I failed at the saxophone so I don’t need the 6 easiest brass instruments to play in a band. But maybe you do. Maybe you, unlike me, did not fail at saxophone. Maybe you will pass or even succeed!

Brass instruments have been around in one form or another for thousands of years. They've played a part in historical military campaigns, religious ceremonies, and—of course—the development of music ...

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Composers have been writing music for the group of instruments we call an orchestra for the last four centuries. Endlessly adaptable and always evolving, an orchestra can be made up of 20 players or ...

FRAN SCOTT: I love the sound of brass instrumentslike these trumpets trombones and of course horns. GREG FOOT: Me too. Now this music is calledHorn Concerto Number Four by Mozart. Do you think it ...

Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars established Britain's first brass bands earlier than previously thought, new research reveals. The study undermines the idea that brass bands were ...

Music has always been a constant in Kent Hayward’s life. His parents, Gloria Jean and Winslow Hayward, got him playing instruments as a youngster. At 44, he’s still hooked. His skills extend to “ten ...

Per Gade was born in Denmark (1944) and raised in Copenhagen by an artistic family whose descent can be traced to the composer bearing the same surname. He became the first trombone professor in ...

Next in line on our list of easiest brass instruments to play in a band is French horn that has the strangest shape of all brass instruments. Similar to every other brass instruments, it initially has ...