Name a brass instrument

Aug 24, 2026Daily Dive #40Question 7

37 official answersBest find · One in a Krillion · 100

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Ophicleide

85

Bazooka
Carnyx
Cimbasso

60

Alphorn
Baritone horn
Bass trombone

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OphicleideKeyed brass beast of the 1800s that fathered the tuba.One in a Krillion · 100
BazookaBob Burns's novelty horn lent its name to the rocket launcher.Deep Cut · 85
CarnyxCeltic war horn topped with a snarling boar's head.Deep Cut · 85
CimbassoLow, snarling brass that Verdi loved for opera villains.Deep Cut · 85
Conch shellLip-buzzed like a bugle, and a Bronze Age instrument worldwide.Deep Cut · 85
CornettWooden horn with finger holes, no relation to the cornet.Deep Cut · 85
DidgeridooLip-vibrated wood, which files it with brass rather than woodwind.Deep Cut · 85
DungchenDeep Cut · 85
HeliconCircular bass horn worn over the shoulder; the sousaphone grew from it.Deep Cut · 85
LurCurved bronze horn pulled from Nordic bogs, some still playable.Deep Cut · 85
MellophoneTakes the French horn's part when the band hits the field.Deep Cut · 85
Natural hornValveless, so pitch comes from lips and a hand in the bell.Deep Cut · 85
OlifantDeep Cut · 85
PosthornDeep Cut · 85
SackbutRenaissance ancestor of the trombone, with a smaller bell and softer tone.Deep Cut · 85
SaxhornAdolphe Sax built this whole family too, not just the saxophone.Deep Cut · 85
SerpentWooden, leather-wrapped and S-curved, it anchored church choirs for 200 years.Deep Cut · 85
ShofarA ram's horn blown by lip buzz, sounded at Rosh Hashanah.Deep Cut · 85
TrembitaDeep Cut · 85
Valve tromboneTrombone tubing with trumpet valves; Bob Brookmeyer made a career on it.Deep Cut · 85
Wagner tubaCommissioned because no existing brass sounded right for the Ring.Deep Cut · 85
AlphornRare · 60
Baritone hornRare · 60
Bass tromboneRare · 60
CornetRare · 60
EuphoniumRare · 60
Piccolo trumpetRare · 60
SousaphoneMarching-band tuba you wear wrapped around your body.Rare · 60
Tenor hornRare · 60
VuvuzelaPlastic, but lip-buzzed like any horn; it defined the 2010 World Cup.Rare · 60
BugleSchooler · 30
French hornSchooler · 30
FlugelhornMellower, rounder cousin of the trumpet; Chuck Mangione's calling card.Too Clever · 15
SaxophoneBrass body, woodwind reed, and we count it here anyway.Too Clever · 15
TrombonePlankton · 10
TrumpetPlankton · 10
TubaPlankton · 10

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