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Record 1 2024-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wind Instruments
DEF

A large brass wind instrument, similar to a tuba, which encircles the player's body with the bell above the player's head.

CONT

A helicon is a type of coiled marching tuba carried over over the shoulder ... Most tuba players in New Orleans brass bands used a sousaphone instead because it better projected the sound forward.

Key term(s)
  • soussaphone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à vent
DEF

Instrument à vent imposant, au corps qui entoure le buste du musicien, muni généralement de trois pistons et utilisé dans les fanfares et les orchestres de jazz traditionnel.

Spanish

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