How brass instruments work - Al Cannon
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- Опубліковано 6 кві 2015
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What gives the trumpet its clarion ring and the tuba its gut shaking oompah-pah? And what makes the trombone so jazzy? Al Cannon shows how these answers lie not in the brass the instruments are made of, but in the journey that air takes from the musician’s lungs to the instrument’s bell.
Lesson by Al Cannon, animation by TED-Ed.
As a tuba player who has learned all of this info before, I think it's great seeing it presented like this! Thanks, TED-Ed!
do you still play
agreed
Tuba 4 life!
@@Floridabaritoneboy nah
Shame the answer on the question in the beginning is not given: the bore gives each instrument its characteristic sound. If it's cylindircal, the sound will be clearer and more direct (such as the trumpet and trombone) and if the tubing is a bit conical the sound becomes rounder (like the French Horn) and when the bore size increases a lot over the length of the tubing it becomes very mellow and round like the Euphonium.
I cried because no euphonium
Lol me too
Word
Finally! Someone who understands!
Literally baby tuba
nah tuba is a bass euph ;)
Thank you so much for this! You actually describe the difficulty of playing a brass instrument! As a trumpet player myself, it was really great seeing music mixed with science!
no recognition for eupho :,(
;( Ik I play Euph
I know right!! #EuphLivesMatter
or the baritone
Of French Horn. Only a Pic..
We never get recognition 😭
As a brass player, it's interesting to know what's actually going on when we play and how the sound is actually produced. Nice vid :)
The trombone in the thumbnail is assembled backwards.
Scary Sheep I've also never seen a tuba with the lead pipe on that side
Could be left handed trombonists
@@maneatinggnomes3985 my tuba is like that
King Kong there is no such thing as a left handed trombone. Left handed people still have to use their right hand to move the trombone slide.
samu Hernandez just searched it up, and you’re right, but it could be custom made for left handed trombonists.
I love how he put o2 for air when we breathe out Co2 genius
welp, videos have flaws sometimes
@Skummar Köphunchuksohn i dont think you know what you talking about because we dont exhale h2o, thats literally water
@Skummar Köphunchuksohn This is correct. Unless you're SCUBA diving then the air you're breathing probably has water in it (think humidity). Water vapor is part of your exhalations as well. If the video creator wanted to use a single element/compound coming out of the horn then Nitrogen would have been best since it makes up ~78% of earth's atmosphere. But that's too technical. Just having "air" come out of the horn may have been best :)
Wow, respect for musicians who interpret this instruments.
As a Horn player, I am deeply insulted that you didn't even mention us! We have a unique form of pitch changes via the rotary valve system, rather than the piston and slide mechanisms of trombones and the others. We are also capable of changing the pitch of the note with our hands, (which is why we always have our hands inside the bell.) That, an we have the longest amounts of tubing than any other instrument. It's remarkable how we can play as low as trombone, and as high as a trumpet.
yes, but the fundamental idea is still the same. if he had mentioned every brass instrument, we'd be here all day.
IKR!
i feel you 😢😢
Thank you! I was like, "where's the French horn!"
Theodosius now you know how the Euphonium feels
The brass instruments are so fun to play!
I know, right?
R.I.P euphoniums
i play the tuba. this was deep.
hi tuba m8
Hey, another tuba!
Jacob Wimpee nice pun 👌🏽
Finally, another tuba!
Obviously wasn't done by a musician but still extremely accurate
Obviously they were consulted by one though
Thank you so much for producing these videos. We live in an amazing era.
And where is my Beautiful Euphonium??
Ikr
So sad no french horn =(
They at least put a picture of a french horn in there, they didn't include the euphonium at all :(
At least they had a picture of a French horn. Theres no recognition for us euphonium players 😥😥😥😥
Rip
Yes, they overlooked us again but that's okay - movies LOVE us!!!
I used to play the trumpet when I was younger back in school and I remember it always makes my lips crazy numb after practicing for one hour each school day for the whole week. I also remember that spit valve at the end where you can release the spit that's been built up inside the trumpet per use. We learned Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture which is up until now is one of the things I'm most proud of. Sadly unlike riding the bicycle, I've lost the skill to read music notes now.
Man I Love TED-Ed
I saw the silver tubs in the thumbnail and at first thought it was a euphonium. I got excited because it’s not a well known instrument outside of band and I play so it was nice to see it being recognized here. But nope, just a tuba.
Yes I play the euph and I get very exited when these videos pop up and then get so pissed when the euph isnt mentioned
Thank you so much!! I have always wondered how it works... I seriously was going to open my trumpet to see how it works! I have always enjoyed your videos in my classroom!
Sad to see that this video did not incorporate the writings of Arthur Benade, showing the relationships between quantum mechanics and how horns make sound as well as how the players lips, after initial vibration, actually vibrate sympathetically with the resonating column inside the instrument that is returned to them at a nodal point on the bell.
this video is less than five minutes, they are not going to go that deep
Euphonium never gets noticed
Now i admire brass players more. What a hard work!
0:07 the fact I genuinely thought that was real life for a second
LOVE that the picture of the sousa shows the inevitable dents
I’ve been playing trombone for 5 years and this is so true
For a 4-minute video. This is perfect.
All of her angry euphonium players here make me feel seen
That's cool. Don't mention the horn. Only the first true brass instrument created. No biggie.
Professor Faber actually there were tumpets and sackbutts (early model of trombone) but they weren't fully developed untill around the late classical period ( 1820s)
a trumpet mouthpiece on a baritone can be played almost as high as a normal trumpet.
That was actually well explained. Much better than how i wouldv put it
Wtf where's the Euphonium you liked skipped that instrument
Thats what I was thinking
a euphonium is literally just a tenor tuba calm your tits your not that special buddy
I've always wanted to learn the trumpet!
Shaine MacDonald - Do yourself a favour and get yourself some lessons from experienced trumpet teacher so you learn good technique and don't pick up bad habits, especially initially. Take it from someone that has been playing brass for over 30 years.
It's been 5 years, did you ever learn to play the trumpet?
You should! It’s the easiest brass instrument to play and very good for begginers
as a trumpet player I learned this before watching this and hey the trombone isn't the only brass instrument that sounds jazzy basically any brass instrument can sound jazzy
Great explanation!
Poor Bari (The baritone), no one knows what he is :(
#BariLivesMatter #EuphoLivesMatter #BaritonesAreAwesome #JrBariSeniorBariMoreBari #BringBariBack
arent they like euphs but with the bell curving forward instead of up?
@@ThatPoorSinner no baritones just have a primarily cylindrical tube, while euphoniums slight expand the farther out you go. a baritone also just has a smaller bell
@@ArsenalTheProtogen I see.
I don't think 'crammed' is the best word to describe filling the lungs. To me it suggests tension which is undesirable when playing a brass instrument. My lips don't begin to vibrate when the air reaches them but only when it creates a standing wave in the lead or mouthpipe which reflects back to the lips.
How about one for the winds -- especially the flute.
George Woodrow a flute is blown across an opening like blowing on a bottle
brian whittle I have been playing the flute for 44 years, and I know how it works. (I also know how brass instruments work.) This video -- and the ones to come, I hope -- will provide learning to people who do to know how things work.
George Woodrow Thank you for your suggestion! We are working on one for guitars, but would love to also create a video on woodwinds instruments. If you have any ideas for a possible educator to help us create this lesson, let us know by nominating them on our "Get Involved" section at ed.ted.com/.
Brass only!
George Woodrow He said that for winds the air vibrates against a read or *a sharp edge* That's what the flute does. The vibration I believe is produced by the air cutting against the edge of the lip plate hole. (I could be completely wrong though)
You exhale CO2 not O2
its actually both, and other gases - a mixture of sorts
You exhale water vapor as well as CO2. And when that warm water vapor from your lungs goes into the cold brass instrument, it cools and condenses into water. That is why we have spit valves. (Even though it's not spit, it's condensation)
Anyway the point is that you are breathing out not only O2, it bothered me so much. Just like us, the musicans, breathe differently 😂
JohntheRobot it is a WATER KEY
if u analyzed anything this deeply it would seem like the most awesomest of awesome inventions ever :p
Quite interesting and well-presented.
percussion instruments are also scraped and shaken
I play trombone and most of this was stuff I already knew, but it was a very entertaining watch nonetheless
Best channel I suscribed! Alwais interesting video explain in a way most mortal can understand. Thanks a lot for your work!
Did he just call the embouchure the aperture?
the embouchure is the shape, the apature is the opening.
I backed it up and listened to it again and he got it right. He said the opening 'between' our lips.
I'm reminded of *The Trumpet of the Swan* by E.B. White and how much more scientifically inaccurate it is now. A charming book, but how can the bird play the brass instrument with no lips? I'm so disillusioned.
Me a band nerd: ah, it's easy. You see-
They are just big
the trombones slide in the thumbnail is facing the wrong side
In my town, we don't play jazz trombone. We play heavy metal trombone!
Im sitting here with my tuba mouthpiece next to me lol
Woodwinds are hard to learn but easy to master. Brass is the other way around.
Never knew it was so complicated
Could you do one on woodwinds?? On flute??
So wait ... brass instruments dont use a reed or anything like that, it's just essentially one long length of coiled tubing with a horn at the end? I always thought they used a reed or something similar like a saxophone does and that's what makes the sound. I did wonder how trumpet players could play so many notes with just 3 valves, I thought different combinations of which ones were up and which ones were down gave different notes or something.
The Eb tuba has 3 valves too btw the saxophone is not a brass instrument,and brass instrument can play a LOT of notes the valves help Sharp and flat or create new notes, by changing the ombre sure you can create a new note,i
The buzzing of the lips make the sound
We don't need a reed or anything, we just need the mouthpiece and some valve oil. There are many valve combinations and you can change your omniture to make the pitches higher or lower.
The 'only 3 valves' thing is because of the harmonic series. When you play a 'C' for example (no valves) there's overtones of the 5th (a G) and the 3rd (an E) and as you get higher and this series gets closer together, there are more overtones so you can get more by adjusting the lips slightly. Then, if you put a valve combination down you can then get the new harmonic series (the tonic is now a Bb with the first valve) so an f is now the 5th etc so swapping the valves changes which harmonic series you can get (by shortening the air pathway) and the lips are used to pick the note in the series. That's why some people argue brass is more difficult. Some people think woodwind is because they have to remember more valve positions but once remembered they can't hit as many as a brass player can. A brass player has to be able to hear the note and be able to adjust their lips according only very slightly or the note will completely change, with only 3 valves to aid them adjusting pitch.
Trombone fam, where you at?
Just a single correction: the tuba isn’t the lowest brass instrument, the sousaphone is.
Very informative !!
As a trombone I can confirm this
it's all correct...good job!
excellent!
As a Euphonium Player, this sounds about right, but I’m sad that you didn’t mention us.
So it's basically fancier form of blowing a raspberry, got it!
讲解的真棒
1:22 that what we phonologists/ phonolgy studants call a a voiced bilabial fricative, represented with the symbol .
Molecular oxygen used as an example of air is dubious at best since in exhaled air you'd expect to only find 15% of oxygen by volume.
When playing on a brass instrument you're actually not supposed to breathe into your lungs, you're supposed to breathe into your stomach.
I find this unique
When you say aperture, did you mean embouchure?
No. The embouchure is the way your lips are set up. the aperture is the hole you put in your lips for air to get through.
Pine Sol get em nebbins
I need these kind of tech to upgrade my exhaust
I'm sorry that your musical experiences were torture. It's very important that the student picks the instrument of their choice, and also gets to play the music of their choice. If the instrument or the style of music is forced down the student's throat, that is guaranteed to result in frustration and displeasure, which is the exact opposite of the intention of music. I have been a drum teacher for 15 years and I can tell you it is very unfortunate to hear my clients say things like: "I just like the violin, I want my son to learn the violin."
How about allowing the child to play the musical instrument of their choice? After all, music is all about the passion. If you don't have the passion, its better to do find something else that you DO have the passion for! There are enough unpassionate, mediocre musicians in the world, we do not need any more!
I cant agree more!! I wanted to play Tuba but my mom made me play trumpet, which im ok with.... But i dont really like it too much. Good thing i have a bigger interest in the Euph now!!!!
FalconAviator88 The Euph is pretty much a tenor tuba-welcome to the club!
Oh I joined band in school like let's say 7 years ago ( in like grade 3 ) and they gave the trumpet to me and well I didn't like it at first but now I really love it but I'm not sure if I'm suited for the instrument cuz my lips get tired very easily and I cough a lot while trying to reach the high notes.... idek if that is a good thing but i love my instrument
Bujji V actually, some euphoniums DO have rotary valves.
Source: have seen them
Hi there! Will there be any clips explaining about the history of western music?
what about french horn
+An Average JOE same thing, the vibrations from the buzz/mouthpiece travels through all the tubes, valves or not, and comes out the bell.
Trombone ftw
Pretty accurate.
very informative
Lesson by
Al cannon
Narration by
Addison Anderson
Music by
Carlos palomares
ANIMATION by
TED-ED
So that's how they work!
They didn’t mention that saxes, clarinets, bassoons, oboes, ocarinas, the cor anglais, the shawm, the crumhorn, the bagpipes, the chalumeau, and the duduk are also woodwinds, guys!!! I feel attacked.
Brass instruments 🎺
All of those are wood winds etc.
It is nice to know this, because I play the trumpet.
shout out to all the French horn players
yeah tubas!
Very good vid
I was here for the animation at 2:40 lol
nice
Why is the slide on the wrong side of the trombone on the thumbnail
Oh, so you can only play overtones of the resonant frequency of the tubing? Sounds simple enough. But how does half-valve work?
Nice video
dislike=woodwind
Hi theater kids! Welcome to our band room...
Cool video
MAKE MORE PLS
It's odd to think that technically, a didgeridoo is a brass instrument
and that is why brass is better than woodwinds
I have to do this for class I'm sad 😭
Thanks to all who make science live for us and for our kids thanks aloooooot
Wow.
is it just me or does anyone find brass instruments easier to play than the flute?
Not true cuz the lesser keys u have the harder it is, just my and my conductor's opinion :)
Your opinion
Flute is probably the hardest instrument in a modern orchestra, next to french horn. I dont care what you biased percussionists or trombonists say, that simply isnt true,
The trombone's slide in the thumbnail is in the wrong side.
Oskari M lol i noticed too
what happen to baritone