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unusual facts about brass instrument


A Little Bit of Mambo

Brass: Claus Reichstaller, Axel Kuhn, Hans Bettinger, Felice Civitareale, Black II Black


La Sonora Dinamita

While the group's lineup has changed, it has always featured a strong female vocalist to accompany its ten-piece brass instrumentation, including Mélida Yará, Vilma Díaz, Margarita Vargas, and Susana Velasques, to accompany its ten-piece brass instrumentation.

Microtuner

The term also indicates a high-precision mechanical tuning device found on some vintage Conn brand brass and reed instruments (mostly cornets and alto saxophones).

No Equal

It contains a spacy beat that features a prominent xylophone and brass section sampled from "Ain't No Sunshine" by Willis Jackson, "The Confined Few" by Irvin Booker & Booker Little and "Ain't No Sunshine" by Harlem Underground Band.

String instrument

Composers such as Henry Cowell wrote music which asks for the player to reach inside the piano and pluck the strings directly, or to "bow" them with bow hair wrapped around the strings, or play them by rolling the bell of a brass instrument such as a trombone on the array of strings.


see also

Kruspe

Ed(uard) Kruspe (founded in 1834), a brass instrument manufacturer, located near Eisenach, founded by Karl Kruspe

Pitch of brass instruments

The pitch of a brass instrument is determined by the fundamental frequency and frequencies of its overtones for each vibratory length achievable through the instrument's valve, slide, key or crook system.

Thierry la Fronde

The theme music of Thierry la Fronde was a simple tune in the Dorian mode composed by Jacques Loussier, and performed on a brass instrument (possibly a French horn) for the melody.