Trombone vs Tuba - What's the difference?
trombone | tuba |
A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B?? (contra B?).
The common European bittern.
A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.
* 1990 , Thomas D. Rossing, The Science of Sound? , page 230
As nouns the difference between trombone and tuba
is that trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B♭ˌ (contra B♭) while tuba is a large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.trombone
English
(wikipedia trombone)Noun
(en noun)- Jim plays the trombone very well.
- This trombone is very expensive.
Derived terms
* alto trombone * tenor trombone * bass trombone * slide trombone * valve trombone * tromboning * trombonist ----tuba
English
(wikipedia tuba)Noun
(en noun)- One version of the large tuba , popular in marching bands, is called a sousaphone in honor of bandsman John Philip Sousa.