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The Roman tuba (plural: tubae), or trumpet [1] [2] was a military signal instrument used by the ancient Roman military and in religious rituals. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] They would signal troop movements such as retreating, [ 6 ] attacking, or charging, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] as well as when guards should mount, sleep, [ 9 ] or change posts.
The Etruscans were expert metallurgists and keen musicians, and musical instruments were just some of the many inventions they bequeathed to their Roman conquerors. Among the trumpet-like instruments used by the Romans, the following four may be distinguished: The tuba was a straight trumpet played by tubicines or tubatores. It was about 117 cm ...
The music of the legion consists of Roman tuba, cornu and buccinae. The trumpet sounds the charge and the retreat. The trumpet sounds the charge and the retreat. The cornets are used only to regulate the motions of the colors; the trumpets serve when the soldiers are ordered out to any work without the colors; but in time of action, the ...
Aeneatores who blew a buccina (a C-shaped horn made of bronze or silver or animal horn) were known as buccinators; those who blew a cornu (a G-shaped horn made of brass) were known as cornicines; those who blew a tuba (a straight bronze horn with a slight flare at the end) [2] were known as tubicines or tubatores; players of the lituus were called liticines.
Cornu (right) and water pipe organ (left) on a mosaic from Nennig, Germany. A cornu or cornum (Latin: cornū, cornūs or cornum, "horn", sometimes translated misleadingly as "cornet"; pl.: cornua) was an ancient Roman brass instrument about 3 m (9.8 ft) long in the shape of a letter 'G'.
The Roman tuba was a long, straight bronze trumpet with a detachable, conical mouthpiece like that of the modern French horn. Extant examples are about 1.3 meters long, and have a cylindrical bore from the mouthpiece to the point where the bell flares abruptly, [ 94 ] similar to the modern straight trumpet seen in presentations of 'period music'.
A Gabriel's horn (also called Torricelli's trumpet) is a type of geometric figure that has infinite surface area but finite volume. The name refers to the Christian tradition where the archangel Gabriel blows the horn to announce Judgment Day .
A fanfare trumpet, also called a herald trumpet, is a brass instrument similar to but longer than a regular trumpet (tubing is the same length as a regular Bb trumpet but not wrapped), capable of playing specially composed fanfares. Its extra length can also accommodate a small ceremonial banner that can be mounted on it.