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which offers greater adjustability of mouthpiece position at the expense of tone quality. Both the sousaphone and helicon have a wide and roughly-circular shape leaving a large empty area in the center, and are designed to be worn around the player's body, with the inside of the coil resting on the
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bass tuba (though generally without the additional valves and other optional features sometimes seen on tubas, meaning that a few notes in the lowest range are unavailable on the helicon).
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is a specialized version of the helicon. The first sousaphone, a non-production prototype made by
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invented a new family of
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Adolphe Sax (1814–1894): sa vie, son œuvre et ses instruments de musique
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360:. Brussels: Éditions de l'Université de Bruxelles. p. 74.
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List of euphonium, baritone horn and tenor horn manufacturers
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133:basses, but they also commonly exist in E
179:helicon is two octaves below that of a B
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341:The Harvard Brief Dictionary of Music
16:Musical instrument in the tuba family
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188:, thus similar to the more common B
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296:Two musicians playing helicons.
68:Hornbostel–Sachs classification
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1052:Pitch of brass instruments
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1021:Classical trombonists
618:Double bell euphonium
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339:"Brass instruments".
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84:Related instruments
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970:British brass band
841:Marching euphonium
608:Subcontrabass tuba
173:The range of the B
127:family. Most are B
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1016:Horn players
975:Balkan brass
882:Rotary valve
877:Piston valve
808:Tibetan horn
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675:Natural horn
653:Mute cornett
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376:. Retrieved
372:the original
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309:Philip Timms
235:Soprano in E
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164:mounted band
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519:Wagner tuba
514:Vienna horn
509:German horn
504:French horn
965:Brass band
914:Pedal tone
904:Mouthpiece
899:Embouchure
851:Sousaphone
846:Trombonium
831:Mellophone
766:Indigenous
757:Jazzophone
747:Saxotromba
737:Sudrophone
727:Ophicleide
648:Cornettino
631:Antiquated
582:Flugelhorn
533:Contrabass
441:Contrabass
378:2008-12-10
323:References
311:with his E
252:Tenor in E
168:Bellowhead
155:shoulder.
144:sousaphone
103:Sousaphone
958:Ensembles
939:Water key
924:Valve oil
680:Post horn
613:Euphonium
592:Kuhlohorn
553:Superbone
244:Alto in B
206:, or the
76:aerophone
59:Aerophone
1082:Category
934:Leadpipe
823:Marching
783:Vuvuzela
558:Cimbasso
527:Trombone
466:Firebird
314:♭
280:♭
271:♭
263:♭
255:♭
247:♭
238:♭
191:♭
182:♭
176:♭
152:leadpipe
136:♭
130:♭
74:(Valved
1036:Tubists
999:Players
773:Alphorn
752:Bazooka
742:Saxtuba
732:Serpent
715:Helicon
710:Sackbut
695:Buccina
643:Cornett
638:Clarion
587:Fiscorn
566:Saxhorn
548:Soprano
471:Flumpet
451:Piccolo
435:Trumpet
283:(or CC)
208:saxtuba
204:saxhorn
198:History
123:in the
114:helicon
98:Saxtuba
72:423.232
20:Helicon
909:Falset
872:Valves
803:Sringa
798:Shofar
793:Carnyx
705:Buccin
479:Cornet
427:Modern
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228:Melton
186:cornet
162:and a
1045:Other
929:Crook
889:Mutes
813:Wazza
788:Nyele
778:Nabal
665:Cornu
499:Bugle
118:brass
116:is a
54:Brass
919:Bore
670:Dord
602:Tuba
543:Alto
538:Bass
493:Horn
446:Bass
362:ISBN
142:The
125:tuba
112:The
93:Tuba
49:Wind
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