Ultimate Guide to Brass Instruments

a brass instrument

Brass instruments are musical instruments that produce sound by sympathetic vibration of air in a cylindrical resonating chamber in sympathy with the vibration of the player’s lips. They are also sometimes called labrosones or labrophones, which are from Latin and Greek elements that mean “lip” and “sound.” The brass family got its … Read more

Guide to the Cornet

A photo of the family of Ophicleide

The cornet is the smallest brass instrument that is a close relative of the trumpet. It is an instrument derived from the post horn, a valveless cylindrical instrument that has a cupped mouth. By the 1830s, Parisians instrument makers have started using a piston valve. Subsequently, cornets appeared in the 19th century … Read more