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The sound of the flugelhorn has been described as halfway between a trumpet and a French horn, whereas the cornet's sound is halfway between a trumpet and a flugelhorn. [6] The flugelhorn is as agile as the cornet but more difficult to control in the high register (from approximately written G 5), where in general it locks onto notes less easily.
The Flumpet was designed in 1989 [2] and borrows the three piston valve design of both the trumpet and flugelhorn and shares the same instrument length of a trumpet. The curves on the end of the Flumpet have a resemblance to shepherd's crooks.
The flugelhorn is a brass instrument which is usually pitched in B ♭. It resembles a trumpet, with a tube of the same length but a wider, conical bore. A type of valved bugle, the flugelhorn was developed in Germany from a traditional English valveless bugle, with the first version sold by Heinrich Stölzel in Berlin in 1828.
High brass - from the top left: Baroque trumpet in D, modern trumpets in B ♭ and D (same pitch D as Baroque), piccolo trumpet in high B ♭, Flugelhorn in B ♭; right: cornet in B ♭. The pitch of a brass instrument corresponds to the lowest playable resonance frequency of the open instrument. The combined resonances resemble a harmonic ...
The Kuhlohorn (also Kuhlo-Flügelhorn) is a small flugelhorn in B ♭. This is a specially designed brass wind-instrument played using a deep bowled mouth piece. Chief characteristics are its oval design and integrated, usually conical tubing.
He plays flugelhorn, cornet, and trumpet, amongst a range of other brass instruments, including tenor horn and valve trombone. Cuthell is best known for his work with the Specials [1] [2] and Rico Rodriguez. [3] He also collaborated with bands such as Madness, Eurythmics, [4] Fun Boy Three, [5] XTC, Level 42 and the Pogues. In addition to a ...
Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, [1] [2] including Michael Jackson's Thriller, [3] Rock with You, "Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough", "Workin’ Day and Night" [4] and the flugelhorn solo on Dan Fogelberg's hit "Longer".
Paolo Fresu (Sardinian: Pàulu; born 10 February 1961) [1] is an Italian jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player, as well as a composer and arranger of music. His unique trumpet sound is recognized as one of the most distinctive in the contemporary jazz scene. [2] Fresu plays four distinct instruments: trumpet, flugelhorn, muted trumpet, and ...