The Emergence Machine

Brass (Instrument sense)

abstract · Music · Level 8 · E9

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Emergence definition

A category of wind instruments made of a specific type of alloy, played by blowing air through a mouthpiece; includes trumpet, trombone, and horn.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “brass instrument” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “brass instrument”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
brass
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L4L2L1L0Brass InstrumentMusicBrassSoundCategoryHeatPerceptionWindAlloyCopperCorrosion… intermediate l…ConsequenceForceFormKinetic EnergyActionChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesFrench HornL9TrumpetL10Brass InstrumentL8WindL4CategoryL5BrassL6MusicL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Wind L4 (requires) polysemous
    A category of wind instruments made of brass, played by blowing air through a mouthpiece.
  • Category L5 (requires)
    A category of wind instruments made of brass, played by blowing air through a mouthpiece.
  • Brass L6 (requires) Music sense
    A category of wind instruments made of brass, played by blowing air through a mouthpiece.
  • Music L7 (requires)
    Understanding brass instrument in music requires knowledge of music as a foundational musical concept.

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