Tuba

Because it's made of brass...... Hence it's a member of the BRASS family.

There are two considerations: the horn and the music.

The fundamental pitch of the modern tenor trombone is B-flat. That is, it is the lowest note one can play with the slide in first position. All the notes in this position are part of the B-flat partial series, like you would hear in a bugle call. So, the trombone itself is pitched in the key of B-flat.*

What confuses many is that the trombone plays music in "concert pitch" (the key of C) just like a flute or a piano. Concert pitch means that the written note is identical to the sounding note. For example, a "C" on the trombone is written "C" on the music staff. Compare this to a "transposing instrument" such as the "B-flat trumpet" -- to get the trumpet player to play a concert "C" you would write a B-flat on the music staff. The same is true of the "B-flat clarinet" or "Bb tenor saxophone". When they play a written C, it sounds a B-flat. Likewise, when an Eb alto sax player plays a written C, it sounds an E-flat.

*There are trombones pitched in keys other than Bb. The Alto trombone is pitched a fouth higher, in Eb. Bass trombones used to be pitched primarily in F, but other variations exist as well.

Originally brass instruments had no valves. As the industrial age came about, improved machining techniques allowed instrument makers to fit brass instruments with valves and develop new brass instruments. Whole new, families of instruments with members of different ranges were developed. The tuba is in the same family as the trumpet. Other types of brass instruments developed during this time which did not "catch on," such as the Saxhorns and Wagner Tubas which of course had individual members of different ranges - soprano, alto, tenor, bass. Simply put; the tuba was developed to fill out the bottom of the brass section and it was the one that "caught on".

The tuba is essential to wind bands (concert band, symphonic band, wind ensemble, brass band).

It is also used in various kinds of folk music groups, such as dixieland bands, polka bands, and the Mexican banda. This influence has led to the occasional use of the tuba in popular music, partly because its distinctive sound immediately calls these folk styles to mind. For example, tuba can be heard sometimes in Mexican and Tex-Mex pop music, where it seems to give the music a more old-fashioned, down-home sound. In country music, Dwight Yoakam (who often does odd, interesting things) recorded the title track of Population: Me with a tuba as the bass, in the style of a New Orleans dixieland funeral march.


The tuba was also used regularly in early jazz and pop recordings, since its sound was easier to pick up on the primitive recording equipment of the day, compared to the sound of the string bass. This led to the name "recording bass" for a tuba with a forward-facing bell; the sousaphone was often used in recording for the same reason.


For the reason just mentioned, as well as its roots in dixieland, jazz has used the tuba off and on over the years. Some jazz charts include a tuba part that serves as a 5th trombone part, others have a bass part that indicates tuba as an option instead of string bass.


Many tuba players play acoustic and/or electric bass, and I've known several (myself included) who play bass in jazz groups. As a rule of thumb, if the bass part is written in the older "two-beat" style (two notes per measure, in the "oompah" style of a march), I might use tuba just for fun instead of string bass. The song "All that jazz", for example, was written in the 1970s, but it's in a campy retro style that just begs for tuba in my opinion.

In concert band, the bassoon. The double reed makes it especially difficult, then you add in the bass clef, and its natural out-of-tune nature, and you have a very difficult instrument to play.

In marching band, probably the drum line because of the size of the instruments and the pressure set on you to keep the entire band in tempo.

The Tuba is played by sitting on something in front of you with your mouth on the mouthpiece while your right hand presses the valves and your left hand holds it still.

And you have to have allot of breath to play the tuba!
as well as blowing with a spiting the pressing the valves to for the note's

yes, along with trumpets, trombones, horns, etc.

I believe they originate from Europe before the World War era. And they only exist in the US today because they were brought to the US as a result of the world war. The US before this time only had baritones, so when they got these Euphoniums they were exposed the European instrumentation. From that point they adopted the euphonium, but it was too late to be added into orchestras for that line had already been set.

The song is 'Don't Ha Ha' by Casey Jones & The Governors!!

The REAL original version of the song (as heard in the film La Bamba) is "Don't you just know it" by Huey "Piano" Smith

Tubas are made of metal, frequently brass, hence the name "brasswind" (trumpets, trombones, tubas, etc). This is as opposed to "woodwind" (like flutes and clarinets)

A Trumpet has 3 keys that are used to play it. there are many combinations which the keys are pressed and each combination results in a different note. Learning the different combinations is the hardest part of learning any instrument. Once you memorize the notes and which keys are pushed to make them, it becomes easier to learn to play. If you have the ambition to learn, the confidence that you can, and the patience to take the time to learn, You will enjoy playing any instrument that you try to play! have fun with it.

well... a trombone uses a slide to make different notes and a tuba has valves to press down to make notes. a trombone sits on your shoulder while you play it. a tuba sits on your leg or on a chair. a trombone weighs a lot less than a tuba

trust me i play both of these instruments in band class=]

The tuba is a bass instrument.

The trombone is a tenor instrument.

standard BBb lengths (approximations)

Open 18 ft

1st valve 19.07 ft (1.07 ft added)

2nd valve 20.21 ft (2.21 ft added)

3rd Valve 21.41 ft (3.41 ft added)

Total length of all tubing (all valves down or the tuba is unraveled) approximately 26.49 ft

In any band or orchestra the Tuba will almost never have the main melody of a song, instead it's used to balance the other instruments. in some cases it is used to keep time. becasue of its extremely low pitch, it makes it harder to learn or play any modern type song.

A tuba that is shaped in such a way where it 'wraps' around your body. Its main function is to be used in marching bands. Its named after John Phillip Sousa, a very famous American bandmaster and composer known for his marches.

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no, it has a mouthpiece where you "buzz" your lips.

It depends on the type of Tuba, really. In the most common tubas (I think they're F Tubas), a concert Bb is a Bb. In other tubas, it may vary. I think that on a Bb Tuba a concert Bb is a C. For other variations I would suggest consulting a professional musician.

Start with basic rhythms and slowly work your way up. I recommend taking a music theory class.

Yes, a tube is bigger than a clarinet and a Violin size wise but if you mean popular instrument in a orchestra or band, clarinet is usually the biggest sections in a band tubes are usually one or two if you are lucky.

He blew a joint

He was credited with twenty one stolen basses.

Technically, yes it is. It's a brass instrument in which the movement of blown air produces the sound.

NB. 'Wind instrument' is not a usual term as it is too vague. The more common terms are woodwind or brass.

A tuba that is used in a marching band, that is wrapped around a person's body is called a susaphone, other than that it is generally called a tuba.