PHILIP ANDERSON MUSIC TUITION
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Orchestral Brass:

Trumpet
French Horn
Trombone
Tuba
Modern instruments are pitched in B flat, but orchestral writing can have them pitched in most keys from low to high F.
Modern, professional instruments are "double horns" (with 4 rotary valves) pitched in F and B flat.
There are typically 3 trombones - 2 tenors and a bass.
The largest member of the family.

Brass Band Instruments:

Soprano Cornet    
Cornets               
Flugel            
Tenor Horns     
Baritone Horns    
Trombones       
Euphoniums   
Basses           
Pitched in E flat.
Pitched in B flat; similar to the trumpet - many young musicians start on the cornet as it is shorter than the trumpet.
Pitched in B flat; often described as a fat trumpet, this instrument is essentially a valved bugle.
Perfected in 1844 (in Paris) by Adolphe Sax, these are pitched in E flat.
A larger version of the Tenor Horn, pitched in B flat.
The only instrument not to have valves, this instrument is pitched in B flat in a brass band.
A tenor tuba, this is pitched in B flat with a large bore and wide flare to the bell
There are 2 sizes of tuba - pitched in E flat and the contrabass B flat.

Other Brass:

Bugle
Wagner Tuba
Sousaphone
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  • Home
  • About Me
    • Photos >
      • The Early Days
      • 2001-2005
      • 2006-2010
      • 2011 onwards
  • For Parents
    • Schools >
      • Blue Coat
      • British
      • Cam Hopton Primary
      • Cirencester Deer Park
      • Cirencester College
      • Cirencester Kingshill
      • Cricklade Manor Prep
      • Katharine Lady Berkeley
      • Powell's Primary
      • Rednock
      • Rendcomb College
      • Sir William Romney's
      • Slimbridge Primary
      • Stratton Primary
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