sousaphone

sousaphone

English

Man playing a sousaphone.

Etymology

Named after American composer and conductor John Philip Sousa +‎ -phone.

Noun

sousaphone (plural sousaphones)

1. (music) A valved brass instrument with the same length as a tuba, but shaped differently so that the bell is above the head, that the valves are situated directly in front of the musical instruments and a few inches above the waist, and that most of the weight rests on one shoulder.

   Coordinate terms: helicon, tuba

   • 1990, Thomas D. Rossing, The Science of Sound‎, page 230

     One version of the large tuba, popular in marching bands, is called a sousaphone in honor of bandsman John Philip Sousa.

Derived terms

• sousaphonist

Translations

brass instrument

Finnish: sousafoni French: soubassophone (fr) German: Sousafon (de), Sousaphon (de) n Hebrew: סוזאפון‎ m Irish: súsafón m Italian: susafono, tuba (it) f

Japanese: スーザフォン (ja) (sūzafon) Korean: 수자폰 (sujapon) Portuguese: sousafone (pt) m Russian: сузафо́н m (suzafón) Spanish: susáfono Swedish: sousafon (sv)

Further reading

• sousaphone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia