sousaphone

Japanese: sousaphone
sousaphone

...There are several different tones for the instrument, and the choice varies depending on the field of music and the country, but B-flat is the most common, followed by C and E-flat. There are also the helicon, which has a circular tube wound so that the player wears it across the left shoulder, and the sousaphone, which has a large, flashy opening and can be turned. The recording bass, which has a very thick tube and a large, forward-facing opening, is still talked about today as a powerful low-pitched instrument that was effective in the days when record recording was in its infancy. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "sousaphone" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…楽器の基調も何通りかあり,音楽の分野により,また国によってどれを採るか傾向が分かれるが,変ロ調が最も多く,ハ調と変ホ調がこれに次いでいる。管の巻き方を円環状とし,奏者が左肩からたすき掛けにかつぐようにしたヘリコンheliconとか,その開口部を派手に大きく作り,向きを変えられるように作ったスーザフォーンsousaphoneなどもある。管を思いきり太く,開口を前向きに大きく作ったリコーディング・ベースrecording bassは,レコード録音が初歩段階にあった時代に威力を発揮した低音楽器として,今も語り草になっている。…

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