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  2. Pitch of brass instruments - Wikipedia

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    The pitch of a brass instrument corresponds to the lowest playable resonance frequency of the open instrument. The combined resonances resemble a harmonic series. [1] The fundamental frequency of the harmonic series can be varied by adjusting the length of the tubing using the instrument's valve, slide, key or crook system, while the player's ...

  3. Brass instrument - Wikipedia

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    A tenor horn (alto horn) in E ♭, baritone horn in B ♭, and euphonium in B ♭. A brass instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player's lips. Brass instruments are also called labrosones[1] or labrophones, from Latin and Greek ...

  4. List of transposing instruments - Wikipedia

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    Great Highland bagpipe. D ♭4. Northumbrian smallpipes in F or F+. B ♭4 for F (~20 cents sharp for F+) Older and traditionally made instruments use a pitch sharp of F described as F+ (F-plus) Banjo. Banjo. C 3. Tenor banjo.

  5. Tuba - Wikipedia

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    As with all brass instruments, the sound is produced by lip vibration – a buzz – into a mouthpiece. It first appeared in the mid-19th century, making it one of the newer instruments in the modern orchestra and concert band, and largely replaced the ophicleide. [2] Tuba is Latin for "trumpet".

  6. Mellophone - Wikipedia

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    Musical instruments. The mellophone is a brass instrument used in marching bands and drum and bugle corps in place of French horns. It is a middle-voiced instrument, typically pitched in the key of F, though models in E ♭, D, C, and G (as a bugle) have also historically existed. It has a conical bore, like that of the euphonium and flugelhorn.

  7. Brass tablature - Wikipedia

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    Brass tablature. Brass Tablature is a rather rare form of music notation that applies to all brass instruments, but is most commonly found written for trumpet [citation needed]. It consists of lines with partials, and numbers representing valve or slide positions.

  8. Euphonium - Wikipedia

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    The euphonium is a medium-sized, 3 or 4-valve, often compensating, conical-bore, tenor -voiced brass instrument that derives its name from the Ancient Greek word εὔφωνος euphōnos, [2] meaning "well-sounding" or "sweet-voiced" (εὖ eu means "well" or "good" and φωνή phōnē means "sound", hence "of good sound").

  9. Tenor horn - Wikipedia

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    The tenor horn is a valved brass instrument (in E ♭) which has a predominantly conical bore like that of the euphonium and flugelhorn. It uses a deep funnel- or cup-shaped mouthpiece. The tenor horn's conical bore and deep mouthpiece produce a mellow, rounded tone that is often used as a middle voice, supporting the melodies of the trumpets ...

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