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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 elements meaning 'lip' and 'sound'.
Brass instruments, also known as labrosones, which accurately means “lip-vibrated instrument”, they create sounds with the reverberation and amplification of the vibration of the lips through a “tubular resonator“, made distinct by their size, sound, and material.
Brass instruments generally referred to as Ambrosone’s (which means “lip-vibrated instrument”), produce sounds by reverberating and amplifying the vibrations of the lips through a “tubular resonator.” which is distinguished by its sound, size, and material.
brass instrument, in music, any wind instrument—usually of brass or other metal but formerly of wood or horn—in which the vibration of the player’s lips against a cup- or funnel-shaped mouthpiece causes the initial vibration of an air column. A more precise term is lip-vibrated instrument.
Here’s a guide to the family of brass instruments: trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn, trombone, tuba, euphonium, baritone horn, alto (tenor) horn and French horn.
The brass family members that are most commonly used in the orchestra include the trumpet, French horn, trombone, and the tuba. Learn more about each brass instrument: Trumpet • French Horn • Trombone • Tuba. Other instrument families: Strings • Woodwinds • Percussion.
Discover the most popular types of brass instruments, from the trombone to the tuba. Learn how these instruments in different types of music.