page_title: Mellophone
section_title: Bach instrument
hierarchical_section_title: Mellophone / Mellophonium / Bach instrument
caption_attribution_description: English: Vincent Bach corporation - Mellophonium
context_page_description: The mellophone is a 2- or 3-valve brass instrument pitched in the key of F, G, B♭, or E♭. It has a conical bore, like that of the euphonium and flugelhorn. The mellophone is used as the middle-voiced brass instrument in marching bands and drum and bugle corps in place of French horns, and can also be used to play French horn parts in concert bands and orchestras.
  These instruments are used instead of French horns for marching because their bells face forward instead of to the back, as dissipation of the sound becomes a concern in the open-air environment of marching. Tuning is done solely by adjusting the tuning slide, unlike the French horn where the pitch is affected by the hand position in the bell. Fingerings for the mellophone are the same as fingerings for the trumpet, alto horn, and most valved brass instruments. Owing to its use primarily outside concert music, there is little solo literature for the mellophone, other than that used within drum and bugle corps.
context_section_description: The Vincent Bach Corporation also produced a mellophonium, with the shape of the tubing more reminiscent of the cornet.
caption: A Vincent Bach Mercedes F Marching Mellophone
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