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The sousaphone (/ ˈ s uː z ə f oʊ n / SOO-zə-fohn) is a brass musical instrument in the tuba family. Created around 1893 by J. W. Pepper at the direction of American bandleader John Philip Sousa (after whom the instrument was then named), it was designed to be easier to play than the concert tuba while standing or marching, as well as to carry the sound of the instrument above the heads ...
The Men's Basketball Band was an auditioned band, while the bands that performed at other events were open enrollment. In 1988, the Marching Band received funds for new uniforms. Dr. Jon Woods kept the old Marching Band uniforms for use by the Military Band. These uniforms were used by the Military Band until the 1992 Spring Football Game.
Sousaphone. Marching brass instruments are brass instruments specially designed to be played while the player is moving. Not all instruments have a corresponding marching version, but many do, including the following: French horn (replaced by the mellophone) Baritone (replaced by the marching baritone or bass trumpet)
The contrabass bugle (usually shortened to contra or simply called the marching tuba) is the lowest-pitched brass instrument in the drum and bugle corps and marching band hornline. [1] It is the drum corps' counterpart to the marching band's sousaphone : the lowest-pitched member of the hornline, and a replacement for the concert tuba on the ...
Drum and bugle corps players, however, generally use marching tubas or Contrabass bugles. Standard tubas can also be played whilst standing and marching, which is the usual practice in British brass bands and military bands. With the comfort of the player in mind, companies have provided harnesses that sometimes use a strap joined to the tuba ...
Actually, a sousaphone is a type of tuba. A sousaphone is easier to carry and is used for marching. Don't get too obsessed with the difference. Jimmy Kimmel will make fun of you.
The first marching band formation, the Purdue All-American Marching Band "P Block". Instruments have been frequently used on the battlefield (for example the Iron Age carnyx and the medieval Ottoman military band [1]) but the modern marching band developed from European military bands formed in the Baroque period, partly influenced by the Ottoman tradition.
The sousaphone is a specialized version of the helicon. The first sousaphone, a non-production prototype made by J. W. Pepper & Son, Inc., had an upright bell, hence the nickname "rain catcher" because of its shape.