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See also:HELICON (Fr. helicon, See also:bombardon circulaire; Ger. Helikon) , the circular See also:form of the Bb contrabass See also:tuba used in military bands, worn See also:round the See also:body, with the enormous See also:bell resting on the See also:left See also:shoulder and towering above the See also:head of the performer. The See also:pitch of the helicon is an See also:octave below that of the See also:euphonium. The See also:idea of winding the See also:long See also:tube of the contrabass tuba and of wearing it round the shoulders was suggested by the See also:ancient See also:Roman See also:buccina and See also:cornu, represented in mosaics and on the sculptured reliefs surrounding See also:Trajan's See also:Column. The buccina and cornu2 differed in the See also:diameter of their respective bores, the former having the narrow, almost cylindrical See also:bore and See also:harmonic See also:series of the See also:trumpet and See also:trombone, whereas the cornu, having a bore in the form of a wide See also:cone, was the prototype of the See also:bugle and tubas. End of Article: HELICON (Fr. helicon, bombardon circulaire; Ger. Helikon)Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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