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-----Original Message----- From: Adrian Drover <saxhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: 22 April 1998 23:15 Subject: Re: alternative instrument for a horn player >On 21 Apr, Peter Younghusband <monkey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Eh? how can a flugel belong to the tuba family? Forgive my ignorance >> please but I am at a loss how this can be...... > >Because in bore size and sound, it is related to the euphonium, just as >the cornet is related to the baritone horn, and trumpet is related to the >trombone. > >The euphonium is a tenor tuba, therefore the flugel is a soprano tuba. > >Adrian And likewise, the euphonium is a bass flugel horn - as we all discovered when Steven Mead publicised Ponchielli's Concerto per Flicorno Basso (Concerto for Bass Flugel Horn). Alec ________________________ Alec Gallagher alec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- unsubscribe or receive the list in digest form, mail a message of 'help' to listserver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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