Brass section

The brass section of the orchestra, concert band, and jazz ensemble consist of brass instruments, and is one of the main sections in all three ensembles. The British-style brass band contains only brass and percussion instruments.

They contain instruments given Hornbostel-Sachs classification 423 (brass instruments).

Orchestra

The brass instruments commonly found in the orchestra include:^[1]^[2]

The brass section of the concert band is generally larger than the brass section of the orchestra.

The brass instruments commonly found in the concert band include:

The brass section of jazz ensembles usually include:

Orchestra and Concert band

Ensembles	Orchestra Concert band Chamber orchestra String orchestra Conductorless orchestra Radio orchestra

Leaders	Concertmaster (in orchestras) Bandmaster Conductor Music director

Sections of the orchestra	Woodwind section Brass section String section Percussion section Keyboard section

Basic orchestra instruments	Flute Oboe Bassoon Clarinet French horn Trumpet Trombone Bass trombone Tuba Violin Viola Cello Double bass Percussion Timpani Basso continuo instruments during Baroque music era Harpsichord Pipe organ Lute Theorbo Violone Viola da gamba

Sections of the concert band	Woodwind section Brass section String section Percussion section Keyboard section

Basic concert band instruments	Piccolo Flute Oboe Bassoon Clarinet Bass clarinet Alto saxophone Tenor saxophone Baritone saxophone French horn Trumpet Trombone Euphonium Tuba Double bass Percussion

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/3/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.