sousaphone

sou·sa·phone (s

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, -s

A large brass wind instrument, similar in range to the tuba, having a flaring bell and a shape adapted to being carried in marching bands.

[After John Philip Sousa.]

sousaphone [ˈsuːzəˌfəʊn]

(Music / Instruments) Music a large tuba that encircles the player's body and has a bell facing forwards

[named after John Philip Sousa (1854-1932), US bandmaster and composer of military marches]

sousaphonist n

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Noun

sousaphone - the lowest brass wind instrument

bass horn, tuba

bass - the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments

brass instrument, brass - a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece

euphonium - a bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family

bombardon, helicon - a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician

Translations

sousaphone

n → Sousafon nt, → Sousaphon nt

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A handful of men enjoy playing musical instruments -- the sousaphone, clarinet, and banjo of a Dixieland jazz band.

STRAWBERRIES GONE WILD by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)

She's a sousaphone player whose day job, when she's not tooting her tuba, is working as the day shift Lane County sheriff's deputy in Creswell.

Celebrating Creswell-style by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

Some creative percussion and lithe banjo kept the pulse throbbing, and from Chris Buckley there was some sousaphone playing that was little short of superb Report, pictures and review - Monday CAPTION(S): PO-FACED: But the Temperance Seven provided good entertainment value

REVIEW: Eccentric but talented band by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)

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