| 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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 Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 2:51 pm
I'd say the flute, since you have to blow past it, or at least I do.
But what do I know? It's the only wind instrument I've ever played.
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:46 pm
i think the flute because i'm a flute and it took me awhile to make my lungs used to it and when i tried a french horn it was easy to keep my air going because it was controlled and the flute does not have a mouthpiece it just has the head.
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Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:21 pm
i play the flute and it definitely needs more air for the sound
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:36 pm
I've played both the Tuba and the Flute, and I think Tuba is slightly harder to sustain your note with the same amount of air. smile
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 4:28 pm
(Wait, was there a poll? If there is, I missed it, and if not, I'm crazy xd )
Anyway, flute most definitely. All other instruments excluding percussion have a mouthpiece, which is resistance. Sure, to play a high note on the horn would kill your mouth, but at least you only need vibration and not as much air. As for flutes... No mouthpiece, ergo more resistance. PLUS to play a high concert E natural is very very annoying, as well as any crazy high note!
Hmmm, I've always wanted to try out a bass flute, that probably even HARDER to get air through!
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 4:53 pm
i'd have to say the flute as well, i tried once and it takes alot of air
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:11 pm
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 6:28 am
I have had experience playing both flute and tuba, and I think that the tuba takes more air. I found that it is easier to hold notes while playing flute rather than tuba, especially when I have to hold really low notes playing tuba. I also have to take a lot more breaths while playing tuba that I didn't need with flute. That could be because brass is usually louder than woodwinds, but I don't know for sure.
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Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 9:18 pm
I say it's about even with the flute and tuba on the amount of air. Tuba is a large instrument, thus it takes large amounts of air. The flute's mouthpiece actually cuts the airstream in half(if you hold your hand on the other side of the mouth piece when someone is playing the flute you can feel the air), which means you have to have lots of air to keep the note sustained. The amount of air lost when you blow over the hole in the mouthpiece does depend on the materials your mouth piece is made of.
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Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 2:47 pm
I think tuba, because I play tuba and I know it takes a lot of air to play it right.
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Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:28 pm
The flute. It's smaller, so air doesn't stay inside it for long, especially for the higher notes. Not all the air you breathe into it actually goes into the instrument, either.
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Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:31 pm
ur all wrong.... trombone takes more air.... jkjk.... id have to say tuba, unless you have to play super high notes on flute....
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:24 pm
i have been able to play both tuba and flute but i personally think that oboe is the hardest,,, i play oboe as mie main instruent and i no (or at least people tell me) that it takes crazy air to play it,,,, especially from hich c and up
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:42 pm
Being a brass player, I know that it generally takes more air and lip to sustain a note on a Trombone than on an Alto Saxophone, so I'll assume that a Tuba would take more air than a Flute because of how big the Tuba is.
However, the Oboe, from what I understand--I have a girlfriend who plays it as well as other instruments--takes the most air of all.
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:14 pm
My band director told us that because most of the air doesn't actually go inside the instrument, flute uses the most air, and she's played all the instruments. As a flute player, I don't really know since I only play flute. It's nice to be able to say that I use more air than a tuba player, though.
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