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What is the Natural Harmonic Series?

What is the Natural Harmonic Series?

This is the range of notes played on any brass instrument when no valves, slides or finger-holes are utilised. It’s terrifically important for ancient and historical brass instruments as it effectively controls what can be played on them. As any brass player knows,...
What did the Greeks use their Trumpets for?

What did the Greeks use their Trumpets for?

Strangely, the answer is simple, they used their salpinx (that’s what they called their trumpet) for pretty-well everything. From what you read, however, they were principally treated as military instruments. That’s partially true as, for much of the time,...
Spreading Brass on your Toast

Spreading Brass on your Toast

The bronze lurs are among the most-characteristic instruments from the Late Bronze Age in northern Europe. They were found in Scandinavia and around the Baltic, the largest number have been found in Denmark. Because of the large number found there, Denmark has adopted...
What were the two Tutankhamun Trumpets?

What were the two Tutankhamun Trumpets?

In 1922, British archaeologist, Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankamun, one of the richest ever found. Among the items recovered were two trumpets which, although of the same basic shape as those seen in Egyptian iconography, were quite different from each...