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...
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Brass instrument valves are valves used to change the length of tubing of a brass instrument allowing the player to reach the notes of various harmonic...
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soprano saxophone, and bass saxophone are also sometimes used. Brass instrument Wind instrument "Woodwind" Encyclopedia Britannica Online. "Flute acoustics:...
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The pitch of a brass instrument corresponds to the lowest playable resonance frequency of the open instrument. The combined resonances resemble a harmonic...
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and bassoons) Woodwind instruments were originally made of wood, just as brass instruments were made of brass, but instruments are categorized based on...
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Tuba (redirect from Brass bass)
/ˈtuːbə/) is the largest and lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, the sound is produced by lip vibration – a...
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sockets. It is used extensively for musical instruments such as horns and bells. The composition of brass makes it a favorable substitute for copper in...
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its long, conical bore bent into a snakelike shape, and unlike most brass instruments is made from wood with an outer covering of leather. A distant ancestor...
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a wide end from which sound emerges. In horns, unlike some other brass instruments such as the trumpet, the bore gradually increases in width through...
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A brass band is a musical ensemble generally consisting primarily of brass instruments, most often with a percussion section. Ensembles that include brass...
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The bazooka is a brass musical instrument several feet in length which incorporates telescopic tubing like the trombone. Radio comedian Bob Burns is credited...
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Cornet (redirect from Cornet (instrument))
The cornet (/ˈkɔːrnɪt/, US: /kɔːrˈnɛt/) is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but distinguished from it by its conical bore, more compact shape...
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Overtone (section Brass Instruments)
disharmonious overtones. In fact, the flared end of a brass instrument is not to make the instrument sound louder, but to correct for tube length “end effects”...
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Baritone horn (category B-flat instruments)
sometimes called baritone, is a low-pitched brass instrument in the saxhorn family. It is a piston-valve brass instrument with a bore that is mostly conical,...
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Trombone (redirect from Trombone (instrument))
Posaune, Italian, French: trombone) is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating...
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Bugle (redirect from Bugle (instrument))
The bugle is a simple signaling brass instrument with a wide conical bore. It normally has no valves or other pitch-altering devices, and is thus limited...
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Embouchure (redirect from Brass mouthing)
and teeth in playing a wind instrument. This includes shaping the lips to the mouthpiece of a woodwind or brass instrument. The word is of French origin...
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Trumpet (category B-flat instruments)
The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register...
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Sousaphone (category American musical instruments)
The sousaphone (/ˈsuːzəfoʊn/ SOO-zə-fohn) is a brass musical instrument in the tuba family. Created around 1893 by J. W. Pepper at the direction of American...
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This is a list of musical instruments, including percussion, wind, stringed, and electronic instruments. Other** AlphaSphere Audiocubes Bass pedals Continuum...
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Euphonium (category B-flat instruments)
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...
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British-style brass band contains only brass and percussion instruments. They contain instruments given Hornbostel-Sachs classification 423 (brass instruments). The...
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The helicon is a brass musical instrument in the tuba family. Most are B♭ basses, but they also commonly exist in E♭, F, and tenor sizes, as well as other...
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Two instruments distinguished solely by bore In music, the bore of a wind instrument (including woodwind and brass) is its interior chamber. This defines...
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Range (music) (redirect from Instrument range)
pedal tones. The playing range of a brass instrument depends on both the technical limitations of the instrument and the skill of the player. Classical...
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different key Wind instrument, which is blown Brass instrument, a sub type of wind instruments Woodwind instrument, another sub type Instrument (album), by To...
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In musical instrument classification, string instruments, or chordophones, are musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when a performer...
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E♭ instruments, or instruments for which the concert pitch of E♭ is notated as C in standard terminology. They are listed by the type of instrument, such...
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French horn (category Concert band instruments)
1930s known simply as the horn in professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double horn...
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Priorat in Catalonia Falset (music), pitch-control of a harmonic of a brass instrument Falsetto This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...
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