Tuba
The tuba in five languages — tuba in Italian, German and French
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Five languages
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Chinese | 大号 |
| English | tuba |
| Italian | tuba |
| German | Tuba |
| French | tuba |
The tuba is the bass instrument of the brass family, with a wide conical bore and valves; it supplies the heavy low foundation of the band. Italian, German and French all write tuba, from Latin tuba, "trumpet"; the Chinese 大号 means "large horn" relative to the trumpet, not "loud".
Watch out: the euphonium looks like a small tuba but sits higher and has a narrower bore; the sousaphone is a circular tuba adapted for marching and should not be confused with the concert tuba.
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Sources
- 各语种乐器名与 tuba 的拉丁词源，参 The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "Tuba"；本文为原创表述
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