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brass instrument

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Summary

brass instrument is a family of musical instruments[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of family of musical instruments entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,651 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Made from material: brass[3]
  • Subclass of: wind instrument[4]
  • Part of: MIMO's classification of musical instruments[5], Guizzi's classification of musical instruments[6]
  • Commons category: Brass instruments[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Brass instruments[8]
  • Commons gallery: Brass instrument[9]
  • Described at URL: http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/333[10]
  • Official name: Labrosones (or lip-reed instruments)[11], Trumpets[12], Trombe[13], медные духовые инструменты[14]
  • Used by: brass player[15], brass band[16]
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification: 423[17]
  • Uses: embouchure[18]
  • Has part(s) of the class: mouthpiece[19]
  • Practiced by: brass player[20]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21]

Why It Matters

brass instrument has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 93 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification by Febo Guizzi. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification by Febo Guizzi. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification by Febo Guizzi. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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