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Brass Instruments

Brass instruments are lip-vibrated instruments (labrosones). Here you can ask questions about the different types of brass instruments, methods of cleaning them, etc.

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Clarinet piccolo oboe french horn flute highest pitch?

Piccalo (by far) is the highest. Next comes: flute, oboe, clarinet, french horn.

What is the best brand trombone?

For student level models, my personal favorite is the King or Yamaha. For professional level models, Conn 88H is most popular, but I also like the Bach Stradivarius 42BO. The choice of instrument is personal preference however. Those are just some ideas.

What instruments does Selmer make?

Founded before the turn of the twentieth century, for most of its history Selmer Co. concentrated primarily on wind instruments--clarinets, trumpets, and saxophones--as well as violins.

What does albert bass looks?

An Alberti bass is played by breaking up a chord into the following pattern: Lowest note, Highest, middle, highest. Playing a C chord in root position would be C-G-E-G

How should I try to get my mouthpiece out of my French Horn as I dropped it and it got stuck?

go to your local music store (make sure they carry brass instruments) and there they should have a mouthpiece extractor.

What type of instrument is the french horn?

The French Horn is a graceful brass instrument. It has a wide range, but works best around middle C. It is common to be used has harmonic support, but it can also take a melody if it has to.

Which brass instruments would you find ina brass quartet?

Usually tuba, trombone, french horn and two trumpets (another trumpet player might play piccolo trumpet)

How do you ask out a guy you like and can sit next to in band but your friend always sits next to you and the other trombone player always sits by you?

ask your friend to do you a favor and sit somewhere else just for the day so you can sit by your guy. then when the timing is perfect, pop the question on him!

Is Tom Smith the trombone player an alumni of the Pete Fountain bands?

There are two primary trombonists in jazz named Tom Smith. They are father and son. The better known is the son, born in the 1950s and although was around New Orleans in the 1970s never played with Fountain. However, the father was a regular dixieland jazz performer in the 1970s at top New Orleans venues and often subbed for trombonist Tom Geckler in the Fountain bands.

What style of music is the french horn in?

Traditionally orchestral, but it can be used in just about anything.

What is a mute in brass instruments?

It's a little device you put in the bell of a brass instrument to change the sound. It comes out as quieter and sounds like the instrument has a cold

Are Berkeley trombones good?

Not at all. That company invents instruments, and they're all of inferior quality.

What is common about the words trombone artwork weights tennis racket?

all of the words have numbers in them. trombone has a one, artwork has a two, weights has an eight, and tennis racket has a ten.

Why use a student trumpet?

There are three major classifications: Student, Advanced Student, Semi-Pro and Professional

Student instruments are the least expensive to buy and are for:

- The absolute beginner,

- The parent who is on a very tight budget,

- The rough kid who does not take care of his or her things like they should,

- The player who will use the instrument in tough conditions, such as marching,

- The student who is not focused enough on music,

- The student who just takes music because he has to,

- The student who always has to be told to practice,

- The student who takes music for fun but will not make music an overly important part of his or her life.

What are the top 5 best fruits for you?

The best fruit ever is a Granola Randioletoav which is found in Ohio. The best Fruit Ever!

What is the difference between a euphonium and a tuba?

An euphonium is overall a small tuba...but there are other differences too!

-an euphonium has four valves while a tuba can have three of them.

-tuba's can be close to 50 pounds! while an euphonium is lighter.

-though both a tuba and an euphonium are bass instruments, tuba are the main bass that can most likely go lower than a euphonium

Why are brass instruments better for parades?

Because they emit pyroecclesiastical vibrations, which Stevie Wonder was famous for in his soundtrack to the Sound of Music.