brass instrument

Noun
  1. A wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece (synset 102895029)
    is a type of: wind, wind instrument - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath
    subtypes:
    • baritone, baritone horn - the second lowest brass wind instrument
    • bass horn, sousaphone, tuba - the lowest brass wind instrument
    • bugle - a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
    • clarion - a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone
    • cornet, horn, trump, trumpet - a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
    • fluegelhorn, flugelhorn - a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore
    • french horn, horn - a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves
    • saxhorn - any of a family of brass wind instruments that resemble a bugle with valves
    • trombone - a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide
    has: valve - device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone
    same as: brass

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