flugelhorn
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See also: flügelhorn and Flügelhorn
English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from German Flügelhorn, from Flügel (“wing, flank”) + horn.
Noun[edit]
flugelhorn (plural flugelhorns)
- 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.
- 1900, Daniel E. McCarthy, Manual of Instructions for Quartermasters Serving in the Field[1]:
- 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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Translations[edit]
brass instrument
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Further reading[edit]
- flugelhorn on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
flugelhorn m (plural flugelhorns)
- (music) flugelhorn (a brass instrument)
- Synonym: fliscorne