Brass instruments are

brass instruments - The Bugle - The Cornet - The English Horn - The Fluegel Horn - The Horn - The Saxophone - The Trombone - The Trumpet - The Tuba

part of the bigger group called the wind instruments. Wind Instruments include reeds, flutes and, of course brasses. Brass instruments produce their sounds when a column of vibrating air is blowed through the metal. This vibrating air comes from the vibrations from the musician's lips in the metal mouthpiece.