Tubas
Bass Horn

Brass

Musical Theory and Technique

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    The tuba is a brass instrument. There is also a double-bass tuba, which is a fifth lower than the tuba.

    The tuba is a large, valved, brass musical wind instrument with a bass pitch. Also called the "bass horn". Also a reed stop in an organ, having aeight-foot pitch, and an ancient Roman war trumpet.

    Range: The tuba has a lowest note of B (approximately 29 Hz, with overtones to 1.5 KHz to 2 KH).

    General MIDI Level 1 Sound Set Program Channel Number: decimal 59 or hexadecimal 0x3A. (See General MIDI Level 1 Sound Set.)

    The word “tuba” comes from the Italian word “tuba”, which comes from the Latin word “tuba” meaning trumpet, which comes from the Latin word “tubus” which means tube..