flugelhorn

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. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B♭, though some are in C.

As with the English horn, it is thought that the name derives from use of "horn" as a generic term for instruments with many parts that widen into a conical shape. Coincidentally, "flugel" means "wing" in German, and it seems the name is derived from the shape of the instrument, which resembles a wing.

The flugelhorn is a unique brass instrument of German descent. Developed in the early 19th century some historians believe it is a member of the saxhorn family and was developed by Adolphe Sax while others believe it derives from the valve bugle and was designed by Michael Saurle.

The standard range for a flugelhorn is a low F# below middle C to a high C (two octaves above middle C), the instrument will sound a second lower than this due to it being in Bb. This is the safest range to write for flugelhorn however most experienced players can play well above this range (see below).

The flugelhorn is indeed a transposing instrument, in Bb. That means it plays a tone (not semitone) lower than written. If you play a written C on a flugelhorn, it will really be a Bb. The flugelhorn is a wind instrument, which will not play in tune by default.

brass instruments Like woodwinds, brass instruments are part of the wind instrument category, with the most common being trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn, trombone, tuba, euphonium, baritone horn, alto (tenor) horn and French horn.

Hi I'm Dave Allison. And I'm going to explain the difference between a flugelhorn and a trumpet. They're both the same length. If you were to stretch them out but the trumpet is a cylindrical

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Flugel mouthpieces have a V cup (like French Horn) whereas trumpet and cornet mouthpieces both have bowl shaped cups. The differences are all conceptual and not really mechanical (unless there's a 4th valve) and it's a very forgiving instrument. The whole point of playing flugel is to get that huge buttery warm sound.

Etymology. German, from Flügel wing, flank + Horn horn; from its use to signal the flanking drivers in a battue. First Known Use. 1854, in the meaning defined above.

Hi I'm Dave Allison. And I'm going to explain the difference between a flugelhorn and a trumpet. They're both the same length. If you were to stretch them out but the trumpet is a cylindrical

brass musical instrument flügelhorn, brass musical instrument, the valved bugle used in European military bands. It has three valves, a wider bore than the cornet, and is usually pitched in B♭, occasionally in C. It was invented in Austria in the 1830s.