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The tubing on the brass instruments is curved to get a long tube into a short length.

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What are the two types of brass instruments?

The modern family of brass instruments can be broken into valved brass instruments (trumpet, horn, euphonium, tuba) and slide brass instruments (trombone). Brass instruments could also be broken up into Cylindrical bore (constant diameter tubing like the trumpet and trombone) and Conical bore (increasing diameter tubing like the horn, euphonium, and tuba).


Why are brass instruments made of coils of metal tubing?

to make up the length for the sound


how do valves work on brass instruments?

The way the valves on a brass instrument work is that when pressed down they allow air to pass through a piece of tubing, thus making the length of tubing of the trumpet longer, this allows valved instruments to be able to play more notes than instruments without valves.


Why do brass instruments have so many curves and twists?

The tubing wraps around the way it does because if it was all one straight line, the horns would be too long to play.


How are the valves used in brass instruments?

Brass instrument have valves to change the length of tubing that the air passes through. This allows the instrument to play different notes of various harmonic series.


What are facts about brass?

BrassOn a brass instrument the bigger the mouthpiece the lower the pitch is.Must brass instrument have keys? The first brass band started around 1815.. All brass instruments have a mouthpiece you have to vibrate your lips.I play the baritone it is like the tuba or the trombone the baritone is smaller than the tuba and it has a no slide like the trombone. Brass instruments normally have a bell so the sound is loud. Most brass instruments are a gold colour or it is a silver colour. The brass instruments are made out of brass that is why it is called brass. The longer the tube is the lower the pitch is the shorter the tubing the high the pitch is. Brass can be classic or jazz.


What is trumpet tubing?

brass


Do brass instruments all have reeds?

Brass instruments do not have reeds, some woodwind instruments do.


Why are brass instruments shaped the way they are?

Brass instruments are made of immensely long tubes of metal. It they weren't curved in any way, the majority of them would stretch more than 20 feet. They were straight instruments (herald trumpets) before the technology was developed to curve them. They way they are curved is set by ergonomics, how people are. They try to make the instruments "fit" a person the best possible way so that it isn't a problem to hold/play them.


Why are brass instruments called brass instruments?

Because they're made of brass.


Are brass instruments loud?

Yes, brass instruments are loud


What is the French Horn made of?

The French Horn is made of brass tubing. Basicly, the Horn is a chunk of of brass tubing.