Brass Instruments - Music Workshop

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Across
  1. 5. The Wynton Marsalis Group is a ________ band that uses mutes in their music.
  2. 8. The only brass instrument in the “slide” family.
  3. 9. The All-American College Band is a marching band made up of college students from all over the country that gather to play at _______________.
  4. 11. The smallest brass instrument. It plays the highest notes.
  5. 13. The largest instrument in the brass family.
  6. 14. A ___________ bore gets wider as it progresses.
  7. 16. The very end of a brass instrument is called the ________.
  8. 20. The Brevis Brass Band is a band from __________ that plays brass arrangements of contemporary music.
  9. 21. Brass instruments are not necessarily made of brass. For example, the _____________ is a brass instrument made of wood.
  10. 23. Sousaphones are often made of lightweight _____________.
  11. 24. A plunger that goes in the bell of brass instruments to make interesting sounds.
  12. 25. ___________ on brass instruments are used to change the note by changing the size or length of the tube.
Down
  1. 1. The ___________________ was invented to replace the Tuba in a marching band. It is designed to be carried.
  2. 2. _______ _______ _____________was 7 years old when she started playing the Trumpet, she is one of the best trumpet players in the 
world.
  3. 3. The bell on the __________ ________ is different from other instruments, it points up rather than out, giving it a softer, smoother sound.
  4. 4. One of the two brass families.
  5. 6. The ___________ was commonly used in military bands during the Civil War.
  6. 7. One of the two brass families.
  7. 10. The sound of the _________ in the “Peanuts” Cartoons is a muted Trombone.
  8. 12. A _______________ bore stays the same width from beginning to end.
  9. 15. The _________ ______ is the only brass instrument that is played left-handed.
  10. 17. Instruments are considered to belong in the Brass family if they make their sounds because of vibrations from the _______ and a mouthpiece.
  11. 18. One of the most popular brass instruments.
  12. 19. The shape of the tube in a brass instrument is called a ________.
  13. 22. The __________ Catfish Brass Band is a super fun band from Canada. We saw them in our course playing a version of “Shake it Off” by Taylor Swift.