sousaphone

The sousaphone ( ) is a brass musical instrument in the tuba family. It was first created around 1893 by J. W. Pepper as a modification of the helicon, at the direction of American bandleader John Philip Sousa, after whom the instrument was named. Sousa intended the bass sound of his helicons to better project above the heads of the band, and into the auditorium. Like the tuba, sound is produced by moving air past the lips, causing them to vibrate or "buzz" into a large cupped mouthpiece. Like the helicon, the modern instrument is bent in a circle to fit around the body of the musician, a

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Instrument.name: Sousaphone
Instrument.image: Yamaha Sousaphone YSH-411.jpg
Instrument.caption: A sousaphone.
Instrument.background: brass
Instrument.hornbostel_sachs: 423.232
Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc: Valved lip-reed aerophone with wide conical bore
Instrument.inventors: J. W. Pepper, John Philip Sousa
Instrument.range: { \new Staff \with { \omit Score.TimeSignature } \clef bass \key c \major \cadenzaOn \omit Stem s4 ^ \markup "B♭ sousaphone" e,,1 \glissando bes } Range of a B♭ sousaphone with three valves

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Commons category: Sousaphones
Commons gallery: Sousaphone
Hornbostel-Sachs classification: 423.232
IPA transcription: ˌzuːzaˈfoːn

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History
Construction
Materials
Pitch
Varieties
Fiberglass
Additional valves
Non-American sousaphones
Special effects
College marching bands
Musical genres
See also
References
Bibliography
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