Labels:bulletin board | teddy bear | vegetarianism OCR: FACTS BOX NAME: TUBA FAMILY: Brass BRASS PITCH RANGE: About three octaves MATERIAL: Brass COMPLETE RANGE SIZE: The tube of the double B-flat tuba measures 8 ft m uncoiled ORIGINS: The first valved bass brass instruments were made in the 1820s in Germany and Austria. Improvements conti inued. and by the second half of the century the tuba began to appear regularly in bands and the orchestra. CLASSIFICATION Aerophone: an instrument that produces its sound by the vibration of a column of air DID YOU KNOW? The tuba is the largest of the brass family. Itis so heavy that different shapes were made to place the weight on the shoulders of marchers CLASSIFIGATION Acrophone
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