flugelhorn
flugelhorn
English
Noun
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Definition
A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than those. A bugle with valves.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Flügelhorn, from Flügel (“wing, flank”) + horn.
Example Sentences
- "A flugelhorn may be furnished in lieu of the Eb trumpet, a euphonium in lieu of one alto, one Eb alto saxophone, and one Eb baritone saxophone in lieu of two coronets..."
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