Tuba
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 Twa F-tubas, frae c.1900 (left) an 2004 (richt) | |
| Bress instrument | |
|---|---|
| Classification | |
| Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 423.232 (Valved aerophone soondit bi lip movement) |
| Inventor(s) | Wilhelm Friedrich Wieprecht an Johann Moritz |
| Developed | 1835 |
| Playin range | |
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| Relatit instruments | |
The tuba is the lairgest an lawest-pitched brass instrument. Soond is produced bi vibratin or "buzzin" the lips intae a lairge cupped moothpiece. It is ane o the maist recent addeetions tae the modren symphony orchestra, first appearin in the mid-19t century, when it lairgely replaced the ophicleide.[1] Tuba is Laitin for trumpet or horn.[2] The horn referred tae would maist likely resemble what is kent as a baroque trumpet.
A person who plays the tuba is kent as a tubaist or tubist.[3] In the Unitit Kinrick a person who plays the tuba in an orchestra is kent simply as a tuba player; in a brass band or militar band thay are kent as a bass player.