Brass instruments are also calledlabrosones, literally meaning "lip-vibrated instruments".[1]
There are several factors involved in producing different pitches on a brass instrument. Slides, valves, crooks, or keys are used to change vibratory length of tubing, thus changing the available harmonic series, while the player's embouchure, lip tension and air flow serve to select the specific harmonic produced from the available series.
The view of most scholars (see organology) is that the term "brass instrument" should be defined by the way the sound is made, as above, and not by whether the instrument is actually made of brass. Thus one finds brass instruments made of wood, like the alphorn, the cornett, the serpent and the didgeridoo, while some woodwind instruments are made of brass, like the saxophone.
There are several factors involved in producing different pitches on a brass instrument. Slides, valves, crooks, or keys are used to change vibratory length of tubing, thus changing the available harmonic series, while the player's embouchure, lip tension and air flow serve to select the specific harmonic produced from the available series.
The view of most scholars (see organology) is that the term "brass instrument" should be defined by the way the sound is made, as above, and not by whether the instrument is actually made of brass. Thus one finds brass instruments made of wood, like the alphorn, the cornett, the serpent and the didgeridoo, while some woodwind instruments are made of brass, like the saxophone.
Soprano Cornet
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The soprano cornet is a brass musical instrument. Very similar to the standard B♭ cornet, it too is atransposing instrument, but pitched higher, in E♭.[3]
A single soprano cornet is usually seen in brass bands and silver bands and can often be found playing lead or descant parts in ensembles. |
Baritone |
The baritone horn is a low-pitched brass instrument.[2] Baritone horn is a piston valvebrass instrument with a predominantly cylindrical bore like the trumpet[3] and uses a wide-rimmed cup mouthpiece like that of its peers the trombone and euphonium, for like the trombone and the euphonium, the baritone horn is pitched in B♭ one octave below the B♭ trumpet.
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Cornet |
The cornet is a brass instrument very similar to the trumpet, distinguished by its conicalbore, compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is atransposing instrument in B♭. It is not related to the renaissance and early baroquecornett.
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Euphonium |
The euphonium[1] is a conical-bore, baritone-voiced brass instrument.
The euphonium derives its name from the Greek word euphonos,[1] meaning "well-sounding" or "sweet-voiced" (eu means "well" or "good" and phonos means "of sound", so "of good sound"). The euphonium is a valved instrument; nearly all current models arepiston valved, though rotary valved models do exist. |
Horn/French horn |
The horn, also known as the corno and French horn,[2] is a brass instrument made of more than 20 feet (6.1 m)[3] of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The main bugle on an F Horn is ~12–13'[4] and the tubing associated with the valves make up the additional tubing to achieve ~20' of tubing overall.
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Trombone |
The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips (embouchure) cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate. Nearly all trombones have a telescoping slide mechanism that varies the length of the instrument to change the pitch. Special variants like the valve trombone and superbone have three valves like those on the trumpet.
The word trombone derives from Italian tromba (trumpet) and -one (a suffix meaning "large"), so the name means "large trumpet". |
Trumpet |
A trumpet is a musical instrument. It is the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments,[1] dating back to at least 1500 BC. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument. Since the late 15th century they have primarily been constructed of brass tubing, usually bent twice into a rounded oblong shape.
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tuba |
The tuba is the largest and lowest-pitched brass instrument. Sound is produced by vibrating or "buzzing" the lips into a large cupped mouthpiece. It first appeared in the mid 19th-century, making it one of the newest instruments in the modern orchestra andconcert band. The tuba largely replaced the ophicleide.[1] Tuba is Latin for Pipe. The horn referred to would most likely resemble what is known as a baroque trumpet.
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