Trumpets

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Description

Short sample from Curt Sachs 'A history of Musicial Instruments'

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Language

English

Voice Age

Middle Aged (35-54)

Transcript

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chromatic horns and trumpets. The usual term brass instruments should be avoided in scientific language. All kinds of trumpets and horns can be and have been made of other material horn, tusk, cane, wood, clay, crystal, on the other hand, most saxophones and flutes and many clarinets are made of brass, in spite of there being called woodwind instruments, another recent and half scientific name, instruments with cup shaped mouthpieces is not recommendable either. Besides being too long, it is not accurate. The funnel mouthpiece of a french horn is not in a proper sense, cup shaped, and most primitive horns and trumpets have no mouthpiece at all, where the cup or funnel shaped, the mouthpiece is indispensable. It facilitates and influences tone production by its shape and size, but the essential acoustical factor is the players lips.