Inventory | Ethnography | Flicorno contralto mi b
- Common name
- E b alto flugelhorn
- Dialect name
- genis
- Type
- Musical instrument
- Audio
- Material
- brass
Description
Brass wind instrument with mouthpiece and pistons. Used to accompany Grandola band marches, it has a horn-like sound due to its horizontal construction. The musician articulates the sound by blowing into the mouthpiece and using the pistons.
Use
- Areas of use
- liturgical and ritual activities
- Specific use
- band
- Craft
- band musician
Preserved specimen
Brass, mouthpiece-mounted alto flugelhorn, built in horizontal (trumpet-like) arrangement and equipped with pistons. In E b, it presents extension and timbre somewhat similar to that of the horn.
Cataloging
- SIRBeC
- 7s020-00381
