flugelhorn

Noun

Meaning

a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

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Hypernyms

brass brass instrument

Examples

For example, the flugelhorn differs from the cornet by having a higher percentage of its tubing length conical than does the cornet, in addition to possessing a wider bore than the cornet. Source: Internet

In HK Gruber 's trumpet concerto Busking (2007) the soloist is directed to play a flugelhorn in the slow middle movement. Source: Internet

Timbre A rotary valve B flugelhorn The tone is "fatter" and usually regarded as more "mellow" and "dark" than the trumpet or cornet. Source: Internet

Famous players Joe Bishop, as a member of the Woody Herman band in 1936, was one of the earliest jazz musicians to use the flugelhorn. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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