Posted by Gus Pratt on February 05, 2001 at 09:12:04:
In Reply to: TUBA/ITES? posted by lazarus on February 04, 2001 at 11:39:28:
I've never been a fan of using the word "euphonium" on the title of any tuba related things. This has always confused me as to whether the euphonium is actually a tenor tuba or not. If euphonium is indeed a tenor tuba and part of the tuba family then why should we call anything tuba/euphonium. Isn't it already included in the word tuba. Or is the euphonium not really part of the tuba family, but the originators of the TUBA fealt it necesssary to include the euphonium in order to provide the upper parts in tuba ensembles?