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| The tuba is one of the larger brass instruments. It has between three and five valves and uses a cupped mouthpiece and conical tubing. The most usual sized tuba used in the orchestra has around 16 feet of tubing! It has a range of three octaves and its music is written in the bass clef. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tubas are made in a variety of shapes. Some of them wind around the player so that he/she can support it more easily while marching. Although recently the tuba has had concertos written for it, it seems to have remained largely the "bass" instrument in the orchestra, playing long held bass notes and broken chords. |
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