The french horn is a brass instrument. The sound of the horn can mix very nice with the sound of woodwind instruments. The horn is the only brass instrument that is used in the classical wind quintet, which consist of flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn. This quintet is sometimes referred to as "woodwind quintet", although the horn really is not a woodwind.
Brass instruments do not have reeds, some woodwind instruments do.
Because they're made of brass.
Wind instruments which produce sound using lip vibrations are classified as brass. The french horn meets this specification. It produces sound in a fashion similar to other brass instruments such as the trumpet, trombone and tuba.
Yes, brass instruments are loud
Five musicians who play brass instruments (i.e. trumpet or trombone) playing together.
5
A quintet.
Annapolis Brass Quintet was created in 1971.
Atlantic Brass Quintet was created in 1985.
Naters Brass Quintet was created in 1990.
American Brass Quintet was created in 1960.
Chicago Brass Quintet was created in 1963.
Vandalay Brass Quintet was created in 2007.
A quintet is a group of five, usually a group of five musicians. Depending on which instruments they are using, they could be a string quintet, a brass quintet or a vocal quintet. The word could also be used for a piece of music written for five performers.
A 5 person band is a quintet. A 3 is a trio A 4 is a quartet
Five instruments play in a quintet.