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Mute (music) Trombonist playing with a straight mute, the most common brass mute. A mute is a device attached to a musical instrument which changes the instrument's tone quality (timbre) or lowers its volume. Mutes are commonly used on string and brass instruments, especially the trumpet and trombone, and are occasionally used on woodwinds.
Brass musical instrument synonyms, Brass musical instrument pronunciation, Brass musical instrument translation, English dictionary definition of Brass musical instrument. n. A wind instrument, such as the French horn or the trombone, made of brass or other metal.
Mouthpiece (brass) The mouthpiece on brass instruments is the part of the instrument placed on the player's lips. The mouthpiece is a circular opening that is enclosed by a rim and that leads to the instrument via a semi-spherical or conical cavity called the cup. From the cup, a smaller opening (the throat) leads into a tapered cylindrical ...
The sousaphone ( / ˈsuːzəfoʊn / SOO-zə-fohn) is a brass instrument in the tuba family. Created around 1893 by J. W. Pepper at the direction of American bandleader John Philip Sousa (after whom the instrument was then named), it was designed to be easier to play than the concert tuba while standing or marching, as well as to carry the sound ...
Mar 18, 2023 · brass instrument (plural brass instruments) Any musical instrument whose tone is produced by vibration of the lips as the player blows into a mouthpiece (or tubular resonator).
brass: [noun] an alloy consisting essentially of copper and zinc in variable proportions.
informal. : to start to discuss or consider the most important details or facts about something. We finally got down to brass tacks and decided to work out a schedule for the project. BRASS meaning: 1 : a yellow metal that is made by combining copper and zinc often used before another noun; 2 : musical instruments (such as trumpets, trombones ...
