Instrumental

Music
Brass Band
 Brass Band
• Consist of brass instruments, most often
with a percussion section.
 Brass Band
• The brass band in the Philippines consists
of a group of brass and woodwind
instrumentalist marching and playing on
the street.

• It rose in the popularity of brass band in the

20th century during Spanish period.
 Brass Band
• Men trained and conducted Spanish army
bands

• It was a great honor for an individual to be

affiliated with an army band, most
especially to be a conductor, because
Filipinos were not allowed to organized
their own bands.
 Brass Band
• During American regime, marching bands
were very popular.
• In 1902, the Philippines Constabulary Band
was founded by Walter H. Loving

Philippines Constabulary band

Walter H. Loving
 Brass Band
• It brought international fame to the country
through its participation in international
expositions.

• It is also played during the 1909

inauguration of US President William
Howard Taft.
 Brass Band
• It was lead by Col. Antonio Buenaventura,
national artist for Music in 1988
What are the instruments
used in brass band
Trumpet
• Highest register in
the brass family
• Played by blowing
through closed lips
• Aerophone
Trombone
• Derives from Italian word
tromba (trumpet) and
–one (a suffix meaning
“large”), or large trumpet
• Aerophone
Tuba
• Largest and the lowest
pitched brass instrument.
• Sound is produced by
vibrating the lips into a
large cupped mouthpiece
Cymbals
• Round plates of alloys
• Percussion
• Idiophone
French
Horn
• Also known as horn
• Made of tubing more than
20 feet.
• Pitch is controlled by the
adjust of the lip tension in
the mouthpiece.
Bass Drum
• Percussion instrument
• Big drums used in
marching bands
• membranophone
Snare
Drum• Unpitched percussion
• Center of the drum kit
• Prominent drum
• membranophone
 1/4 sheet of paper

Enumerate the 7 instruments in

brass band write a brief
description of each instrument.
 Assignment

Notebook: Research for the

history of Musikong Bumbong.