534a11: Lip vibrated (trumpet or horn)

Lip-vibrated aeorophones are sounded by compressed buzzing lips, sometimes played into a cup mouthpiece.

Western instruments played with buzzing lips are called brass instruments, but in addition to metal, they can be made of wood, bamboo, animal horn, or other material.

• Ocm module: Lip vibrated (trumpet or horn)
• In ocm module: Aerophones
• In ocm module: Musical instruments
• In modular book: Expanded ethnomusicology categories for the Outline of Cultural Materials, by Kenneth R. Hollingsworth
• In bookshelf: Anthropology

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