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Brass Instruments in the Orchestra
❖ Trumpet
❖ Horn
❖ Trombone
❖ Tuba
Photographer Leah Nash and the Oregon Symphony
Trumpet
❖ Trumpets seem small but they are made of roughly 6 ½ feet of tubing!
❖ Trumpets have been around since ~1,500 B.C.
❖ Mechanical valves were added to the trumpet in the 1800’s
Photographer Leah Nash and the Oregon Symphony
Horn
❖ An ancient instrument, often used for military and hunting purposes
❖ Horn players use their hand to adjust their sound and the notes they are playing!
❖ French Horns have the widest range of any other brass instrument
Photographer Leah Nash and the Oregon Symphony
Trombone
❖ Trombones use a slide to change notes
❖ Trombones joined the orchestra in the late 18th century
❖ Trombones are also very popular in jazz ensembles
Photographer Leah Nash and the Oregon Symphony
Tuba
❖ Tubas are the lowest brass in the orchestra
❖ Youngest of the brass family, only joining the orchestra in the mid-1800’s
❖ Marching tubas are called sousaphones
Photographer Leah Nash and the Oregon Symphony
How to Make a Sound
We know that sound is a VIBRATION!
❖ Brass players create sound by buzzing their lips into the mouthpieces of their instruments
❖ The player’s buzz vibrates the air
❖ With lips buzzing and air blowing a pitch is made
❖ Players can change the pitch by changing their air speed, adjusting their lips, or by using slides or valves.
Changing Pitch❖ Musicians were originally limited on the
number of pitches they could play by the length of their instrument
❖ When the trombone was invented in 1450, players could alter the pitch by using a slide, allowing them to shorten or lengthen the instrument
❖ In 1815, valves were invented allowing
complicated note changes without a slide
How Do Valves Work?
❖ Trumpets, French Horns, and Tubas use valves to change the length of their instrument
❖ When a valve is pressed, air to flow through a new set of tubing
❖ This extra tubing makes the instrument “longer,” lowering the pitch that is made
What Makes A Brass Instrument?
❖ The instrument does not have to be made of brass to be considered a brass instrument
❖ Brass instruments are categorized by the instrument using a buzz in a mouth piece to make the pitch
❖ That means some instruments you might not think would be
considered brass instruments might actually be one!
Video Clips
tps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye0asxzindy&index=3&list=rdmp2_6o
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A fun way to see and hear the brass instruments we learned about with the BBC National
Orchestra.
About 2 minutes long.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYHfiQ4R7Bs
For an in depth look into how brass instruments work, check
out this TED-Ed video.
About 4.5 minutes long.
QuestionsWhat mechanical part of
trumpets, horns, and tubas does the player use to play different
notes?
❖ Valves
❖ Slide
❖ Buzz
QuestionsWhat does a brass player use to create a pitch?
❖ Buzzing Lips
❖ Mouthpiece
❖ Air
❖ All of the above
End
Thank you from the Bellingham Symphony Orchestra! We hope you enjoy your Music in the Schools performance
Additional History of Brass Instruments
http://www.wilktone.com/?p=211
Photo Credits
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Photos from the Oregon Symphony used with permission from:
Photographer Leah Nash and the Oregon Symphony