Instrument Design – The Composer's Guide to the Tuba

nbsp;           The tuba family encompasses five broadly-similar instruments, consisting of two contrabass tubas, two bass tubas, and the euphonium. As demonstrated in the previous section, all five of these instruments can be traced back to the same creative impetus: the need during the middle nineteenth century for a robust bass brasswind instrument. As a result,…

Instrument Design – The Composer's Guide to the Tuba