Marching bands typically feature a variety of instruments, including fifes, tubas, trombones, bass drums, snare drums, and tenor saxophones. Fifes are small, high-pitched flutes, tubas are large, low-pitched brass instruments, trombones are long brass instruments with a slide, bass drums are large drums that produce low-pitched sounds, snare drums are small drums with metal wires that produce a sharp sound, and tenor saxophones are woodwind instruments with a mellow tone.