noun
- a brass musical instrument similar to a French horn but with a forward-facing bell, commonly used in marching bands
Usage: musical instrument
Examples
- The mellophone section played the melody beautifully during the halftime show.
- She switched from French horn to mellophone when she joined the marching band.
- The mellophone’s forward-facing bell projects sound better outdoors than a traditional horn.
- Our band director assigned him to play mellophone for the football season.
- The mellophone part doubled the trumpet melody in the lower octave.
- Learning mellophone was easier for her since she already played French horn.