| 单词 | alto-horn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalto-horn alto-horn n. = althorn n.; spec. (U.S.) a saxhorn pitched in E flat, commonly used in wind bands (called tenor horn in British English). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > brass instruments > [noun] > saxhorn > types of alto-horn1850 althorn1854 flügelhorn1854 saxotromba1856 sax-tuba1856 tenor horn1859 euphonium1862 barytone1863 mellophone1901 peck horn1926 tenor cor1928 mellophonium1932 1850 Musical Times 3 279 The improvement effected by this valve, which has been applied to the Trumpet, E, D, and B flat Alto Horn..will be at once perceived. 1889 R. A. Marr Music for People 115 Composition of the band—4 cornets; 6 E flat trumpets; 6 bass trumpets..1 alto horn. 1940 C. Sachs Hist. Mus. Instruments 429 The alto horn, called Altkornett..is coiled either in the shape of a trumpet, or upright as a tuba, or circular as a horn. Its usual pitch is E♭ or F. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §377/8 (Alto) peck horn, an alto horn or mellophone. 1957 W. C. Handy Father of Blues v. 64 I had bought a tenor sax for myself, but W. N. P. Spiller, our alto horn player, appropriated it mostly for his own use. 2000 D. Gelly Masters Jazz Saxophone xiv. 115 In the local community wind-band he [sc. John Coltrane] was first given an alto-horn but later asked to try the clarinet. < as lemmas |
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