bass horn
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bass horn
(bās)n.
1. A large, valved, brass instrument with a bass pitch; a tuba or a sousaphone.
2. An instrument similar to the serpent but shaped like a bassoon, used primarily in military bands in the early 19th century.
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bass′ horn′
(beɪs)n.
an obsolete wind instrument related to the tuba but resembling a bassoon in shape.
[1855–60]
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| Noun | 1. |  bass horn - the lowest brass wind instrument 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 |
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