Origins of the Tuba, A Low Brass Musical Instrument
Jan 24, 2011 Ashley Anderson
History of the Tuba
According to Duquesne University, the tuba's origins can be traced back to ancient Rome, where a spiral-shaped instrument called the buccina was used in infantry units in the Roman army.

The next ancestor of the tuba is the serpent, an instrument created in the late 1500s by Edme Guillame and which also led to the development of the euphonium. The original serpent, according to Black Diamond Brass, consisted of a wooden tube covered in leather that coiled back and forth, similar in shape to a serpent. The instrument was played using a mouthpiece similar to today's brass mouthpiece and had tone holes that could be covered with the fingers in a variety of combinations to alter the instrument's pitch.

Budster Yoda ...

Keep practicing ...

When you're a musician, success always seems to occur in private, and failure in full view ...

(going back to practice now.)

German Brass Ensemble ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGChxHnbnNE
German Brass
TRADITION AND INNOVATION
GERMAN BRASS is both: tradition and progress. But above all the ensemble has for years been a synonym for brass music at its highest level. A pioneer among the German brass ensembles, GERMAN BRASS has co-initiated the brass movement from its beginnings in 1974 and has influenced it decisively ever since.

GERMAN BRASS has succeeded in creating "diversity in unity", i.e. to work the miracle of producing a unique, unmistakable collective sound with ten individualists and renowned soloists from outstanding first-class German orchestras. As an ensemble they play transparent chamber music but at the same time with symphonic magnificence and dynamics that only brass instrumentalists can produce.

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