O multi-instrumentista de metais: aspectos técnicos e similaridades na prática de diferentes instrumentos

Abstract

This work focuses on presenting an investigation based on the research question that is discussed in several subareas of music and that also involves several musicians, whether laypeople or experts in musical fundamentals: how to play more than one instrument? For this, the work proposes an investigation into the brass multi-instrumentalist, a term used to describe the musician who plays more than one instrument of the brass family. The discussion is inserted in a framework that addresses the similarities between brass instruments and their practices. We restricted the investigation to trumpet and trombone only. To achieve this objective, we structured the theoretical foundations of authors who dealt with the subject, we made an analysis of the physical aspects and construction of the instruments, technical and practical aspects, in addition to a brief historical overview of the origin of the instruments. The research seeks to present, in a theoretical way, the technical and construction similarities of the instruments, showing the possibility of studying and performing more than one instrument from the brass family.