euphonium

/yoo-foh-nee-uhm/US // yuˈfoʊ ni əm //UK // (juːˈfəʊnɪəm) //

上低音号,上低音大号,低音大号,低音号

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a brass musical instrument similar to the baritone tuba but somewhat smaller, with a wider bore and mellower tone, and often having a second bell.

The euphonium gives out the fundamental, or first note of the harmonic series, readily, but no harmonic above the eighth.
The euphonium speaks readily in the lower register, but slowly, of course, owing to the long dip of the pistons.
The bombardon in B flat or C, an octave lower than the euphonium, corresponds to the contrabass tuba in the orchestra.
The pitch of the helicon is an octave below that of the euphonium.
Perhaps the most remarkable place in which a burglar carried his tools was a euphonium!