euphonium in English

noun

1

a valved brass musical instrument resembling a small tuba of tenor pitch, played mainly in military and brass bands.

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Use "euphonium" in a sentence

1. Some are: a euphonium has four valves, a Baritone three; if it’s in a bass clef it’s a euphonium, if it’s in treble clef it’s a Baritone; a Baritone is little euphonium; a Baritone has the bell pointed forward, a euphonium points up; and (attributed to Robert King) a euphonium is a Baritone …

2. In is composed of 24 musicians who play a wide range of instruments, including piccolos, Althorns, and the euphonium

3. The Baritone horn is similar to a euphonium, though it is smaller and lighter, while typically including three valves

4. The euphonium and Bombardon, the basses of the important family of saxhorns, now completely cover the ground of bass wind instrument music.

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6. Often confused and referred to interchangeably with the euphonium due to its similar size and shape, the traditional Baritone is actually a much smaller bore size than the modern

7. It is a piston valve Brass instrument with a predominantly cylindrical bore like the trumpet and uses a wide-rimmed cup mouthpiece like that of its peers the trombone and euphonium.

8. While he does not use Althorns he does use oval pattern tenor horns, easy to hear and see in the above, which look like Wagner tubas but they are not as they are built to use a trombone/euphonium size mouthpiece and are in B-flat