tuba

noun tu·ba \ ˈtü-bə , ˈtyü- \

|Updated on: 12 Jun 2018

Definition of tuba

: a large low-pitched brass instrument usually oval in shape and having a conical tube, a cup-shaped mouthpiece, and a usual range an octave lower than that of the euphonium

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tubaist

play \ˈtü-bə(-i)st, ˈtyü-\ or tubist play \ˈtü-bist, ˈtyü-\ noun

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Recent Examples of tuba from the Web

Byrne spent 27 years with the U.S. Marine Band, initially as a tuba player and then executive assistant to the director and acting chief administrator before coming to the Kansas City Symphony as general manager in 2000.

— matt campbell, kansascity, "The man who helped create KC Symphony growth and Flint Hills concerts is retiring | The Kansas City Star," 25 May 2018
Among the other instruments on his resume are the drums, piano, tuba and euphonium.

— dan labbe, cleveland.com, "Chad Thomas has produced tracks for Rick Ross; wants to produce sacks for the Browns," 8 May 2018
Players sought to throw the bags in the hole of the tuba-like instrument.

— howard ludwig, Daily Southtown, "Beverly’s Horse Thief Hollow combines 'Brews, Bags And Art'," 8 May 2018
The New Orleans tuba heist that left the Preservation Hall Jazz Band without its deepest horn ended on a satisfying note.

— jennifer levitz, WSJ, "A Call to a Tip Line, and a Tuba Is Returned," 13 Mar. 2018
In the audience, will be Jamie’s father, Dean Leff, a retired musician who once played tuba with the Waukegan Symphony Orchestra.

— sheryl devore, Lake County News-Sun, "Waukegan symphony celebrates German composers, French horn soloist, in season finale," 4 May 2018
In the carefree allegro section, tuba races against chattering trumpets.

— peter dobrin, Philly.com, "Is John Williams the next Kendrik Lamar? His Philadelphia Orchestra visit made us think, why not?," 19 Apr. 2018
These include a tuba concerto for Craig Knox, a fellow professor at Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music; and a harp concerto for Yolanda Kondonassis.

— john von rhein, chicagotribune.com, "New concerto shines a spotlight on the CSO's fabled low brass choir," 16 Jan. 2018
Worosello said The Woodlands Concert Band consists of people from all backgrounds and vocations, including lawyers, a chair of the physics department at Texas Southern University and a CFO who is the band’s newest tuba player.

— Houston Chronicle, "Woodlands Concert Band membership swells; group lost most of music during Harvey," 21 Apr. 2018

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