Modern brass instruments generally come in one of two families:
• Valved brass instruments use a set of valves (typically three or four but as many as seven or more in some cases) operated by the player's … See more

Because the player of a brass instrument has direct control of the prime vibrator (the lips), brass instruments exploit the player's ability to select the See more

Brass instruments are one of the major classical instrument families and are played across a range of musical ensembles.
Orchestras include … See more

• Brass Instruments Information on individual Brass Instruments
• The traditional manufacture of brass instruments, … See more

Valves are used to change the length of tubing of a brass instrument allowing the player to reach the notes of various harmonic series. … See more

Metal
Traditionally the instruments are normally made of brass, polished and then lacquered to … See more

• Wind instruments
• Drum and bugle corps (modern)
• Pitch of brass instruments
• Horn section See more