Saxophone vs. Tuba — What's the Difference?

The saxophone is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to produce a sound wave inside the instrument's body.

The tuba (UK: ; US: ) is the lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, the sound is produced by lip vibration, or a buzz, into a mouthpiece.

A member of a family of metal wind instruments with a reed like that of a clarinet, used especially in jazz and dance music.

A large, valved, brass instrument with a bass pitch.

A woodwind instrument with a single-reed mouthpiece and a usually curved conical metal tube, including soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone sizes.

A reed stop in an organ, having eight-foot pitch.

A single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards.

A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.

A wind instrument of brass, containing a reed, and partaking of the qualities both of a brass instrument and of a clarinet.

A type of Roman military trumpet, distinct from the modern tuba.

A single-reed woodwind with a conical bore

A large reed stop in organs.

A Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis.

A reddish palm wine made from coconut or nipa sap.

(anatomy) A tube or tubular organ.

An ancient trumpet.

The lowest brass wind instrument