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  1. 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'.

    • Differences in Construction and Sound Production. While woodwinds can be made of different materials — not just wood, as the name implies, but metals such as silver or gold — most brass instruments are made of brass tubing of various diameters and shapes, with a detachable mouthpiece at one end and a flared bell at the other.
    • Trumpet, Cornet and Flugelhorn. The trumpet has come a long way from its ancient ancestors made of sea shells, animal horns and pieces of ivory — even human bones.
    • Trombone. The first known use of the trombone, originally called a “sackbut,” was in 15th-century religious music. By the 18th century, their popularity had grown, and they became common in classical and popular music as well.
    • Tuba, Sousaphone, Euphonium, Baritone Horn and Alto (Tenor) Horn. Invented in 1835, the tuba (named after the Latin word for “tube”) is a relative newcomer to the world of brass instruments.
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  3. Mar 14, 2024 · brass instrument, in music, any wind instrumentusually 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.

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  4. Wind instrument - Classical Music, Brass, Woodwinds: The Classical technique of winds doubling strings emerged in scoring for opera orchestras in the mid-17th century and continued to be important through the next century in the compositions of Haydn and Mozart.

  5. euphonium, brass wind instrument with valves, pitched in C or B♭ an octave below the trumpet; it is the leading instrument in the tenor-bass range in military bands. It was invented in 1843 by Sommer of Weimar and derived from the valved bugle ( flügelhorn) and cornet.

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