Baritone vs Euphonium - Comparison 

I played euphonium through high school, and every time someone would ask what that was the only way to explain it would be to tell them it's a smaller tuba.

For every adult that calls my euphonium a baritone, I cringe For every child that calls my euphonium a tuba, I cry

Years ago I played Amazing Grace for a church service on my euphonium and afterwards a woman came up to me and thanked me, saying that she just loved the sound of the French horn. (sigh)

that moment when your mom calls your baritone a trumpet.

People always see my euphonium and ask where I got such a small tuba. It takes a bit of explanation to get them to figure out that it is an entirely separate instrument.

as a euph player i thank you, because i had no god damn clue what the difference was

I cringe whenever somebody calls my marching baritone a trumpet

When I say "I play the euphonium." People are like "BISH WAT IS DAT"

I've always understood it like this: Baritone is to Euphonium what Cornet is to Flügelhorn

A lady called my tuba a trombone megaphone and I ended up dropping it.

why dear god why does my french horn get called a tuba

Now only if GOOD euphoniums weren't the price of college.. sob

When your french horn gets called a flute ._.

Marg and Ellen were talking. "So Ellen what's your son Johnny playing in the band"? "Euphonium" "Well ok, since you don't know either, I'll give him a call. You got his phone number? "

Every time a child asks me what kind of tuba is that when im playing baritone a bunny gets run over by a riding lawn mower

Trombonium, Baritone, Euphonium , Tenor Tuba. From cylindrical to conical.....with a lot of room for confusion in between. Has nothing to do with number of valves, the clef it plays in or what (in the long run) can be played on the instrument. If you can play one...in theory you can play them all...as they are more alike than different. The only difference is , that as the instrument becomes more conical it becomes more sonorous and "Cello like" . The main reason Euphonium gets a lot of solo passages is because of it's richer more sonorous sound. As for the Tenor clef haters, tenor clef and Bb treble clef look an awful lot alike.

It may be worth noting that with regards to the technical demands of baritone and euphonium parts, traditionally you're correct that the baritone parts often tend to be (technically) less challenging, a lot of modern repertoire is changing - in many of the current testpieces (especially at championship level) the baritone parts are every bit as difficult as the euphonium parts. (This is said as someone who plays sop for a UK championship band)

What is that baby carrier at the back? Is that where Trent puts his euphonium?

Thank you for a great presentation describing the differences and similarities between the baritone and euphonium horns. Listening to you play was also pleasant, and entertaining. Thank you for the great posting!

*euphonium forever*

euphonium squad unite

Thank you Trent. My daughter is learning these instruments (grade 6). At school she plays a euphonium, but at home we are renting a baritone horn (that's what they gave us). Now I have a better idea what the difference is.

Thanks, Trent Hamilton you inspired me to play the baritone and the euphonium and because of you, I'm chair 1 in my school's marching band and the Advanced band also with every video you make you made want to do twice the practice that I already do thanks for all you did for me. BTW I LOVE BAND AND YOUR VIDEOS.

as primarily a tuba player, I call my euphonium my "mini tuba" as a joke, because they are essentially small tubas, and trumpets are just the tiniest tubas.

Very well done, and I deeply appreciate the honest quality - the unscripted and less-than-polished - that makes it feel like we’re together talking over these things. Cheers!

Thanks for the demonstration. I was considering getting a baritone (I played trombone), but after hearing how rich the Euphonium was, I'm going with The Euphonium.

"It's just twaddle!"

Orchestra : people call my cello a giant violin and in Band people call my euphonium a weird tuba

*"wHy iS yOuR tUbA sMaLlEr tHaN tHe rEsT"*

trent i challenge you to make a bugle out of pvc pipes it would make for a good video

I still love how when I bought my friends 2000 dollar euphonium for 100 dollars he still thought it was a baritone (he quit band quite young so he let me yoink it). I can confirm though that not all euphoniums have 4 valves as mine only has 3 and I just play it like a big trumpet since that’s my major

*quietly whispers* "...euphonium master race..."

OMG I had a baritone i inherited from my grandfather at an early age, and my whole life I thought I wasn't playing it right because everyone told me it was the same as a euphonium. I thought I was doing something wrong because i wasn't achieving the rich sound that a euphonium could when I heard other players at music festivals or when I went to band camps and stuff.

My favorite is... :D "If you read treble clef, then you're playing a baritone horn" "If you read bass clef, then you're playing a euphonium"

For a euphonium player I went far too long without knowing this. Thanks for the lesson Trent! Now I know why I'm always excited to be handed music that says euphonium instead of baritone lol

Been playing concert euphonium and marching baritone (and euphonium) for 9 years, and I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thanks for sharing!

i play euph and read bass clef. but we usually get baritone parts

Is it just me or is this guy handling these huge instruments like a giant? He could be handling coffee cups!

Thank you Trent. Your video's are always informative.

Trent thanks for your time doing this video. It is an informative one to those people who doesn't know the difference yet. Keep doing this kind of video! Greetings from Puerto Rico my friend.

Triple tonguing is way over my head, as an aspiring Euphologist I would say the first step is to build up that breathing stamina. Both lovely instruments and quite unique.

Trent--I love your videos! I majored in horn but also play trumpet and cornet and I acquired a euphonium (a wonderful name!) just for fun. I remember once years ago meeting a guy who played a "double-belled euphonium" and I gather they were once popular (mentioned in Meredith Willson's '76 Trombones' from The Music Man). So, I'm waiting for you to acquire one, and do a video on it!

Great videos, Euphonium player since high school and into college, really entertaining vids and great sound, Trent!

This was so helpful. I’ve started learning the euphonium and had not heard of the baritone so this was great.

I remember when I used to play euphonium, people would always say “I didn’t know they made tubas that small!”

He plays the tuba at 4:54, euphonium at 5:50.

What a fantastic video. You are very good at both instruments. You really helped me learn about the euphonium because o have just started it. Thanks!

I listen to classical music through the night. I played snare drum in the high school band 68 years ago so I could watch and listen to the other instruments. I did not remember the different sounds of the horn and trombone so I listened on You Tube. Now I am comparing the baritone, euphonium and the tuba. Thank you for your demonstration.

Fantastic video. But you should make some more bass Trombone videos

I love your music. Euphonium is a beautoful insturment.

These were exactly the info I was looking for. Thanks!

I loved your ways of describing both of these glorious horns and by the you play very well.

Can someone tell me the name of the march that he is mentioning at 7:21. My apologies as I just can't make it out what he's saying. Thanks.

I hate it when someone calls my saxophone a snare drum

Quality video as always Trent! if you could do one comparing a baritone to a tenor horn that would be great

thank you for this! always wondered/speculated the difference

I cringe every time somebody calls my 24 string guitar a snare drum

I can count on one hand the number of people who make a living playing either of these two!

Great video, I played Baritone in an Orchestra and Band (I didn't have access to a Euphonium), and greatly enjoyed it. Keep up the great videos, Trent!

Someone called my trumpet a clarinet... I'm concerned

I was a Marching Baritone in my last marching season I had. Reality I am a Trombone.

Its been over 30 years since I played a baritone, and I am wanting to re-learn it so I can play at my church. Great video and very informative, thanks for posting.

I just found your channel through this video and I'm a euphonium player and I already love the channel

It appears that you can more easily achieve greater range on the euphonium than the baritone.

My aunt called my French Horn a French Clarinet...

Huh. That explains a lot actually. Back when I was in band I was a tuba player, but I would moonlight as a tenor tuba player. Tenor tuba, euphonium, baritone. They were all the same instrument in my band, and they all used euphonium sheet music, Good to finally know the distinction!

Great description! thank you so much.

That baritone looks different than the ones I see, our baritones look like euphs with 3 valves.

i need to share this video to my freinds they keep saying that i play the baritone

Trent - thank you for doing this video! I was one of the somewhat confused one, as an adult beginner. A friend of mine (the local music director in a small mountain town) loaned me a 'euphonium' to learn on, but after watching this I'm not so sure it isn't a baritone. It's a 3-valve, '60's Reynolds Futura, with a detachable front facing bell. To me it sounds more baritone-like. Your video helped a lot.

Big difference. Thank you Trent. And well played to my ears.

"A lot of that is just twaddle" _subscribes_

My 6th grade math teacher as a joke said to someone with a trombone hey nice flute

Thank you so much. I couldn't tell them apart when I learned to play in a wind band. Now I know Euphonium is so unique!

Thank you for this explanation, I have always wondered the difference and have read and heard quite a bit of conflicting information.

I have a baritone that looks like the euphonium but without a 4th valve...

I play trombone and baritone and euphonium players tease me 😭

I'm happy to see someone giving a good explanation on the differences between these instruments both in physical terms and in use :-) Pretty interesting to see that in a Brass Band the baritone is supposed to do different things than it is in a Fanfare Band (wind/concert band primarily used in the Netherlands and Belgium). There the Baritone (and specifically the 1st baritone part) has a lot of counter melodies or 'fiddly stuff' as you said to the flugelhorns and trumpets, and often plays as a double or counterpart to the French Horn :-) I started on baritone and after 7 years of playing on the euphonium I got the chance of playing on a baritone again and the first thing I noticed is that I put WAY too much air into the baritone xD it's much more 'delicate' to play on in terms of air flow.

Thank you for the explanation and demonstration.

I thought they were the same instrument

I get triggered when my band director calls my euphonium a baritone.

My favourite video, thanks Trent! I I played euph at school, years later now on baritone horn, but for paid gigs, trombone, so I decided to learn Eb tuba , happy there.

Excellent Video !!!

You wouldn't be a Salvo by any chance? As a Salvo bandsman, this seems incredibly familiar

Treble clef is inferior

Thanks for the insight. I played Tuba/Sousaphone in school and carried a Baritone home for practice.

Excellent video. Thank you.

Top difference between a baritone and a euphonium. If it has a gorgeous rich, soulful sound it's a euphonium. If it sounds like a truck ran over it then reversed back for a second go? It's a baritone.

Thank you. That clearly illustrated the differences between the two instruments for me. I especially liked the sage description of the *volume* of the instrument being somewhat a function of it being 'cylindrical' or 'conical.' I was trying to explain to my wife, after watching Lowdown Brass Band (Chicago; Ridgway Colorado live performance) play, how the *lengths* of the various instruments play a crucial role in their ranges; to think of them as coiled up to be of a practical nature.

Great explanation, thank you so much!

Nice job mate, I can see you're gifted musically!

Thanks so much! Clarifying a confusion I've long carried.

I was searching up about baritone guitars but I stumbled upon this and I gotta say I enjoyed watching this

Thanks for the video. My son is taking begining brass this school year and is starting out on the baritone, which I know very little about.

Nice pieces, and nice playing.

I played the bass clef baritone horn throughout middle and high school and loved the instrument. My favorite one was a four-valve, slanted horn with a positional curved bell. While the euphonium sounds fuller and smoother, if I ever found a baritone like the one I used to play, I'd buy it without a moment's hesitation. I LOVED that horn.

Thank you very much for your video. I enjoyed it very much.

Your Euphonium is from the late 80's early 90s. Just like mine... I call my baritone and euphonium combo "the twins".. Most people can't tell them apart, so the name is fitting. Twaddle is my new favorite word.

BTW, thanks for the videos (audios). Very good info.

I'm principally a string player but have recently taken up the French horn. There has always been a curiosity in my mind about the difference between the baritone and the euphonium, so when I happened upon this video I took to it quite happily. It was not rambling at all and I enjoyed it immensely. The euphonium is definitely the sweeter sounding of the two, perhaps because of the conical shape. Thank you!