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Brass instrument
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euphonium
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Wikipedia
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The euphonium is a large, conical-bore , baritone -voiced brass instrument that derives its name from the Greek word euphonos , meaning "well-sounding" or "sweet-voiced" ( eu means "well" or "good" and phonos means "of sound", hence "of good sound"). The ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context musical instruments English) A valved brass instrument, a sax horn, the tenor of the tuba family of instruments, having the appearance very similar to that of a tuba. It is similar to and often used instead of a "Baritone" horn. (A true Baritone ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Euphonium \Eu*pho"ni*um\, n. [NL. See Euphony .] (Mus.) A bass instrument of the saxhorn family.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family
Usage examples of euphonium.
We have a bloke in our village plays a euphonium, the same musical phrase over and over, hour after hour.
He had for years played the euphonium in the silver band at Airdrie until some baiter at a football ground had tossed a lighted firework into the bright gaping horn.
Their natural instinct was to tread quietly and stealthily in pursuit of their quarry, though, as they were simply walking through a recorded Informational Illusion, they could as easily have been wearing euphoniums and woad for all the notice their quarry would have taken of them.
There were six or seven cornets, three tenor horns, two tubas, two trombones and two euphoniums, the sun glittering and flashing on their honey-colored tubes and stops.