Differences between similar instruments
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By: Brian Cormier Similar Instruments in Different Styles
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This is a slide show talking to teachers and students looking to buy new instruments. It explains that there can be many differences between similar instruments. It explains that the choices you make will affect your skill level.
Transcript of Differences between similar instruments
By: Brian Cormier
Similar Instruments
in Different
Styles
Tuba Comparison
s:
• Style• Valve Type• Pitch• Material• Color
• Concert• Contra• Sousaphon
e • Helicon
Tuba Styles
The Concert Tuba
• Concert Band (Bell on top)
• Silver or bronze/brass
• keys of Bb, C, Eb, or F
• 3+ valves (rotor or piston)
The Contra
• Marching Band (Bell to the front)
• Silver or bronze/brass
• key of Bb (Concert Pitch)
• 3-4 Piston Valves• Some convert to
concert form
The Sousaphone
• Marching Band (Bell to the front)
• Silver, brass, or white/fiberglass
• key of Bb(concert Pitch)
• 3 Piston Valves
The Helicon
• Marching Band (Bell to the side)
• Silver or bronze/brass
• key of Bb (concert pitch)
• 3 Piston Valves• Bell to the side
Valve Styles
1. Rotor valves• “French Horn”
valves2. Piston Valves• “trumpet”
valves
# of Valves
• 3+ valves per horn
Tuba Pitches
• Aid in Range
Summary
The right choice of horn can make a huge difference in skill level, so be sure to take into
consideration style, valve type, pitch, material and color
among other things
Attributions
Concert tuba: By Shoesbox (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsFile:CERVENY WIENER TUBA (Musica Model).jpg- Wikipedia Commonshttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CERVENY_WIENER_TUBA_(Musica_Model).jpg Sousaphone:Lucy LiuSousaphone … |Flickr Photo Sharing!http://www.flickr.com/photos/leafvert/4020898445/
Attributions cont.
Helicon:By Matthias Bramboeck (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia CommonsFile:Helikon-Stowasser-Graz.jpg- Wikipedia Commonshttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Helikon-Stowasser-Graz.jpg Piston:By PJ, background cropped by EWikist (File:Trumpet 1.jpg) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC-BY-SA-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsTrumpet_1.png- Wikipedia Commonshttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ATrumpet_1.png
