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tuba

type of musical instrument of the brass family
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Summary

tuba is a type of musical instrument[1]. tuba ranks in the top 10% of type of musical instrument entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,328 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Instrument of the Year[3]
  • Subclass of: saxhorn[4], bass[5], brass instrument[6]
  • Commons category: Tubas (instrument)[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tubas[8]
  • Commons gallery: Tuba (instrument)[9]
  • Described by source: Riemann's Music Dictionary[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13]
  • Used by: tubist[14]
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification: 423.232[15]
  • Different from: Туба (Красноярский край)[16], Tubah[17], tuber[18]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19]

Why It Matters

tuba has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] tuba is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

FAQs

What awards did tuba receive?

Honors received include Instrument of the Year[3].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of musical instrument
    Award received → Instrument of the Year
    Topic's main category → Category:Tubas
    Aliases → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 13372, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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