What is the largest brass instrument in an orchestra?
The tuba is the lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, the sound is produced by lip vibration – a buzz – into a mouthpiece. It first appeared in the mid-19th century, making it one of the newer instruments in the modern orchestra and concert band. The tuba largely replaced the ophicleide. Tuba is Latin for "trumpet".
A person who plays the tuba is called a tubaist, a tubist, or simply a tuba player. In a British brass band or military band, they are known as bass players.
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Cheryl Love
It amazes me there are people who still defend Lilly and Brian.
Denise Currie
Violin string section, Piccolo woodwind section and Saxaphone reed section of orchestra's which only leaves one brass instrument
wok
At least use all brass.
cindigon
Like I said, Brian is 5 years old!
Denise Currie
Lisa Rodrigues, A single reed woodwind instrument to be exact, so can be covered by both descriptions
Lisa Rodrigues
Denise Currie, The Sax is a woodwind.
Alicia Szot
Nice picture of the answer.....
Ken Putnam
Only one brass instrument in the options, but STILL not 100^
Christine Parrillo
Linda Johnson, Thank you for identifying it. A player indicated the picture gave her the answer, but I did not think it was a tuba. Christine, James' wife
Francie Carlson
The picture gave me the answer
John W Shreve
Robyn Hacche, I think they could be vetted by a smart canary.
Carole Vermillion Laffey
So glad to see no one yet has chosen violin!
Char
Elsy O. Stromberg, or people not familiar with musical instruments
Char
Frank Cowell, you do that your next Q and A
Irene Townsend
Linda Johnson, If a tuba was shown everyone would complain that the answer is shown, when something else is shown instead of the answer, people still complain