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| Which instrument needs the most air physically to support the sound? |
| The York Tuba |
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47% |
[ 63 ] |
| The Flute |
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52% |
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| Total Votes : 133 |
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 Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:42 pm
Drinish 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!!!
Yeah. I play saxophone and oboe, and while oboe needs a good amount of air, there's actually not that much that can go through the reed. The breathing is really tough, because while breathing in a lot of air, you also need to exhale. I still haven't gotten that down yet...so I have to stop playing randomly to catch my breath before I hyperventilate. xd
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Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:37 pm
i said york tuba but dat because u dnt hav french horn
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Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:45 pm
well at least you got the two toughest wind instruments up there, air wise, but I'm not, sure, maybe tuba
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Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 6:51 pm
I'd say tuba.
But flute on the ultra high C's take a lot too. dramallama
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Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:28 pm
Your Band Room Lover 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. Yep definitely French Horn. I play French Horn, and it takes a LOT of air to get it to the volume of some other instruments. Some, it can't even reach. Like the trumpet. I've tried. Plus (and I don't know if this really could be relative, but it makes sense) if you stretch out a regular F Horn, it's 12 ft long. And I play a double horn, so it's extra long. That's a lot of piping to push that air through!
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Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:33 am
ive never heard of a york tuba, but my guess would be the flute. and to all those dorks that think brass takes more air than flute, concider that you actually blow into a hole!!! we have to blow accross a hole so it takes more air to get good quality than a brass!!!!! xp
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Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:01 am
I could tell you from my experience that tuba doesn't take much air I should know I play it....When I tried flute it was frikin hard! I thought tuba was gonna be hard to but not really so I chose tuba-anyways flute takes more air even my teacher says that!
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Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:32 am
I think both use a good amount of air it usually depends on the note like on my flute i can hold a low note for a while but i cant hold a high note and i am out of breath after i play razz burning_eyes
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Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:36 pm
I'm gonna say oboe. I'm lame and can't make a sound out of any other instrument.. So I can't say anything about any other instruments. But I've seen other people try to play oboe and they start turning purple in the third measure.
It's kind of amusing.
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Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 2:05 pm
It really depends on the player. I remember when I was starting out on flute, I could barely make a sound on it, no matter how hard I blew. Now that I've gotten used to the amount of air needed, I can hit the top range of the instrument pretty well. I'm pretty sure if I tried tuba, it'd probably take just as long to get a good sound out.
On the other hand, if you're outside in heavy wind (not necessarily marching), the whole blowing-across-the-hole thing means the flute takes a lot more air.
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Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 2:19 pm
I saw it's the flute, because you're actually losing oxygen from your system when you blow into it or play.
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Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:39 pm
i say flute, it takes alot of air to get the rely high notes, i say the flute
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:06 am
I've been told it's the flute and the tuba.
Flute wastes a lot of air depending on the note you're playing and tuba just takes a lot of air to get through the entire instrument.
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:10 am
Your Band Room Lover 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. I don't know, our horn players are so loud, they can cut through everything But I'd say tuba, mostly because the secret in any brass instrument to make it sound better is more air
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:35 am
chaudblaze It really depends on the player. I remember when I was starting out on flute, I could barely make a sound on it, no matter how hard I blew. Now that I've gotten used to the amount of air needed, I can hit the top range of the instrument pretty well. I'm pretty sure if I tried tuba, it'd probably take just as long to get a good sound out. On the other hand, if you're outside in heavy wind (not necessarily marching), the whole blowing-across-the-hole thing means the flute takes a lot more air. I agree with you; It really depends on the player which instrument takes the most air. Some people I know, they will blow through whatever instrument they have, and barely succeed in making any sort of noise. However, for some, once they get the hang of it, can get maximum sound with minimum air.
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