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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 called labrosones or labrophones, from Latin and Greek elements meaning 'lip' and 'sound'.
- Keyed Trumpet
The keyed trumpet is a cylindrical-bore brass instrument in...
- Brass
Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, in proportions which...
- Keyed Trumpet
A brass instrument is a musical instrument that you play by blowing through a mouthpiece to change the pitch, or note. Brass players use their breath to produce sound. Instead of blowing into a reed, they vibrate their lips by buzzing them against a metal cup-shaped mouthpiece. The mouthpiece helps to amplify the buzzing, which creates the sound.
The euphonium is a medium-sized, 3 or 4-valve, often compensating, conical-bore, tenor -voiced brass instrument that derives its name from the Ancient Greek word εὔφωνος euphōnos, [2] meaning "well-sounding" or "sweet-voiced" ( εὖ eu means "well" or "good" and φωνή phōnē means "sound", hence "of good sound").
Brass instruments are a group of wind instruments that are typically characterized by their construction from brass or other metals. These instruments produce sound through the vibration of the player's lips against a cup- or funnel-shaped mouthpiece, which causes the initial vibration of an air column.
brass instrument, in music, any wind instrument—usually of brass or other metal but formerly of wood or horn—in which the vibration of the player’s lips against a cup- or funnel-shaped mouthpiece causes the initial vibration of an air column. A more precise term is lip-vibrated instrument.
The brass family members that are most commonly used in the orchestra include the trumpet, French horn, trombone, and the tuba. Learn more about each brass instrument: Trumpet • French Horn • Trombone • Tuba. Other instrument families: Strings • Woodwinds • Percussion.
