Thursday, November 20, 2008 . 11:15 AM
My beloved instrument.(I love my serial, 120, 99 eupho and 053 marching baritone)I recently felt in love with wikipedia because of this(click here for original page):
The euphonium is a conical-bore, baritone -voiced brass instrument. It derives its name from the Greek word euphonos, meaning "beautiful-sounding" or "sweet-voiced" (eu means "well" or "good" and phonium means "voice"). The euphonium is a valved instrument; nearly all current models are piston valved, though rotary valved models do exist.A person who plays euphonium is sometimes called a euphoniumist or a euphonist, while British players often colloquially refer to themselves as euphists. Similarly, the instrument itself is sometimes referred to as eupho or euph.
The euphonium is possibly the least popularly-known Western instrument of all,the euphonium and the baritone are two different instruments. However, the two instruments can be interchanged with no problems whatsoever; the baritone has an identical range but a brighter sound. (Sad :( )
But its ancestor instrument, the serpent, doesnt look very apealling?. Luckily, my marching baritone and Euphoniums does not look like that. hahas
But anyways, The euphonium has historically been and largely still is exclusively a band instrument, whether of the wind or brass variety, where it is frequently featured as a solo instrument. Because of this, the euphonium has been called the "king of band instruments", or the "cello of the band", because of its similarity in timbre and ensemble role to the stringed instrument. Euphoniums typically have extremely important parts in many marches and in brass band music of the British tradition.
wakaka. i am not starting a mass hatred disscussion. If u want anything to blame, blame wiki for letting me see this. hahas
(the above extract is from wikipedia, picture is from google.)
