Brass Family

Brass Instruments

Trumpet*
French Horn*
Trombone*
Tuba*
cornet
Bugle
Flugel Horn
Baritone
Conch Shell
Euphonium
Shofar
German straight trumpet
Egyptian Trumpet
Hunting Horn
Sousaphone
Sackbut

The instruments with the * are used in the orchestra the most often.
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Brass Family

The sound is produced by the player’s lips vibrating.

Short + narrow bore = High sound

Long + wide bore = Low sound

Bore = diameter = distance across a circle or tube.

Not all brass instruments are made out of brass.
Brass instruments use different size mouthpieces.
“Natural” instruments do not have valves.
Valves are used to change the length of the instrument.

Hand stop - when the player places their hand far enough into the bell of the instrument that the sound is dramatically changed