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Brass instruments can have valves or a slide, but not reeds. Brass instruments create sound by the vibrating of the player's embouchure in a mouthpiece, and the valves and slides on the instrument change the length of the tubing in the instrument which affects the pitch of the notes produced. Reeds are used in woodwind instruments to vibrate to produce a sound instead of using a mouthpiece like in brass instruments.

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Yes it is only brass instruments which have valves and slides. There are two types of valve the piston valve and the rotary valve.

The slide has two functions: the slide on the Trombone which allows the instrument to play a chromatic scale. Slides are also used for fine tuning.

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Slides, yes. Reeds, no.

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Do brass instruments all have reeds?

Brass instruments do not have reeds, some woodwind instruments do.


Is a tuba a woodwind instrument?

It's a Brass instrument. Woodwinds are normally made of wood or have a reed or embrochure hole. [Woodwinds: Flute[Al harmonies too],Piccolo, Oboe/Eng. Horn, Bassoon/Contrabassoon,All Clarinets and Saxophones [They are made of Brass, but use a reed]]. Brass instruments don't have reeds, but have mouthpieces and have valves or slides. Made of Brass,Silver/Nickel and/or Copper. [Brass: Tuba,Trombone,Trumpet/Cornet,French Horn]


Do brass instruments have wood mouthpiece?

Instruments with wood mouthpieces, or mouthpieces containing wooden reeds, are called woodwinds, regardless of the material used to make them - and many are made of brass. "Brass" instruments - trumpets, tubas and other horns - have metal mouthpieces without reeds.


What do brass instruments have?

"Cup" style mouthpieces that you purse your lips and blow into, rather than putting your mouth around them.All brass instruments produce sound by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player's lips. All brass instruments are also called labrosones, meaning "lip-vibrated instruments".


What are the differences between brass and woodwind instruments?

Brass instruments tend to be made out of brass or other metals/alloys. Woodwind instruments have reeds, which makes a different sound to the brass instrument (in simple terms you have to blow raspberries into to make a sound- it is a little more complecated than that, but its hard to explain).

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Do brass instruments all have reeds?

Brass instruments do not have reeds, some woodwind instruments do.


Is a tuba a woodwind instrument?

It's a Brass instrument. Woodwinds are normally made of wood or have a reed or embrochure hole. [Woodwinds: Flute[Al harmonies too],Piccolo, Oboe/Eng. Horn, Bassoon/Contrabassoon,All Clarinets and Saxophones [They are made of Brass, but use a reed]]. Brass instruments don't have reeds, but have mouthpieces and have valves or slides. Made of Brass,Silver/Nickel and/or Copper. [Brass: Tuba,Trombone,Trumpet/Cornet,French Horn]


Do brass instruments have wood mouthpiece?

Instruments with wood mouthpieces, or mouthpieces containing wooden reeds, are called woodwinds, regardless of the material used to make them - and many are made of brass. "Brass" instruments - trumpets, tubas and other horns - have metal mouthpieces without reeds.


What do brass instruments have?

"Cup" style mouthpieces that you purse your lips and blow into, rather than putting your mouth around them.All brass instruments produce sound by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player's lips. All brass instruments are also called labrosones, meaning "lip-vibrated instruments".


What are the differences between brass and woodwind instruments?

Brass instruments tend to be made out of brass or other metals/alloys. Woodwind instruments have reeds, which makes a different sound to the brass instrument (in simple terms you have to blow raspberries into to make a sound- it is a little more complecated than that, but its hard to explain).


Do all brass instruments use a valve to change the pitch?

Most brass instruments use valves. The trumpet, tuba, baritone, and french horn all have valves to change the length of the tubing. The trombone and bugle are two common brass instruments that do not have valves.


What is the arranging technique that combines instruments of the brass and the reed section?

correct me if im wrong but i think its low reeds.


Is the alto horn a woodwind instrument?

No, an alto horn is not a woodwind instrument, it is a brass instrument. Woodwind instruments use reeds, except for flutes and recorders.


What is a brass and woodwinds?

In music, the brass and woodwind are groups or families of instruments. Most brass instruments are a gold like colour, like a tuba, (though some of this colour aren't). Some woodwind have reeds to blow through, like an oboe, (double reed or single reed), or just a hole to blow into, like a flute.


Are all woodwind instruments made of wood?

No, with the exception of the flutes, all woodwind instruments have reeds, flutes used to have reeds (similar to Oboe reeds) and that is why they are still classed as woodwind.


Saxophones are considered woodwind instruments because?

Because they use reeds and the music sort of flows around the instrument, unlike how a brass instrument is more of a direct sound.


How do you put reeds in a sentence?

I left my spare reeds at home. These reeds are used for musical instruments by the natives.