What band instrument requires the most air?

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2026-02-24 11:50

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I'm going purely off Band instruments. Most people would assume the Tuba, because it's the biggest, but in reality, it's the Flute, because most of the air goes over the flute without doing anything. (On a tuba, the note you're playing makes a big difference; if you're up in the bass clef proper, you're not actually pushing all that much air and will probably need to breathe for oxygen before you need to breathe for wind, but lower notes ... particularly the "pedal tones," the ones two octaves below the staff that look like piccolo music turned upside down ... are a different matter.)

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