which takes more air - bass bone or tuba


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Posted by Marty Neilan on January 31, 2003 at 23:49:33:

I would be curious to know which instrument uses more air - bass trombone or tuba. On the surface it would seem that tuba would because of its greater length and diameter, but when I play bass trombone I actually run out of air faster. Could this explain why many bass trombone players are taller than their tuba playing counterparts (because of the greater need for vital capacity)? Or is it just me, since bass bone is far the weaker of my two primary instruments? (but I am taking lessons and working at it!)



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