Transcript The Brass Instruments

THE BRASS INSTRUMENTS
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Trumpet
 A trumpet is a musical instrument. It is the highest register in the
brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical
instruments,[1] dating back to at least 1500 BC. They are played
by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound
that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the
instrument. Since the late 15th century they have primarily been
constructed of brass tubing, usually bent twice into a rounded
oblong shape.
 There are several types of trumpet. The most common is a
transposing instrument pitched in B♭ with a tubing length of
about 148 cm. Earlier trumpets did not have valves, but modern
instruments generally have either three piston valves or, more
rarely, three rotary valves. Each valve increases the length of
tubing when engaged, thereby lowering the pitch.
 (Wikipedia)
Trumpet
 Famous Classical Trumpet player, Maurice Andre;
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXN4GAar4CI&safety_mode
=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
Hoot the Owl and Winton Marsalis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCSovBhdX1U&safety_mode
=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
Winton Marsalis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnpQZ_gGY68&safety_mode
=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
Not Just trumpets: Marine Drum and Bugle Corps:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bSmonlY1YM&safety_mode
=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
Chris Botti: My Funny Valentine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M51UqyWpYko&safety_mod
e=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
French Horn
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The leader of the brass section is the French horn. But when it was first made
nobody used it indoors because it sound harsh. In France the nobility used the
horn during hunts and made up special codes to signal each other. It was even
used by the night watch to call when there was trouble.
Even though it is called the French horn it first began to be developed in
Germany. It was completed as we know it today in France. So that's why we call
it a French horn. Some French horns are really two horns in one. They have two
sets of tubing. The player switches between the two sets of coiled tubing by
working a valve with his left thumb. One set of tubing gives a mellow, rich, deep
tone. And the other makes a higher, brighter sound.
Once the French horn became part of the orchestra its shape began to change.
The tube got longer, the bell was made wider, and it got its crooks and valves. It
is the only brass instrument with a funnel-shaped mouthpiece. If all of the tubing
were uncoiled it would be over 20 feet long.
The valves of a French horn are rotary valves. When the player pushes down on a
valve it pulls a string that opens or closes different valves. French horn players
put their right hand inside the bell of the horn to adjust the tone.
(Oracle ThinkQuest)
French Horn
 Classical Music on French Horn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RadTrClPxxg
&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&sa
fe=active
 Seigfried’s Horn Call by Wagner: (fast forward
through the first 45 seconds to get to the real
horn playing)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MkMdlfl8H
g&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&
safe=active
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Trombone:
 The trombone is a musical instrument in the
brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound
is produced when the player’s vibrating lips
(embouchure) cause the air column inside the
instrument to vibrate. Nearly all trombones
have a telescoping slide mechanism that
varies the length of the instrument to change
the pitch. Instead of a slide, the valve
trombone has three valves like those on a
trumpet. (Wikipedia)
Trombone
 Trombone Shorty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yRhacGLGE
s&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&s
afe=active
 Carry On Wayward Son-Trombone Quartet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJaX4ZpfUL
M&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&
safe=active
 Trombone concerto:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ_OgLevocg
&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&sa
fe=active
Tuba:
 The tuba is the largest and lowest-pitched
brass instrument. Sound is produced by
vibrating or "buzzing" the lips into a large
cupped mouthpiece. It is one of the most
recent additions to the modern symphony
orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th
century, when it largely replaced the
ophicleide.[1] Tuba is Latin for trumpet or
horn.[2] The horn referred to would most
likely resemble what is known as a baroque
trumpet.
 A person who plays the tuba is known as a
tubaist or tubist.[3] In the United Kingdom a
person who plays the tuba in an orchestra
is known simply as a tuba player; in a brass
band or military band they are known as a
bass player. (Wikipedia)
Tuba
 Canadian Brass: Tuba Tiger Rag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04PWhO6wd2A
&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=
active
 New York Philharmonic Tuba player demonstrating 3
tubas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU2X1QsClKA&
safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=ac
tive
 Czardis on the tuba:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYOsNp4O7AU&
safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=ac
tive
Brass Quintet
 Brass Quintets are made up of two trumpets,
French Horn, Trombone and Tuba.
 Bach Tocatta and Fugue in D minor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPXJtFGOiI&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&s
afe=active
 Canadian Brass/Fight of the Bumblebee:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZO5KTJTwh
E&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&s
afe=active
Baritone Horn/Euphonium
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The baritone horn is a low-pitched brass
instrument.[2] Baritone horn is a piston valve
brass instrument with a predominantly
cylindrical bore like the trumpet[3] and uses a
wide-rimmed cup mouthpiece like that of its
peers the trombone and euphonium, for like
the trombone and the euphonium, the
baritone horn is pitched in B♭ one octave
below the B♭ trumpet.
Distinguishing the Baritone Horn from the
Euphonium
4-valve continental baritone horn (center)
Much more has been written about
distinguishing the baritone horn from the
euphonium than ever needed to be written as
the similarities of the two instruments
overwhelmingly outweigh the differences in
bore and conicality/cylindricity.
(Wikipedia)
Baritone Horn or Euphonium
 Baritone Horn solo (you do see the performer
after about 40 seconds)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmoILRq
Z2Ks&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mo
de=1&safe=active
 Carnival of Venice:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqw8v1IL
B2g&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mod
e=1&safe=active
Flugelhorn
 The Flugelhorn is like a large trumpet with lower
pitch and a mellow tone.
 The tone is "fatter" and usually regarded as more
"mellow" and "dark" than the trumpet or cornet.
The sound of the flugelhorn has been described
as halfway between a trumpet and a French
horn, whereas the cornet's sound is halfway
between a trumpet and a flugelhorn.[3]
 The flugelhorn appears mainly in jazz, brass
band music, and popular music, though it
appears occasionally in orchestral music
Flugelhorn
 Chuck Mangione/Feels So Good :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUpaVqS6Xw&safety_mode=true&persist_safet
y_mode=1&safe=active
 Randy Becker/Blue Moon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6Sa2U8
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de=1&safe=active