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The document discusses the brass family of instruments. It describes the key characteristics of brass instruments, including that they are generally made of brass and have flared bells. It then provides details on each of the main brass instruments - the trumpet, French horn, trombone, euphonium, and tuba - describing their history, how pitch is changed, and important parts.

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The document discusses the brass family of instruments. It describes the key characteristics of brass instruments, including that they are generally made of brass and have flared bells. It then provides details on each of the main brass instruments - the trumpet, French horn, trombone, euphonium, and tuba - describing their history, how pitch is changed, and important parts.

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The Brass Family

December 7, 2004
4th Grade General Music
Mandy Kibler
Groups of Instruments

 Brass
 Woodwinds
 Strings
 Percussion
The Brass Family

 These instruments are  Trumpet, French Horn,


usually made out of brass, Trombone, Euphonium,
although they can be made Tuba
out of wood, horn, and
shell
 Brass instruments are
really just long metal tubes
that flare at the end; they
are bent and folded into
compact shapes so they
can be played more easily
What Brass Instruments Have in Common

 All brass instruments have a mouthpiece


that you blow air, or “buzz,” into
 They all have flared bells at the end that
project the sound
 The trumpet, french horn, euphonium, and
tuba use valves to change pitch, but the
trombone uses a slide
Trumpet

 The trumpet can be traced


back to Egypt and Greece,
but the trumpet as we
know it today evolved in
the 1800s
 Its loud, clear sound has
been used to send signals
and messages
 The trumpet is the
highest-sounding
instrument in the brass
family
Trumpet

 To change the pitch, you  Important Parts of


press the valves
the Trumpet:
 Until valves were added to
the trumpet in the 1800s,
trumpet players could only
change pitch by varying
the shape of the lips on
the mouthpiece; valves
make it so much easier!
French Horn

 The very first french


horns were made from the
horns of animals
 The french horn has a
sound that can be heard
from a far distance, and
they were first used for
hunting calls
 The horn has the biggest
range of all the brass
instruments
 The horn has a slightly
lower sound than the
trumpet and slightly higher
than the trombone
French Horn

 The horn is wound in a  Important Parts of


circle and flares out the Horn:
with a large bell
 The valves and extra
tubing are in the
center of the horn
 The left hand works
the valves, and the
right hand goes inside
the bell
Trombone

 Trombones were invented


around 1400, as an
improvement on the
trumpet; back then,
trumpets didn’t have
valves, so a slide was a big
improvement
 The trombone forms the
middle of the brass family
 Its sound is between the
trumpet and horns on top,
and the low tubas below
Trombone

 Instead of having valves  Important Parts of


like a trumpet or horn, the the Trombone:
trombone uses a slide,
which is about 2 feet long
 To change the pitch, you
push or pull on the slide
 You can play one pitch at a
time, or you can slowly
change pitch by blowing as
you move the slide
Euphonium

 The euphonium was


invented in 1843
 The euphonium has the
same range as the
trombone
 While the rest of the
brass instruments are used
in the orchestra, there are
only around 20 pieces that
include the euphonium
Euphonium

 Important Parts of the


Euphonium:
 1) Mouthpiece
 2) Main tube
 3) Bell
 6) 1st, 2nd, 3rd valves
 15) 4th valve
 8) Main tuning slide
 10) 1st valve slide
 11) 2nd valve slide
 9) 3rd valve slide
Tuba

 The tuba is the largest


member of the brass
family
 It has the lowest sound
 The tuba is also the
youngest brass instrument;
it was first used in military
bands
 The tuba is very important
because it keeps the band
or orchestra together with
its bass line
Tuba

 The tuba has a very  Important Parts of


wide range and can, in the Tuba
fact, play very fast
 Like the trumpet,
horn, and euphonium,
the tuba uses valves
to change pitch
It’s Quiz Time!!

 Name this instrument:  Name this instrument:

 Name this instrument:  Name this instrument:


References

 www.playmusic.org/brass.html

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