Brass Instrument

Family of wind instruments using lip vibration and typically made from brass.

brass wind instruments

/brɑːs ˈɪnstrumənt/

The term 'brass' refers to the material often used in their construction, derived from the French word 'brasse'.

Brass instruments, like trumpets and trombones, make sound when players buzz their lips into a mouthpiece and change the pitch with valves or slides.

The earliest known brass instruments date back over 4,000 years
Some brass instruments can produce sounds louder than a jet engine
The trombone is unique among brass instruments because it uses a slide to change pitch

What are some examples of brass instruments? Trumpets, trombones, and tubas are common examples
How do brass instruments produce sound? They use the player's buzzing lips and changing the length of a tube
What materials are brass instruments made from? They are typically made from brass, hence the name

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