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The flugelhorn (/ ˈfluːɡəlhɔːrn /), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. [1] Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B ♭, though some are in C. [2] It is a type of valved bugle, developed in Germany in the ...
The bass trombone (German: Bassposaune, Italian: trombone basso) is the bass instrument in the trombone family of brass instruments.Modern instruments are pitched in the same B♭ as the tenor trombone but with a larger bore, bell and mouthpiece to facilitate low register playing, and usually two valves to fill in the missing range immediately above the pedal tones.
E. K. Blessing is a manufacturer of wind instruments and accessories. The company was founded in 1906 by Emil Karl Blessing. The company was founded in 1906 by Emil Karl Blessing. Located in Elkhart, Indiana , their products include trumpets , cornets , flugelhorns , mellophones , euphoniums , trombones , and mouthpieces for brass instruments.
Brass instruments are one of the major classical instrument families and are played across a range of musical ensembles. Orchestras include a varying number of brass instruments depending on music style and era, typically: two to three trumpets. two to four French horns. two tenor trombones. one bass trombone.
Musical instruments. The German horn is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell, and in bands and orchestras is the most widely used of three types of horn, the other two being the French horn (in the less common, narrower meaning of the term) and the Vienna horn. Its use among professional players has become so ...
Soprano helicon. The soprano helicon (in E ♭) is a coiled brass instrument from the helicon family. The design of the modern soprano helicon takes acoustical advantage of the helicon's easy blowing, but is not simply another circular petite bugle or soprano cornet. The helicon clearly has a larger bore and wider tapered conical tube with a ...
The mouthpiece on brass instruments is the part of the instrument placed on the player's lips. The mouthpiece is a circular opening that is enclosed by a rim and that leads to the instrument via a semi-spherical or conical cavity called the cup. From the cup, a smaller opening (the throat) leads into a tapered cylindrical passage called the ...
Flugabone. The Flugabone is a marching Valve trombone, essentially a valve trombone wrapped into a flugelhorn shape for marching. It has the cylindrical bore of a trombone, rather than the conical bore of a flugelhorn or bugle. It has been played famously by Salsa Legends like Willie Colón & Rubén Blades.