Trumpet, horn and trombone

United Kingdom, 1958

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Episode of Series “Listening to Music”
The film introduces the trumpet, horn and trombone and shows in close-up the basic techniques of producing sound from the instruments. The use of the lips to produce a harmonic series is clearly demonstrated. In the case of the trumpet and the horn the use of the valve mechanism, and the slide in the case of the trombone, are also explained.

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Credits

production company

Gateway Film Productions

Duration

00:10:53:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1958

Appears in

Listening to Music

Group of items

Listening to Music

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323088

Language

English

Subject categories

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Music - Instruction and study

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Music & Performing Arts → Brass instruments

Music & Performing Arts → Music - Instruction and study

Music & Performing Arts → Musical instruments - Construction

Music & Performing Arts → Trumpet

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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