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Intro

BrassInstrument

A brass Instrument.

Relationships
Parents	WindInstrument	An instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube), in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece set at or near the end of the resonator.
Instances	Alpenhorn	A very long natural horn with conical bore and a cup-shaped mouthpiece. Most often made of softwood - typically spruce, but sometimes pine. It was traditionally used by Western European mountain dwellers for communication, but is now primarily used as a musical instrument. The Alpenhorn has no pitch-altering devices and can only play notes in the harmonic series.
	AltoHorn	Also called the Tenor Horn, the Alto Horn is a conical bore saxhorn developed by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. It is most commonly used in British brass bands, and it is similar to the French Horn in range and timbre.
	AltoSackbut	The smallest sackbut, with the highest range.
	AltoSaxophone	The Wind-Brass Instrument Alto Saxophone.
	AltoTrombone	The Wind-Brass Instrument Alto Trombone.
	BaritoneHorn	A low-pitched saxhorn with a conical bore. It is similar to the euphonium, but has a slightly lighter sound.
	BaritoneSaxophone	The Wind-Brass Instrument Baritone Saxophone.
	BassSackbut	The largest sackbut, with the lowest range.
	BassTrombone	The Wind-Brass Instrument Bass Trombone.
	BassTrumpet	The Wind-Brass Instrument Bass Trumpet.
	BassTuba	The Wind-Brass Instrument Bass Tuba.
	Bugle	A small brass instrument with no pitch-altering devices. It is limited to the notes of the harmonic series. It is commonly used in the military.
	Cimbasso	The Wind-Brass Instrument Cimbasso.
	ClarinoTrumpet	The Wind-Brass Instrument Clarino Trumpet.
	ContrabassTrombone	The Wind-Brass Instrument Contrabass Trombone.
	Cornet	Similar to the trumpet, but has a conical bore and a mellower tone quality, and is more compact.
	Dungchen	Also called the Tibetan Horn, the Dungchen is a long, straight, natural horn that is used in Tibetan and Mongolian Buddhist ceremonies.
	Euphonium	The Wind-Brass Instrument Euphonium.
	Fiscorn	Essentially a bass flugelhorn, the Fiscorn was formerly used in German and Czechoslovakian polka bands and Italian military bands, but is now most commonly played in Catalonian cobla bands.
	Flugelhorn	Similar to a trumpet, but with a wider, conical bore and a warmer sound.
	FrenchHorn	The Wind-Brass Instrument French Horn.
	Helicon	The Wind-Brass Instrument Helicon.
	HeraldTrumpet	The Wind-Brass Instrument Herald Trumpet.
	Jagdhorn	A valveless cylindrical brass instrument with a cupped mouthpiece. It was traditionally used to signal the arrival or departure of post riders and mail coaches.
	KeyedTrumpet	The Wind-Brass Instrument Keyed Trumpet.
	Mellophone	A conical bore, middle-voiced brass instrument that is used in place of the French Horn in marching bands and drum and bugle corps, and occasionally to play French Horn parts in sitting ensembles.
	NaturalHorn	An ancestor of the modern French horn, similar in appearance to it, but without any valves. Like other valveless brass instruments, the different notes of the harmonic series can be played, but in addition to that, the pitch can be changed by changing the position of the hand within the bell or by changing out crooks and thus changing the key.
	NaturalTrumpet	The Wind-Brass Instrument Natural Trumpet.
	Ophicleide	A keyed, conical bore brass instrument that was developed and used in the 19th century before eventually being superseded by the tuba.
	PiccoloTrumpet	The Wind-Brass Instrument Piccolo Trumpet.
	PocketTrumpet	The Wind-Brass Instrument Pocket Trumpet.
	PostHorn	A valveless, cylindrical-bore natural horn with a cupped mouthpiece. Traditionally used to signal the arrival or departure of post riders and mail coaches.
	Sackbut	An early kind of trombone that was in use primarily in the Renaissance and Baroque eras. It evolved from the slide trumpet, but unlike that instrument, it has a U-shaped slide with two parallel sliding tubes, which extends the range of the instrument down. Compared to modern trombones, the sackbut had a smaller, more cylindrically-proportioned bore and a less flared bell. It could play softly more easily than modern trombones.
	Shofar	An ancient musical horn, typically made of a ram's horn, that is used for Jewish religious purposes.
	SlideTrumpet	The Wind-Brass Instrument Slide Trumpet.
	SopranoCornet	Pitched in Eb, a perfect fourth higher than the standard Bb cornet.
	SopranoSaxophone	The Wind-Brass Instrument Soprano Saxophone.
	SopranoTrumpet	The Wind-Brass Instrument Soprano Trumpet.
	Sousaphone	The Wind-Brass Instrument Sousaphone.
	TenorSackbut	The middle-sized and middle range sackbut.
	TenorSaxophone	The Wind-Brass Instrument Tenor Saxophone.
	TenorTrombone	The Wind-Brass Instrument Tenor Trombone.
	Trombone	The Wind-Brass Instrument Trombone.
	Trumpet	The Wind-Brass Instrument Trumpet.
	Tuba	The Wind-Brass Instrument Tuba.
	ValveTrombone	The Wind-Brass Instrument Valve Trombone.
	WagnerTuba	More or less a modified French Horn with a lower range that was originally created at the request of composer Richard Wagner for use in his Ring cycle.
	WoodTrumpet	A trumpet made of wood rather than brass.
Belongs to AVS	avs:InstrumentType	A Type of musical instrument.
	avs:Theme	A Theme.

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