Explore Flugelhorn through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like brass. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Flugelhorn meaning
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.
Synonyms of Flugelhorn
Using Flugelhorn
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: fluegelhorn, brass, brass instrument.
- In the example corpus, flugelhorn often appears in combinations such as: the flugelhorn.
Context around Flugelhorn
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Flugelhorn
- In this selection, "flugelhorn" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, josh and differs stand out and add context to how "flugelhorn" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include example the flugelhorn differs from and play a flugelhorn in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "flugelhorn" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with flugelhorn
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In HK Gruber 's trumpet concerto Busking (2007) the soloist is directed to play a flugelhorn in the slow middle movement. (21 words)
Timbre A rotary valve B flugelhorn The tone is "fatter" and usually regarded as more "mellow" and "dark" than the trumpet or cornet. (23 words)
Famous players Joe Bishop, as a member of the Woody Herman band in 1936, was one of the earliest jazz musicians to use the flugelhorn. (25 words)
Sharp 5, who performed during the 2018 Holiday on the Hill celebration, consists of Ed Wrobel (drums), Ben Boylan (upright bass), Greg Hahn (trumpet and flugelhorn), Josh Peters (piano), and Jeremy Osterling (saxophone). (33 words)
For example, the flugelhorn differs from the cornet by having a higher percentage of its tubing length conical than does the cornet, in addition to possessing a wider bore than the cornet. (32 words)
Famous players Joe Bishop, as a member of the Woody Herman band in 1936, was one of the earliest jazz musicians to use the flugelhorn. (25 words)
Example sentences (5)
Sharp 5, who performed during the 2018 Holiday on the Hill celebration, consists of Ed Wrobel (drums), Ben Boylan (upright bass), Greg Hahn (trumpet and flugelhorn), Josh Peters (piano), and Jeremy Osterling (saxophone).
Famous players Joe Bishop, as a member of the Woody Herman band in 1936, was one of the earliest jazz musicians to use the flugelhorn.
For example, the flugelhorn differs from the cornet by having a higher percentage of its tubing length conical than does the cornet, in addition to possessing a wider bore than the cornet.
In HK Gruber 's trumpet concerto Busking (2007) the soloist is directed to play a flugelhorn in the slow middle movement.
Timbre A rotary valve B flugelhorn The tone is "fatter" and usually regarded as more "mellow" and "dark" than the trumpet or cornet.
Common combinations with flugelhorn
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: