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Wagner tuba

Wagner tuba noun: a brass instrument that combines tonal elements of the French horn and the trombone.

wagner tuba: a brass instrument that combines tonal elements of the French horn and the trombone
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Noun

Wagner tuba (plural Wagner tubas)

  1. A brass instrument that combines tonal elements of the French horn and the trombone.

Forms of Wagner tuba

pluralWagner tubas

Origin of Wagner tuba

The instrument was originally created for Richard Wagner's operatic cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen.

Questions about Wagner tuba

What does Wagner tuba mean?
Wagner tuba means a brass instrument that combines tonal elements of the French horn and the trombone.
What part of speech is Wagner tuba?
Wagner tuba is a noun.
What is the plural of Wagner tuba?
The plural of Wagner tuba is Wagner tubas.

Words near Wagner tuba in the dictionary

  1. Wagman
  2. Wagmans
  3. wagmi
  4. wagmib
  5. Wagner
  6. Wagner tuba
  7. Wagner tubas
  8. Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement
  9. Wagner-Meerwein rearrangements
  10. Wagneresque
  11. Wagnerian

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