Euphonium

<p>The euphonium  is a <a href="/facts/Tenor/nYVSWeEI">tenor</a>- and <a href="/facts/Baritone/q1KCdBuF">baritone</a>-voiced <a href="/facts/Brass_instrument_valve/eFD0prIB">valved</a> <a href="/facts/Brass_instrument/UP94qM52">brass instrument</a>. The euphonium is a member of the large family of valved bugles, along with the <a href="/facts/Tuba/IXLDfJ0q">tuba</a> and <a href="/facts/Flugelhorn/8XPQUTYa">flugelhorn</a>, characterised by a wide <a href="/facts/Conical_bore/rLHIR9MF">conical bore</a>. Most instruments have three or four valves, usually <a href="/facts/Tuning_compensation/UP94qM52">compensating</a> piston valves, although instruments with <a href="/facts/Rotary_valve/Vdrmo8wd">rotary valves</a> are common in Eastern and Central Europe.
</p><p><a href="/facts/Euphonium_repertoire/81cI3orv">Euphonium repertoire</a> may be notated in the bass clef as a non-<a href="/facts/Transposing_instrument/GKoGFKmo">transposing instrument</a> or in the treble clef as a transposing instrument in B♭. In <a href="/facts/British_brass_band/m7jSKauz">British brass bands</a>, it is typically treated as a treble-clef instrument, while in American band music, parts may be written in either <a href="/facts/Treble_clef/a3FBqdAf">treble clef</a> or bass clef, or both.
A musician who plays the euphonium is known as a euphoniumist, a euphonist, or simply a euphonium or "eupho" player.
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Euphonium