Brass Instruments
Prior to the advent of metals, ancient peoples created brass-like instruments from natural materials such as ram horn and conch shell, which were primarily use for distant communications rather than music making. Modern brass instruments have a separate mouthpiece that fits into the lead pipe. The musician propels air through the mouthpiece while buzzing the lips against it. As with all instruments, faster vibration creates a higher pitch, shorter tubing will also result in higher pitch. Most modern brass instruments have valves to help create various pitches, which are assisted by changes in the air speed, muscle tension and inflections in the lips. In the early 1800s when valves were invented, brass instruments were suddenly able to produce every note in the chromatic scale, putting them on a more equal footing with strings and woodwind instruments.
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