Flugelhorn

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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.

    "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..."

  2. 2
    a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore wordnet

Synonyms

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fluegelhorntrumpet

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"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..."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Flügelhorn, from Flügel (“wing, flank”) + horn.

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