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The sousaphone (/ˈsuːzəfoʊn/ SOO-zə-fohn) is a brass musical instrument in the tuba family. It was first created around 1893 by J. W. Pepper as a modification of the helicon, at the direction of American bandleader John Philip Sousa, after whom the instrument was named. Sousa intended the bass sound of his helicons to better project above the heads of…
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TTTA extracted 204 structured relationships around Sousaphone. Examples in this analysis include Sousaphone → Classification → Aerophone and Sousaphone → Classification → Wind. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sousaphone | Classification | Aerophone | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sousaphone | Classification | Wind | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sousaphone | Classification | Brass | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sousaphone | Developed | c. 1893 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sousaphone | Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 423.231.2 (Valved lip-reed aerophone with wide conical bore) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sousaphone | Inventor(s) | J. W. Pepper, John Philip Sousa | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sousaphone | is a | valved brass instrument with the same tube length and musical range as other tubas | 0.90 | text |
| Sousaphone | is a | important fixture of the New Orleans brass band tradition and is still used in groups such as the Dirty Dozen Brass Band by Kirk Joseph | 0.90 | text |
| the Dirty Dozen Brass Band by Kirk Joseph | instance of | Musical genresNorth AmericaThe sousaphone is an important fixture of the New Orleans brass band tradition and is still used in groups | 0.80 | text |
| Marsh Dondurma | instance of | including acts | 0.80 | text |
| Las Piratas Piratas | instance of | including acts | 0.80 | text |
| Pam Pah Orkestra.In Indonesia | instance of | including acts | 0.80 | text |
The concept neighborhoods around Sousaphone bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Band, Instruments and Tuba. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
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Source: Wikipedia — Sousaphone · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout