2. What is a
euphonium?
The Euphonium is a member
of the low brass family of
instruments
It is related to the tuba by
being a conical bore
instrument this meaning that
they when unwrapped into a
straight pipe will resemble a
cone rather than a tube.
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prestige.html
3. The Euphonium’s main role
The Euphonium usually
is a backup tenor horn
to beef up the sound of
a high-playing
instrument in a band.
It usually sits in the back
of the band
But this is not the horns
only role, this instrument
also has a great voice
for soloing.
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4. Origins of the Euphonium
The first in the
linage of the
euphonium is the
Serpent.
It sounded close to
the human voice
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6. Origins of the Euphonium
The next instrument
after the Serpent is
the Ophicleide
It sounded close to
a modern
Euphonium but
lacked reliability.
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7. The modern Euphonium
The modern horn
uses valves to
change notes
Unlike the previous
two horns that used
tone holes to
change pitch.
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euphonium-prestige.html
8. Parts of the Euphonium
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9. The brass family
The brass family consists of 4 main
groups
Sopranos trumpets
Altos French horns
Tenors Euphoniums
Bass Tubas
10. How the Euphonium works
Each valve
combination activates
a different harmonic
series from which the
player can choose a
pitch based on the
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controlling their lips
buzzing
11. Lip Buzzing
Buzzing the lips is The sound of the
critical to any type of buzz should be airy
brass playing. the horn will do the
But to produce a rest of the work of
solid buzz you first tone production
must have a firm
control over the
breath and taking a
full one will facilitate
a solid buzz
12. Two parts of buzzing
The Embusher The Aperture
This is the way your This is really just the
lips are shaped to hole where the air
facilitate buzzing comes out of where
the buzz is being
created
