are all instruments in the brass family aerophones?
http://www.answers.com/topic/aerophone
Let us know what you decide?
Yes?
Brass and woodwinds and any other musical instrument you blow into!!
I don't think woodwinds are aerophones.
Did you read ALL of the information on that link I sent you? Including this:
An aerophone is any musical instrument that produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or membranes, and without the vibration of the instrument itself adding considerably to the sound. It is one of the four main classes of instruments in the original Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification.
Hornbostel-Sachs divides aerophones by whether vibrating air is contained in the instrument itself or not.
The first class (41) includes instruments which, when played, do not contain the vibrating air. The bullroarer is one example. These are called free aerophones. This class includes free reed instruments, such as the harmonica, but also many instruments unlikely to be called wind instruments at all by most people, such as sirens and whips.
The second class (42) includes instruments which contain the vibrating air when being played. This class includes almost all instruments generally called wind instruments - including the didgeridoo, brass instruments (e.g., trumpet, french horn, trombone), and woodwind instruments (e.g., oboe, flute, saxophone, clarinet).
Additionally, very loud sounds can be made by explosions directed into, or being detonated inside of resonant cavities. Detonations inside the calliope (and steam whistle), as well as the pyrophone might thus be considered as class 42 instruments, despite the fact that the "wind" or "air" may be steam or an air-fuel mixture.
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Yes, all instruments in the brass family are aerophones.
To understand why they are considered aerophones, let's break down the term.
The term "aerophone" refers to musical instruments that produce sound through the vibration of air. In simple terms, these instruments create sound by blowing air into or across them, causing the air column to vibrate and produce sound waves.
Now, brass instruments fit this description perfectly. They are typically made of brass (hence the name), and the player produces sound by buzzing their lips into a cup-shaped mouthpiece. This buzzing creates vibrations in the air column inside the instrument, which then resonate and generate sound. Examples of brass instruments include the trumpet, trombone, French horn, tuba, and various types of horns.
So, in conclusion, all instruments in the brass family qualify as aerophones because they produce sound by vibrating the air column through the act of blowing air into or across them.