Tuba vs Ophicleide - What's the difference?
tuba | ophicleide |
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
(music) A keyed brass baritone bugle, now replaced by the tuba in orchestral music
As nouns the difference between tuba and ophicleide
is that 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 while ophicleide is a keyed brass baritone bugle, now replaced by the tuba in orchestral music.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.