| Which instrument needs the most air physically to support the sound? |
| The York Tuba |
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47% |
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| The Flute |
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52% |
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 Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:53 pm
I always wonde which instrument takes more air (which instrument needs the most air to support the sound): the York tuba (huge tuba) or thee Flute?
I think the flute...
(Discusion)
Agree/disagree?
---Why you think so?
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:55 am
no, i play flute, and i can hold a note note for like 5 or 6 measures, and i can barely hold one on any brass for 2, but idk, ima woodwinder, i dont really do brass
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:35 pm
I would say oboe. I'm a clarinet player, and I can hold my air very well, but when I tried oboe I nearly died lol. Also, pretty much any brass instrument requires tons of air, but I think it's something everyone gets used to. However, oboe is at the top of my list.
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:42 pm
i would say the brass. because they need more air to make a good sound than the woodwinds.
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:07 pm
I'm a clarinet player, and I have a fairly large lung capacity, since I also sing
and play flute and tenor sax. I found when I played tenor that it didn't take
as much air. No clue why, though. Maybe because the reed is thinner?
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:24 pm
It depends on the note. High notes on my bari sax use the air like flute, but holding a low note's really hard.
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:33 pm
Out of the regular instruments, tuba. Then it only takes more air once you get into the Sub-Contra-Bass stuff. The bigger the instrument, the more air it takes. But I've heard oboe takes a lot of air because of the freakishly small reed.
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:35 pm
I think French horn, because as much as our French horn players talk, and how soft they play, I think it's relative. To put out that much air regularly and have little to no sound come out... that's why I think French horn.
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:42 am
^ ...Really? No wonder why I can't hear them during band... confused
Anyway,
Anything big really, like baritone/bass instruments, but it PROBABLY depends on the player, IMO. Like when I started trombone after flute, I wasn't loud on trombone. Never was, never will. sad
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:54 am
Definitely the York Tuba. Big Tuba = lots of twist and turns in its long tube, needing lots of air to produce a decent sound! ^^
although the flute does require a steady flow of air, i don't think it requires more air...
Agree? Disagree?.... ninja
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 8:25 am
UnscathedLight Definitely the York Tuba. Big Tuba = lots of twist and turns in its long tube, needing lots of air to produce a decent sound! ^^ although the flute does require a steady flow of air, i don't think it requires more air... Agree? Disagree?.... ninja
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:26 am
I think the York Tuba, because I'm a trumpet player... and even I struggle with the tuba...
The flute takes hardly any air in comparison for me... (haha, I've convinced I few people I can play it)
When I'm playing like really low notes on the trumpet like bottom F it takes tonnes of air... I think I agree with UnscathedLight.
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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:54 pm
The longer the tubing in an instrument, the more air it requires to move the air through it. The more tubing, the more air you lose as the air travels through it. Also, more air allows for higher notes. Therefore, I say just about any brass instrument will take more air than most woodwinds instrument. Also, brass instruments can reach a real fortissimo whereas woodwinds can't without possible destruction of reeds/eardrums. wink
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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 7:01 pm
I dissagree completely, percussion takes the most air!
ever played a train whistle?
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Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:30 am
Vampia-Rougette I would say oboe. I'm a clarinet player, and I can hold my air very well, but when I tried oboe I nearly died lol. Also, pretty much any brass instrument requires tons of air, but I think it's something everyone gets used to. However, oboe is at the top of my list. I play flute. but i also play oboe. you need air for oboe, but you can only get so much air through the reed. its tricky!!!
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