The
Brass
Family
FOURTH QUARTER
LESSON II
Brasswind Instruments
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Brass instruments are essentially very long pipes that widen
at their ends into a bell-like shape. The pipes have been
curved and twisted into different shapes to make them
easier to hold and play.
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Brass instruments are also called labrosones or
labrophones, from Latin and Greek elements meaning 'lip'
and 'sound'.
The four main brass instruments
are:
01 Trumpet
02 Trombone
03 Tuba
04 French Horn
Trumpet
The trumpet has been used
to sound alarms, gather
people together, as a call to
war, and to add luster to
parade music. Like the violin,
the trumpet is the smallest
member of its family and
plays the highest pitches with
its bright and vibrant sound.
Trombone
The trombone is the only
instrument in the brass family
that uses a slide instead of
valves to change pitch. A
standard trombone is made
of long thin brass pipes.
French Horn
the French horn does originally
come from France and is
unquestionably a horn. It comes
from the French hunting horn of
the 1600s, and produces a wide
variety of sound ranging from
very loud to very soft, and from
harsh and blaring to mellow and
smooth. The French horn's 18
feet of tubing is rolled up into a
circular shape, with a large bell
at its end.
Tuba
This is the grandfather of the
brass family. The tuba is the
largest and lowest brass
instrument and anchors the
harmony not only of the
brass family but the whole
orchestra with its deep rich
sound. Like the other
brasses, the tuba is a long
metal tube, curved into an
oblong shape, with a huge
bell at the end.
Crossword
Puzzle
Down:
1.
the only instrument in the b r a s s family that
u s e s a slide instead of valves to c h a n g e
pitch
2.
1
people
2
4.
3
a n y plucked string instrument with a neck
a n d a deep round back enclosing a hollow
cavity
4
5
5.
6.
it h a s a shorter neck a n d 14-strings
a guitar-shaped Filipino instrument with 8
strings
6
7
Across:
3.
essentially very long pipes that widen at
their e n d s into a bell-like s h a p e
8
7.
9
10
a three-stringed b a m b o o violin of the Aeta
rolled u p into a circular shape, with a large
bell at its e n d
8.
9.
the grandfather of the b r a s s family.
the smallest m e m b e r of its family a n d
plays the highest pitches with its bright a n d
vibrant sou n d
10.
a Philippine two-stringed, fretted boat-lute
Quiz 4.1
1)
made of a thin piece of special wood and horse hair
bo
w
trombone
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2). the smallest of the string instruments
violi
n
viola
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3). the biggest of the string instruments
cello
Double
bass
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4). has 47 strings and 7 pedals which raise or lower
each pitch-class of strings
kayage
um
harp
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5). a stringed musical instrument with a long neck and
a hollow circular body
banjo
French
horn
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6.) the second smallest of the string instruments
violi
n
viola
Quiz 4.1
7). the second largest of the string instruments
cello
Double
bass
Quiz 4.1
8.) the smallest member of the brass family and plays
the highest pitches with its bright and vibrant sound
bo
w
trumpet
Quiz 4.1
9). the largest and lowest brass instrument and anchors the harmony not
only of the brass family but the whole orchestra with its deep rich sound.
banjo
French
horn
Quiz 4.1
10 ). the only instrument in the brass family that uses a slide instead of
valves to change pitch.
banjo
trombone