ALTO SAX MUSIC BOOK

Trumpet Valve Guards

trumpet


proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet; "Liberals like to trumpet their opposition to the death penalty"


A brass musical instrument with a flared bell and a bright, penetrating tone. The modern instrument has the tubing looped to form a straight-sided coil, with three valves


An organ reed stop with a quality resembling that of a trumpet


Something shaped like a trumpet, esp. the tubular corona of a daffodil flower


cornet: a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves


play or blow on the trumpet

guards


(guard) a person who keeps watch over something or someone


The household troops of the British army


(guard) the person who plays that position on a football team; "the left guard was injured on the play"


A person who keeps watch, esp. a soldier or other person formally assigned to protect a person or to control access to a place


A body of soldiers serving to protect a place or person


(guard) to keep watch over; "there would be men guarding the horses"

valve


A device for controlling the passage of fluid through a pipe or duct, esp. an automatic device allowing movement in one direction only


a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it


A membranous fold in a hollow organ or tubular structure, such as a blood vessel or the digestive tract, that maintains the flow of the contents in one direction by closing in response to any pressure from reverse flow


control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid


device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone


A cylindrical mechanism in a brass instrument that, when depressed or turned, admits air into different sections of tubing and so extends the range of available notes