For many years I have been very interested in one special musical instrument: the French horn. If you have never heard a French horn, well this intriguing brass instrument with a mellow tone. There are not small instrument. A normal French horn will be 12 feet of tubing and it is part of the bass [...]
When referring to the instrument, the serpent is a wind instrument that resembles a snake in its design. It can be hard to classify this particular instrument at first because it could be a brass instrument for its mouthpiece, but it could be a woodwind instrument because of the material it is made out of [...]
The sousaphone is basically a tuba, with the biggest difference being that the instrument will fit around the body of the musician. This makes it easier for someone in a marching band to carry the instrument and focus more on playing it rather than how to hold and balance it properly for a longer period [...]