Brass around the world
Many ancient civilizations throughout the world had their ancient brass instruments.
1. Mesopotamian Trumpet (800-300 Before the Common Era)
2. Etruscan Lituus (3000-600 BCE)
3. Celt-Iberian Clay trumpet (200-100 BCE)
4. Irish Bronze-Age Horn (1000-300 BCE)
5. Nordic Bronze Lur (1500-500 BCE)
6. Oxus Trumpet (2200-1750 BCE)
7. Hindu Sankh (2000 BCE-Present)
8. Han Chinese Long Horn (206 BCE-Common Era 220)
9. Didgeridoo (?-Present)
10. Peruvian Pututus (Shell trumpets) (1000-600 BCE)
Breath and posture
1. Breath in through your mouth for a count of 4 beats.
2. Hold your breath for a count of 4 beats.
3. Release your breath through your mouth for a count of 4 beats.
4. Without a break, breath in again for a count of 4, repeating the entire technique 3-4 times in a row.
Focus on counting when breathing in, holding the breath, and breathing out.
Repeat with your mouthpiece.
Rhythm Challenge (Mouthpieces)
Rules
Technique activity
Hold the instrument with your left hand and move the slide or press the pistons with your right hand.
Technique activity
Let’s review the notes we know:
Trumpet: C or G
Trombone: Bb or F
Let’s review the notes we know:
Trumpet: D
Trombone: C
New note!
Brass Star: Steve Turre
Steve Turre makes music with seashells, turning them into magical horns that sing with jazzy sounds!