What is the difference between a euphonium and a baritone?

Answer 1

There is a discussion of how the confusion between the two occurred at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baritone_horn

I'll leave it to you to decide if this wiki is authoritative.

There's a personal tale regarding the difference at:
http://www.dwerden.com/bareuph.asp

There is reference to the difference between the two being the shape of the bore-holes and therefore the final sound emitted by the horn - I saw this at:
http://cnx.org/content/m12650/latest/

Answer 2

Baritone Vs Euphonium

Answer 3

The essential difference is the bore, the euphonium being the largest. Please note that the upright tenor trombone has a smaller bore and is more cylindrical than a baritone. To complicate things, there was a a double bell euphonium which had a trombone on one side and euphonium on the other and can thus make both sounds. To even complicated there is a medium bore euphonium and is marketed as a baritone euponium horn.
The euphonium horn generally (but not always) has a compensating value so it has four valves and has the range of a bass trombone, whereas the baritone horn is most often three valves ,rarely compensating.so has a non-compensating tenor trombone range. When I was in high school (1958) bands had only baritone horns because they were cheaper and easier to play.
The euphonium originated from the tuba as a tenor tuba and the baritone came from the saxhorn. Look up the difference between a cornet and fluglehorn which play the same notes but different tone and origin.

Answer 4

Euphonium Vs Baritone

Answer 5

They descended from different families of instruments so, even though they are very similar, they are truly different.

The baritone horn is a cylindrical bore instrument with a brighter tone (closer to trombone timbre) than a euphonium. The bore of the baritone is often much smaller than that of the euphonium. It is more akin to a bass trumpet than it is to a tenor tuba.

The euphonium is a conical bore (gets larger is we reach the end) instrument with a warmer/darker tone (closer to tuba) than a baritone. The bore of a euphonium is often much larger than that of the baritone. It is more akin to (and properly classed) a tenor tuba than a bass trumpet.

It is not about number of valves at all - baritones can have four valves and euphoniums can have three. It's also not about the way the bell faces, plenty of baritones are bell up and plenty of euphoniums are bell forward.

As families go, the baritone horn is a member of the saxhorn family (below the alto and tenor horns) while the euphonium is a member of the tuba family (above the Eb and F tuba).

Some composers write separately for baritone and euphonium as different instruments (as they do for cornet and trumpet) but most now treat them as the same.

Answer 6

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What is the difference between a euphonium and a baritone?

Answer 7

The bore of the baritone is cylindrical like a trumpet, and the euphonium is conical as in the tuba/horn. Baritone instruments also tend to be slightly smaller.