Symphonic orchestral tuba players generally play an Eb bass tuba but they read in bass clef with no transposition. It is only by virtue of the different sizes of instrument that different notes are produced by each player. That is to say when any tuba, euphonium, baritone or tenor horn player sees for example the note d below the treble clef they all push down the first and third valve and blow with enough tension and pressure to set up the second harmonic of their instrument. It is useful to know that each size step down is either a fourth or a fifth and that they all read treble clef in the same way. Tubas and their close relatives are a series of instruments of various sizes starting from the Eflat tenor horn (the smallest and thus the highest pitched one) to the BBflat tuba (pronounced double B flat).
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