Trivia
Is a Flugelhorn a horn? Or a trumpet?
Why is a flugelhorn called a "horn" when it looks like a trumpet? 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.
As the flugelhorn has many features in common with the trumpet such as its overall length and range, and the size of the rim and cup of the mouthpiece, there are many trumpeters who also play the instrument. For this reason, and as a result of its shape being adapted for easier use by trumpeters, the flugelhorn has taken on a form that now resembles the trumpet.
Musical Instrument Guide:Trumpet Contents
Structure
How the Instrument is Made
Choosing an Instrument
Care and Maintenance
Trivia
- Trumpeters in Bach's time alternated between instruments with a variety of ranges when performing
- The keyed trumpet-the fruit of the evolutionary process
- Famous trumpet works - Concertos, part 1
- Famous trumpet works - Concertos, part 2
- Famous trumpet works - Solos
- Is a Flugelhorn a horn? Or a trumpet?
- The highest note a trumpet can produce
- Aida trumpets for the "Grand March"
- The secret of the trumpet's traditional tone: small impurities!?