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tu·ba

(to͞o′bə, tyo͞o′-)

1. A large, valved, brass instrument with a bass pitch.

2. A reed stop in an organ, having eight-foot pitch.

[Italian, from Latin, trumpet; akin to tubus, tube.]

tu′ba·ist, tu′bist n.

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tubaist

(ˈtjuːbəɪst)

a musician who plays the tuba

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Leth-slighe troimhe tha thu a' tuigsinn carson nach robh iad a-riamh a' bruidhinn air an tubaist. Tha an sgriopt, cuideachd air a sgriobhadh le Mairi, cho geur agus gu bheil thu air do ghearradh.

Suil Eile

Twice the tubaist is asked to glissando "to highest note"- it is hard to tell if this is playful or out of frustration (let's assume the former!).

Dialogues III for horn and tuba

Saoilidh mi gur e sin as adhbhar nach deach Theresa May a bhruidhinn ri teaghlaichean Grenfell an latha as deidh na tubaist uabhasaich.