The mellophone is a three-valved brass instrument in the key of F or E♭ that is used in marching bands and drum and bugle corps in place of French horns. These instruments are used instead because their bells face forward instead of to the back (or to the side), as dissipation of the sound becomes a concern in the open-air environment of marching. Tuning is done solely by adjusting the piping, instead of adjusting both piping and hand position as on the horn. Fingering for the mellophone is the same as fingering for a non-trigger (single) french horn.
Owing to its use primarily outside of concert music, there is little solo literature for the mellophone, other than that used within drum and bugle corps.
Characteristics
The present-day mellophone has three valves, operated with the right hand. Mellophone fingering is the same as the trumpet and is typically pitched lower, in the key of F or E♭. The overtone series of the F mellophone is an octave above that of the F horn.
The direction of the bell, as well as the much-reduced amount of tubing (as compared to a concert horn) makes the mellophone look like a large trumpet. Many mellophone players who double on trumpet use a trumpet-style parabolic ("cup") mouthpieces on the instrument, resulting in a brighter, more trumpet-like sound. Drum corps mellophones in G typically use V-cup cornet-style mouthpieces, which give a warmer, fuller tone. Horn players doubling on mellophone often use the smaller, lighter, conical ("funnel") mouthpieces used on concert ("French") horns, with an adapter to allow it to fit in the larger-bore lead pipe of the mellophone. This gives the instrument a velvety, warm sound more similar to the horn.
Original Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aT4t1RMs74
Transcription: https://musescore.com/user/20076446/scores/12131281
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published: 11 Sep 2023
Thats not a mellophone ...
published: 15 Sep 2023
the best and worst reason to play mellophone
Mello lick from the Cadets 1998 show; directly transposed from G to F from original sheet music
Transposed music: (Horn in F, mellophone)
https://musescore.com/user/35178278/scores/8662221?share=copy_link
Original sheet music: (G bugle, alto)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HYQDKJgT-7GI6Z4mu2FFHxfEAZta4wdp/view?usp=sharing
published: 18 Sep 2022
Carolina Crown 2012 Mellophone audition
Strauss hornconcerto excerpt
published: 20 Mar 2012
Blue Devils 2023 Lead Mellophone Lucas Williams Headcam - THE CUT OUTS
“He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back”
- Henri Matisse
What a season. Please enjoy a glimpse of the final product THE CUT OUTS
published: 16 Aug 2023
Carolina Crown 2016 Mellophone Feature
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Transcription: https://musescore.com/user/20076446/scores/11307490
published: 29 Jun 2023
Blue Devils 2024 LEAD MELLOPHONE SOLOIST - Lucas Williams
"The Romantics were rebels and they knew it. They dared to march to the tune of a different drummer — their own".
- Steven Kreis
Instagram: @lucas.vai_
published: 06 Sep 2024
Abyss (mellophone fanfare/callout)
published: 18 Apr 2023
Yamaha YMP-204M Mellophone | Instrument Reviews
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Learn more about the YMP-204M: https://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical_instruments/winds/marching_brass/ymp-204m/index.html
~CHAPTERS~
0:00 Opening remarks
0:36 Sound demo
1:00 Features & specs
4:22 Projection demo
5:29 Range demo
7:14 An unusual use...
8:24 Verdict & closing remarks
~EQUIPMENT~
Yamaha YMP-204M marching mellophone in clear lacquer (made in Japan)
Yamaha 14F4 'MP' mouthpiece (standard 14 diameter + 4 rim combo, flugelhorn cup, trumpet/modern mellophone shank)
~SOCIALS~
Sheet Music Store: https://samuelplaysbrass.creator-spring.com/
Website: https://sammorozov.wixsite.com/samuelplaysbrass
Instagram: @samuelplaysbrass (https://www.instagram.com/samuelplaysbrass/)...
Original Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aT4t1RMs74
Transcription: https://musescore.com/user/20076446/scores/12131281
Feel free to leave requests!
Original Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aT4t1RMs74
Transcription: https://musescore.com/user/20076446/scores/12131281
Feel free to leave requests!
Original Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aT4t1RMs74
Transcription: https://musescore.com/user/20076446/scores/12131281
Feel free to leave requests!
Mello lick from the Cadets 1998 show; directly transposed from G to F from original sheet music
Transposed music: (Horn in F, mellophone)
https://musescore.com...
Mello lick from the Cadets 1998 show; directly transposed from G to F from original sheet music
Transposed music: (Horn in F, mellophone)
https://musescore.com/user/35178278/scores/8662221?share=copy_link
Original sheet music: (G bugle, alto)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HYQDKJgT-7GI6Z4mu2FFHxfEAZta4wdp/view?usp=sharing
Mello lick from the Cadets 1998 show; directly transposed from G to F from original sheet music
Transposed music: (Horn in F, mellophone)
https://musescore.com/user/35178278/scores/8662221?share=copy_link
Original sheet music: (G bugle, alto)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HYQDKJgT-7GI6Z4mu2FFHxfEAZta4wdp/view?usp=sharing
“He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back”
- Henri Matisse
What a season. Please enjoy a glimpse of the final product THE...
“He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back”
- Henri Matisse
What a season. Please enjoy a glimpse of the final product THE CUT OUTS
“He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back”
- Henri Matisse
What a season. Please enjoy a glimpse of the final product THE CUT OUTS
"The Romantics were rebels and they knew it. They dared to march to the tune of a different drummer — their own".
- Steven Kreis
Instagram: @lucas.vai_
"The Romantics were rebels and they knew it. They dared to march to the tune of a different drummer — their own".
- Steven Kreis
Instagram: @lucas.vai_
"The Romantics were rebels and they knew it. They dared to march to the tune of a different drummer — their own".
- Steven Kreis
Instagram: @lucas.vai_
Please consider supporting the Samuel Plays Brass channel on Patreon at: https://patreon.com/SamuelPlaysBrass
Learn more about the YMP-204M: https://usa.yamaha...
Please consider supporting the Samuel Plays Brass channel on Patreon at: https://patreon.com/SamuelPlaysBrass
Learn more about the YMP-204M: https://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical_instruments/winds/marching_brass/ymp-204m/index.html
~CHAPTERS~
0:00 Opening remarks
0:36 Sound demo
1:00 Features & specs
4:22 Projection demo
5:29 Range demo
7:14 An unusual use...
8:24 Verdict & closing remarks
~EQUIPMENT~
Yamaha YMP-204M marching mellophone in clear lacquer (made in Japan)
Yamaha 14F4 'MP' mouthpiece (standard 14 diameter + 4 rim combo, flugelhorn cup, trumpet/modern mellophone shank)
~SOCIALS~
Sheet Music Store: https://samuelplaysbrass.creator-spring.com/
Website: https://sammorozov.wixsite.com/samuelplaysbrass
Instagram: @samuelplaysbrass (https://www.instagram.com/samuelplaysbrass/)
Facebook: Samuel Plays Brass (https://www.facebook.com/samuelplaysbrass/)
~BACKGROUND MUSIC~
Benjamin Tissot - 'All That' | Bensound Copyright-Free Music
I do not own the rights to this music.
~ABOUT SAMUEL PLAYS BRASS~
Do you enjoy content relating to all things music and brass instruments? Sam has got you covered! On this channel we have been devoted to bringing you brass covers, play-alongs, multitracks, gear reviews and discussions, tips and tricks, collaborations, and even vlogs about the music world since 2016! Sam is a hobbyist brass multi-instrumentalist majoring in mechanical engineering. He is an active local performer and has played countless personal arrangements and compositions in small ensemble settings. If you like to nerd out over brass instruments, mouthpieces, music theory, and more, then make sure to subscribe and stay tuned! Thanks for watching.
#review #yamaha #backtoschool
Please consider supporting the Samuel Plays Brass channel on Patreon at: https://patreon.com/SamuelPlaysBrass
Learn more about the YMP-204M: https://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical_instruments/winds/marching_brass/ymp-204m/index.html
~CHAPTERS~
0:00 Opening remarks
0:36 Sound demo
1:00 Features & specs
4:22 Projection demo
5:29 Range demo
7:14 An unusual use...
8:24 Verdict & closing remarks
~EQUIPMENT~
Yamaha YMP-204M marching mellophone in clear lacquer (made in Japan)
Yamaha 14F4 'MP' mouthpiece (standard 14 diameter + 4 rim combo, flugelhorn cup, trumpet/modern mellophone shank)
~SOCIALS~
Sheet Music Store: https://samuelplaysbrass.creator-spring.com/
Website: https://sammorozov.wixsite.com/samuelplaysbrass
Instagram: @samuelplaysbrass (https://www.instagram.com/samuelplaysbrass/)
Facebook: Samuel Plays Brass (https://www.facebook.com/samuelplaysbrass/)
~BACKGROUND MUSIC~
Benjamin Tissot - 'All That' | Bensound Copyright-Free Music
I do not own the rights to this music.
~ABOUT SAMUEL PLAYS BRASS~
Do you enjoy content relating to all things music and brass instruments? Sam has got you covered! On this channel we have been devoted to bringing you brass covers, play-alongs, multitracks, gear reviews and discussions, tips and tricks, collaborations, and even vlogs about the music world since 2016! Sam is a hobbyist brass multi-instrumentalist majoring in mechanical engineering. He is an active local performer and has played countless personal arrangements and compositions in small ensemble settings. If you like to nerd out over brass instruments, mouthpieces, music theory, and more, then make sure to subscribe and stay tuned! Thanks for watching.
#review #yamaha #backtoschool
Original Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aT4t1RMs74
Transcription: https://musescore.com/user/20076446/scores/12131281
Feel free to leave requests!
Mello lick from the Cadets 1998 show; directly transposed from G to F from original sheet music
Transposed music: (Horn in F, mellophone)
https://musescore.com/user/35178278/scores/8662221?share=copy_link
Original sheet music: (G bugle, alto)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HYQDKJgT-7GI6Z4mu2FFHxfEAZta4wdp/view?usp=sharing
“He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back”
- Henri Matisse
What a season. Please enjoy a glimpse of the final product THE CUT OUTS
"The Romantics were rebels and they knew it. They dared to march to the tune of a different drummer — their own".
- Steven Kreis
Instagram: @lucas.vai_
Please consider supporting the Samuel Plays Brass channel on Patreon at: https://patreon.com/SamuelPlaysBrass
Learn more about the YMP-204M: https://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical_instruments/winds/marching_brass/ymp-204m/index.html
~CHAPTERS~
0:00 Opening remarks
0:36 Sound demo
1:00 Features & specs
4:22 Projection demo
5:29 Range demo
7:14 An unusual use...
8:24 Verdict & closing remarks
~EQUIPMENT~
Yamaha YMP-204M marching mellophone in clear lacquer (made in Japan)
Yamaha 14F4 'MP' mouthpiece (standard 14 diameter + 4 rim combo, flugelhorn cup, trumpet/modern mellophone shank)
~SOCIALS~
Sheet Music Store: https://samuelplaysbrass.creator-spring.com/
Website: https://sammorozov.wixsite.com/samuelplaysbrass
Instagram: @samuelplaysbrass (https://www.instagram.com/samuelplaysbrass/)
Facebook: Samuel Plays Brass (https://www.facebook.com/samuelplaysbrass/)
~BACKGROUND MUSIC~
Benjamin Tissot - 'All That' | Bensound Copyright-Free Music
I do not own the rights to this music.
~ABOUT SAMUEL PLAYS BRASS~
Do you enjoy content relating to all things music and brass instruments? Sam has got you covered! On this channel we have been devoted to bringing you brass covers, play-alongs, multitracks, gear reviews and discussions, tips and tricks, collaborations, and even vlogs about the music world since 2016! Sam is a hobbyist brass multi-instrumentalist majoring in mechanical engineering. He is an active local performer and has played countless personal arrangements and compositions in small ensemble settings. If you like to nerd out over brass instruments, mouthpieces, music theory, and more, then make sure to subscribe and stay tuned! Thanks for watching.
#review #yamaha #backtoschool
The mellophone is a three-valved brass instrument in the key of F or E♭ that is used in marching bands and drum and bugle corps in place of French horns. These instruments are used instead because their bells face forward instead of to the back (or to the side), as dissipation of the sound becomes a concern in the open-air environment of marching. Tuning is done solely by adjusting the piping, instead of adjusting both piping and hand position as on the horn. Fingering for the mellophone is the same as fingering for a non-trigger (single) french horn.
Owing to its use primarily outside of concert music, there is little solo literature for the mellophone, other than that used within drum and bugle corps.
Characteristics
The present-day mellophone has three valves, operated with the right hand. Mellophone fingering is the same as the trumpet and is typically pitched lower, in the key of F or E♭. The overtone series of the F mellophone is an octave above that of the F horn.
The direction of the bell, as well as the much-reduced amount of tubing (as compared to a concert horn) makes the mellophone look like a large trumpet. Many mellophone players who double on trumpet use a trumpet-style parabolic ("cup") mouthpieces on the instrument, resulting in a brighter, more trumpet-like sound. Drum corps mellophones in G typically use V-cup cornet-style mouthpieces, which give a warmer, fuller tone. Horn players doubling on mellophone often use the smaller, lighter, conical ("funnel") mouthpieces used on concert ("French") horns, with an adapter to allow it to fit in the larger-bore lead pipe of the mellophone. This gives the instrument a velvety, warm sound more similar to the horn.