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Instruments with wood mouthpieces, or mouthpieces containing wooden reeds, are called woodwinds, regardless of the material used to make them - and many are made of brass. "Brass" instruments - trumpets, tubas and other horns - have metal mouthpieces without reeds.
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What two brass instruments use the same mouthpiece?
Trombone and euphonium/baritone.
Why is the clarinet not in the brass family?
Because it uses a reed on the mouthpiece, therefore it is in the Woodwind family of instruments, like the oboe, and the English horn. Brass instruments generally have a metal mouthpiece upon which the lips blow, such as a trumpet, tuba, or a French horn.
The player produces sound on a brass instrument by vibrating his or her lips in a cup-shaped mouthpiece?
The instruments of the brass family make sound by causing the player's lips to buzz in a metal cup-shaped mouthpiece.
What do brass instruments use to make the sound softer?
Its not the instrument, but the person that is in control.
What are characteristics of woodwind instruments?
Woodwind instruments are woodwind for one of two reasons: They are/used to be made out of wood (Eg a flute or clarinet) They use a reed which is made of wood (Eg saxophone, oboe, bassoon)
Do all brass instruments use a mouthpiece?
That's correct.
What do brass instruments usually have to create sounds or tones?
Brass instruments produce sound by the vibration of the player's lips in the mouthpiece.
What two brass instruments use the same mouthpiece?
Trombone and euphonium/baritone.
Why is the clarinet not in the brass family?
Because it uses a reed on the mouthpiece, therefore it is in the Woodwind family of instruments, like the oboe, and the English horn. Brass instruments generally have a metal mouthpiece upon which the lips blow, such as a trumpet, tuba, or a French horn.
Why are woodwinds special?
they have a reed or mouthpiece and thier sound is sometimes higher than brass instruments
Is a trombone a brass musical instrument?
Yes, a trombone is a brass musical instrument. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced by the vibration of the player's lips in the mouthpiece.
What are facts about brass?
BrassOn a brass instrument the bigger the mouthpiece the lower the pitch is.Must brass instrument have keys? The first brass band started around 1815.. All brass instruments have a mouthpiece you have to vibrate your lips.I play the baritone it is like the tuba or the trombone the baritone is smaller than the tuba and it has a no slide like the trombone. Brass instruments normally have a bell so the sound is loud. Most brass instruments are a gold colour or it is a silver colour. The brass instruments are made out of brass that is why it is called brass. The longer the tube is the lower the pitch is the shorter the tubing the high the pitch is. Brass can be classic or jazz.
The player produces sound on a brass instrument by vibrating his or her lips in a cup-shaped mouthpiece?
The instruments of the brass family make sound by causing the player's lips to buzz in a metal cup-shaped mouthpiece.
What do brass instruments use to make the sound softer?
Its not the instrument, but the person that is in control.
Is the french horn a brass instument?
Yes, the horn is considered brass. and you can test that therory by banging it up against your chair. if it leaves a dent then it is a brass, if it breaks or does anything else it is woodwind or percussion. ~ Haha, well, yes, that definitely one way to test that theory out. Brass instruments create sound by the musician's lips vibrating inside the mouthpiece. Reed instruments have a reed (a flat piece of wood) attached to the mouthpiece that vibrates (such as a clarinet or sax--even though saxaphones are made up of brass). Percussion instruments have some sort of outside force hitting upon them.
Is brass instrument is lower pitch then woodwind instrument?
Yes, brass instruments produce a lower pitch than woodwind instruments. Woodwind instruments use a reed to vibrate the air to produce sound, whereas brass instruments produce sound from the player's lips vibrating in a mouthpiece.
What are characteristics of woodwind instruments?
Woodwind instruments are woodwind for one of two reasons: They are/used to be made out of wood (Eg a flute or clarinet) They use a reed which is made of wood (Eg saxophone, oboe, bassoon)
