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The Brass Family
Performing Arts: Western Music · Chapter 5 · Section A: Musical Instruments
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- Sound production in brass: buzzing lips in a cup mouthpiece; harmonic series; valves and slide
- Trumpet, French horn, trombone and tuba: construction, tone and role
- Playing techniques: mutes, tonguing, glissando on the trombone, stopped notes on the horn
- Range of one chosen brass instrument; similarities and differences (for example trombone and tuba)