Brass Instruments Overview
Grade 12•45 minutes
Learning Objective
I can identify and describe the unique characteristics of different brass instruments, including bugles, french horns, trumpets, trombones, and tubas.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 5 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. Describe the process by which sound is produced in brass instruments, including the role of the musician's lips and the mouthpiece.
2. Compare and contrast the methods used to change pitch in a trumpet and a trombone. How do their mechanisms differ?
3. What is the harmonic series, and how does it relate to the notes produced by brass instruments?
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Educational Video
How brass instruments work - Al Cannon
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