Next came a Yamaha and we lived together for many years. My next flugel was a Couesnon and the darkness was pleasurable but the intonation was horrid. Unfortunately the instrument was extremely heavy and the tone was not as dark as I had expected. One of my earlier flugels was such an instrument and I found my early Getzen four valve to have the potential to play in tune with the use of alternate fingering. Also with the extra valve, the player is able to play notes below the usable range of a three valve instrument. By adding a fourth valve, the player has additional fingerings which could improve intonation on problem notes. I say three valves for some of the problems in the intonation area can be improved by the addition and use of the fourth valve. A three valve flugelhorn has a well deserved reputation for playing out of tune. The use of a flugelhorn can also be heard in Classical music as in this performance by Frank Fezishinįlugelhorns are notoriously out of tune instruments. If your music leans toward the more Latin style of music, you might enjoy this flugelhorn solo played by Bill Ortiz with Santana One of my favorite jazz musicians who helped make the flugelhorn well known was Clark Terry. Fanfares are natural for trumpets and the flowing, melodic passages are perfect for the flugelhorn. Due to the dark quality of its sound it is often used in smooth, lyrical passages. The flugelhorn came to us from Europe and is a very popular instrument in European bands. Now that we understand the reason for the tonal differences of the flugelhorn and trumpet, we now need to understand why the flugelhorn is so popular and also illustrate its use today in the field of music. The trombone is to the trumpet as the cornet is to the baritone or euphonium. Both are the same length but have contrasting tone qualities. Another comparison which would illustrate the difference in tone would be to compare the tone quality of the tenor trombone to the baritone horn. The trumpet’s restricted diameter gives it the more cutting sound and in the case of the cornet, the constant increase in tubing diameter, gives the instrument a darker sound. The tubing of the trumpet on the other hand remains the same for most of its length and begins to expand only in the bell section. From the beginning of the lead pipe to the bell, the cornet continues to expand in its inner diameter. The cornet has a darker sound and the trumpet has a more brilliant sound. Both the trumpet and the cornet are the same length but the timbre or tone quality are strikingly different. The difference in tone quality between the trumpet and the flugelhorn can be explained in the same way as the difference between a cornet and a trumpet.
Courtois flugelhorn 154 full#
But when stretched out to its full length, a Bb flugelhorn is exactly the same length as a Bb trumpet and cornet. It looks bigger than a trumpet and in some ways it is bigger. To many people, the flugelhorn is a unique and interesting instrument.
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