THE BRASS SECTION

All the Brass family

• These instruments are usually made out of brass, although
they can be made out of wood, horn, and shell

• Brass instruments are really just long metal tubes that flare
at the end; they are bent and folded into compact shapes so
they can be played more easily

• Trumpet, French Horn, Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba

What Brass Instruments Have in
Common?
• All brass instruments have a mouthpiece that you blow air,
or “buzz,” into

• They all have flared bells at the end that project the sound

• The Trumpet, French horn,Euphonium, and Tuba use valves

to change pitch, but the Trombone uses a slide
 Trumpet
• The trumpet can be
traced back to Egypt and
Greece, but the trumpet
as we know it today
evolved in the 1800s
• Its loud, clear sound has
been used to send signals
and messages
• The trumpet is the
highest-sounding
instrument in the brass
family
 Trumpet
• To change the pitch, you
press the valves
• Until valves were added
to the trumpet in the
1800s, trumpet players
could only change pitch
by varying the shape of
the lips on the
mouthpiece; valves make
it so much easier!
 French Horn
• The very first French horns were
made from the horns of animals
• The French horn has a sound that
can be heard from a far distance,
and they were first used for
hunting calls
• The horn has the biggest range
of all the brass instruments
• The horn has a slightly lower
sound than the trumpet and
slightly higher than the trombone
 French Horn
• The horn is wound in a
circle and flares out with a
large bell
• The valves and extra
tubing are in the center of
the horn
• The left hand works the
valves, and the right hand
goes inside the bell
 Euphonium
• The Euphonium was invented
in 1843
• The Euphonium has the same
range as the trombone
• While the rest of the brass
instruments are used in the
orchestra, there are only
around 20 pieces that
include the Euphonium
 Euphonium
• The Euphonium is a
combination of 3
instruments: It sound is like
a French horn, it range is
like Trombone, it aspect is
like a Tuba
• If you don’t know, the
Euphonium is smaller than
the Tuba but it almost have
the same weight of the
Tuba
• The Euphonium is one of the
few instruments that it
have a double Bell and just
one Leadpipe
 Trombone
• Trombones were invented
around 1400, as an
improvement on the
trumpet; back then,
trumpets didn’t have
valves, so a slide was a big
improvement
• The Trombone forms the
middle of the brass family
• Its sound is between the
Trumpet and horns on top,
and the low Tubas below
 Trombone
• Instead of having valves
like a trumpet or horn,
the trombone uses a
slide, which is about 2
feet long
• To change the pitch, you
push or pull on the slide
• You can play one pitch at
a time, or you can slowly
change pitch by blowing
as you move the slide
 Tuba
• The tuba is the largest
member of the brass family
• It has the lowest sound
• The tuba is also the youngest
brass instrument; it was first
used in military bands
• The tuba is very important
because it keeps the band or
orchestra together with its
bass line
 Tuba
• The tuba has a
very wide range
and can, in fact,
play very fast
• Like the
trumpet, horn,
and euphonium,
the tuba uses
valves to change
pitch
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