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sousaphone
Sign in to saveThe sousaphone ( ) is a brass musical instrument in the tuba family. It was first created around 1893 by J. W. Pepper as a modification of the helicon, at the direction of American bandleader John Philip Sousa, after whom the instrument was named. Sousa intended the bass sound of his helicons to better project above the heads of the band, and into the auditorium. Like the tuba, sound is produced by moving air past the lips, causing them to vibrate or "buzz" into a large cupped mouthpiece. Like the helicon, the modern instrument is bent in a circle to fit around the body of the musician, a
Key facts
- Instrument.name
- Sousaphone
- Instrument.image
- Yamaha Sousaphone YSH-411.jpg
- Instrument.caption
- A sousaphone.
- Instrument.background
- brass
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
- 423.232
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
- Valved lip-reed aerophone with wide conical bore
- Instrument.inventors
- J. W. Pepper, John Philip Sousa
- Instrument.range
- { \new Staff \with { \omit Score.TimeSignature } \clef bass \key c \major \cadenzaOn \omit Stem s4 ^ \markup "B♭ sousaphone" e,,1 \glissando bes } Range of a B♭ sousaphone with three valves
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15 sectionsContents
- History
- Construction
- Materials
- Pitch
- Varieties
- Fiberglass
- Additional valves
- Non-American sousaphones
- Special effects
- College marching bands
- Musical genres
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
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{ \new Staff \with { \omit Score.TimeSignature } \clef bass \key c \major \cadenzaOn \omit Stem s4 ^ \markup "B♭ sousaphone" e,,1 \glissando bes } Range of a B♭ sousaphone with three valves | articles = | related = }}