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Brasses are wind instruments made of brass or other metal in which sound is produced through vibration of the lips, and pitch is controlled by lip pressure as well as adjustment of the length of the sound tube by means of valves, a slide, or changeable sections of pipe called crooks. Sub-families include trumpet, cornet, horn, trombone, and tuba. Before the 19th century, each sub-family was represented in ranges from soprano to bass (producing such instruments as the bass trumpet), but modern usage has rendered archaic all but one or two from each group.

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Resources in This Category

• Bach Brass

  http://www.bachbrass.com/
  History of instruments and mouthpieces designed by Vincent Bach starting in 1918 in New York, now sold by Selmer, with drawings and technical information.

• BrassReview.com

  http://www.brassreview.com/
  Player's reviews of brass instruments.

• Embouchures.com

  http://www.embouchures.com/
  An informational site for brass players with embouchure problems or lip injuries.

• Fingering Charts

  http://www.cpp.edu/~dmgrasmick/mu330/BrassInstrumentFingerings.html
  For trumpet, horn, trombone, euphonium, and BBb tuba.

• Hosaphone Headquarters

  http://hosaphone.com/
  Homepage for the low-cost musical valveless trumpet-like brasswind instrument.

• Music For Brass.com

  http://www.musicforbrass.com/
  Articles on instrument performance, musicians' income tax, sheet music, and CDs. Maintained by Brad Howland.

• The Brass Herald

  http://www.thebrassherald.com/
  Online magazine for Brass Musicians.

• The Eb/F Pitched Brass Instrument Page

  http://www.angelfire.com/oh/EbAltoTenorFhorn/index.html
  Information about a wide variety of brass instruments.

• The Historic Brass Society

  http://www.historicbrass.org/
  History of brass instruments, journal information, publications

• The Internet Bandsman

  http://www.ibew.co.uk/
  Brass band links and related sites for bandsmen and those who enjoy brass music.

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