TheOrchestra-Brass

media type="youtube" key="vIZWSxvaIgo?rel=0" height="382" width="520" align="center" **__Brass Instruments__** are instruments that make sound when you buzz your lips into a cone-like mouthpiece. All brass instruments are made out of metal and have tubing. Trumpets, French Horns, and Tubas all have buttons called valves that help change the pitch. All Trombones have a slide (that you move to change the pitch) and some have special thumb valves. All Brass Instruments have special triggers on them that let extra water come out of the instruments (called Spit Valves/Water keys).
 * Brass Family**

**the Trumpet** It is the smallest and highest orchestral brass instruments. It has three piston valves and uses a special mouthpiece. A performer can sit or stand when playing the trumpet. The trumpet is closely related to the **Cornet** and **Flugelhorn**. It has a high pitch and its timbre is bright, harsh, and laser-like. media type="youtube" key="raUf99jLXtw?rel=0" height="297" width="389" align="center"

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**the French Horn** The French Horn, or "Horn," is the modern descendent of the hunter's horn. It is a middle pitched instrument in the orchestra. It has three, sometimes four, rotary valves. When the French Horn is unwrapped, it is 12-13 feet long! It has a very narrow mouthpiece. A performer usually sits when playing a French Horn. It is a very important middle voice in the orchestra. It has a mellow, haunting, dark, smooth, and coated timbre.

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**the Trombone**

The trombone is the modern descendent of an instrument called the Sackbut.It is the highest low brass instrument in the orchestra.Unlike the rest of the brass instruments, the trombone has a slide.It usually has no valves (except a thumb valve on "trigger trombones").If a player moves the slide out, the instrument is longer and the pitch is lower. If a player pulls the slide in, the instrument is short and the pitch is higher.A performer can sit or stand when playing the trombone.It has a medium low pitch,It has a some-what bright and brassy, but sometimes mellow, timbre. media type="youtube" key="tvO3sq_xIIg?rel=0" height="323" width="476" align="center" media type="youtube" key="xxOaqCmZcUU?rel=0" height="322" width="475" align="center"

**the Tuba** It is the largest and lowest lowest orchestral brass instrument. It has three, sometimes four, piston valves. A performer can stand to play, but it is much easier to play sitting down. It is related to the **Sousaphone** and the smaller **Euphonium//.//** It has a very low pitch and a very fat, brassy, and rattling timbre. media type="youtube" key="GRHZgxmuU5w?rel=0" height="323" width="476" align="center" media type="youtube" key="oZtw0NBBMGs?rel=0" height="322" width="475"