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Brass Family: Instruments, History & Facts
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What Is The Brass Family?
Characteristics Of Brass Instruments
The Trumpet: Instrument Facts and History
The Trombone: Instrument Facts and History
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Content: The range of the tenor trombone is this: Tenor Trombone Range

The trombone has nine feet of cylindrical tubing. The trumpet and the trombone both use different kinds of mutes, which are stuck in the bell of the instrument to change their sound. The most recognizable example of a muted trombone is the sound used for the voice of Charlie Brown's teacher in the Peanuts cartoons. The Horn: Instrument Facts and History
The first horns were used for hunting calls and had no valves; like the trumpet, the valves were added in the 19th Century. The horn has a conical bore with the 12 feet of tubing getting bigger as it goes. This gives the horn a mellow sound, which is perfect for playing in both a brass quintet and a woodwind quintet. The horn is played left-handed with the bell facing backwards and the player's right hand in the bell.