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- noun Plural form of
tuba .
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Examples
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The tenor, baryton, and bass instruments follow in similar relation; the bass horns are, as I have said, called tubas; and that with four valves, the euphonium.
Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 Various
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Becoming a member of these groups - the clarinets were known as "The Clones" and the tubas were the "White Whales" - meant becoming part of a tradition and a band that has played Super Bowls, the Grammys and presidential inaugurations.
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Becoming a member of these groups - the clarinets were known as "The Clones" and the tubas were the "White Whales" - meant becoming part of a tradition and a band that has played
USATODAY.com News 2011
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Becoming a member of these groups - the clarinets were known as "The Clones" and the tubas were the "White Whales" - meant becoming part of a tradition and a band that has played Super Bowls, the Grammys and presidential inaugurations.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Becoming a member of these groups - the clarinets were known as "The Clones" and the tubas were the "White Whales" - meant becoming part of a tradition and a band that has played Super Bowls, the Grammys and presidential inaugurations.
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Yet in Wagner's hands, the music is as overwhelming as one body of musicians can achieve: majestic, full of cymbal crashes and menacing Wagner "tubas".
The 10 best classical tear-jerkers Fiona Maddocks 2010
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Opinions were asserted with buttons and placards, with t-shirts and tubas.
Tessa Blake: Why We Shouldn't Compare Occupy Wall Street to the Tea Party Tessa Blake 2011
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Its third album, the complex and highly affecting "The Rip Tide" Pompeii, gains its resonance from arrangements featuring trumpets, French horns, trombones and tubas.
The Heart of Beirut's Brass Melancholia Jim Fusilli 2011
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At emblematic moments, two files of musicians playing tubas, trumpets and baritones walk onto the stage, sounding a manic, brassy fanfare.
A Rollicking and Riveting 'Lady Macbeth' Jonathan Blitzer 2011
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The size of the NYO three tubas! certainly lent itself admirably to the piece.
Guardian young arts critic competition: 2010 winning entries 2011
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