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>>>Instruments in the Brass Family are bent and twisted into shapes to make them easier to hold and play.
>>>Instruments in the Brass Family are bent and twisted into shapes to make them easier to hold and play.
>>>To make a sound on Brass instruments, you need to press your lips tightly together, and blow through them. This is called BUZZING the lips.
>>>To make a sound on Brass instruments, you need to press your lips tightly together, and blow through them. This is called BUZZING the lips.
>>>The funnel-shaped part you BUZZ into is called the mouthpiece.
>>>The funnel-shaped part you BUZZ into is called the mouthpiece.
>>>To change notes on many Brass instruments, you press VALVES.
>>>To change notes on many Brass instruments, you press VALVES.
>>>The Bell is the open end of the Brass instruments.
>>>The Bell is the open end of the Brass instruments.
Brass mouthpiece
The Bell
TRUMPET
TRUMPET
Trumpet is the smallest in the family, and plays the highest notes.
Press valves to change notes.
FRENCH HORN
FRENCH HORN
You put your hand inside the bell when playing.
Press valves to change notes.
If stretched out, there would be about 13 feet of tubing.
TROMBONE
TROMBONE
The Trombone uses a SLIDE (in the picture above) to change notes, instead of valves.
The Trombone only has about 9 feet of tubing, but it is larger tubing, so it sounds pretty low.
TUBA
TUBA
The Tuba is the largest, and lowest sounding Brass instrument.
The tuba is made up of about 18 feet of very large tubing.
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