单词	helicon
释义	helicon /ˈhɛlɪk(ə)n / noun A large spiral bass tuba played encircling the player’s head and resting on the shoulder.Many free black and slave musicians who fought in the Civil War became adept at using piston-valve instruments of conical bore, including tubas, helicons, and saxophones.... It was from the helicon that Conn in the USA devised the sousaphone for the American bandmaster John Philip Sousa. Keeping the faith with the Balkan brass-band traditions, he leads his boys through romps of full-bodied funkiness, cemented by blasts on the tuba-like helicon. Origin Late 19th century: from Latin, associated with helix.
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