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Tuba/Baritone History

Last updated almost 5 years ago

10 questions

Learn how Tubas are made and answer the questions-

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Question 6

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What do they fill the tubes with to help bend them to the correct shape?

Lime Jell-O

Pitch

Catch

Plastic

Question 7

7.

How do they make sure that the small tubes are the right diameter?

They melt the metal

They push specific sized metal balls through the tube

They use a ruler

They bend it with their fingers

Question 8

8.

How long is the tubing in a B-Flat Tuba?

5.5 Meters

2 Meters

5.5 Feet

2 Feet

Question 9

9.

What is something interesting that you learned about the tuba/baritone?

Question 10

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Draw a Tuba!

Question 1

1.

How do you produce sound on a tuba?

Blowing across a tone-hole

Screaming into it

Buzzing into a mouthpiece

Blowing through a reed

Question 2

2.

What invention in the 1820's made the creation of the tuba/baritone possible?

Mouthpieces

Crooks

Valves

The Computer

Question 3

3.

Which instrument was NOT an attempt to create a low brass instrument before the tuba?

The Helicon

Low Trumpetto

The Serpent

The Ophicleide

Question 4

4.

The baritone was needed to fill the range between which two brass instruments?

Flute and Oboe

Trumpet and Tuba

Saxophone and Clarinet

Horn and Trombone

Question 5

5.

Why does the sousaphone's bell face forward?

To look cool

To make the sound softer

To make it easy to carry

To project the sound toward the front