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The airflow from the lungs passed through the lips of the player cause them to vibrate. This creates pressure waves which are tuned and amplified by the length of the tubing in the brass instrument.

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Simple answer: Buzz your lips into the mouthpiece fast or slow for high or low notes.

Real answer: Technically, the brass instrument itself is not used to make sound, but to amplify the harmonics created through lip buzzing. When a person buzzes their lips together, they can tighten or loosen their lips to create higher and lower pitches.

When combined with the brass mouthpiece, there are 4 factors that can create the higher and lower pitches. Those factors are the pucker of the lips (how tight or loose they are), the push of air going out (faster air for higher notes), the placement of the tongue within the mouth (the heightened position from saying "e" created a faster wind current for higher notes and the openness of "o" creates a slower one for lower notes), and the pressure of the mouthpiece against the mouth (more pressure = higher notes). Pressure should be used sparingly since it's possible to hurt your mouth with too much pressure.

When the mouthpiece and lip buzzing are placed on the body of the instrument, the length of the tubing (changed with the Trombone slide, or valves on other brass) along with the curve of the bell and shape/size of the bore will cause the desired harmonics in the lips to be emphasized at varied percents to the exclusion of the other harmonics.

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You begin by buzzing your lips. Breath from the diaphragm (sorry guys don't know if I spelled that right) and there we go!

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Sound is produced by placing the lips on the mouthpiece and blowing while vibrating the lips. This may be called making a "raspberry".

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Forcing air through your lips vibrates a column of air inside the instrument.

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By air passing through the instrument and vibrating at a certain pitch. The keys affect the pitch by changing the air flow.

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Basically by doing a raspberry in the mouthpiece

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because it is a musical instruent

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