Jubilee (biblical) it was thought that the English term "Jubilee" derives from the Hebrew term "yobel" (via Latin ""), which in turn derives from "yobhel", meaning "ram"; the Jubilee year was announced by a blast on a shofar, an instrument made from a ram's horn, during that year's Yom Kippur. An alternative etymology notes that the Latin verb "iūbilō", "shout for joy," predates the Vulgate, and proposes that instead the Latin "jubilo" (meaning "shout"), as well as Middle Irish "ilach" (victory cry), New English "yowl", and Ancient Greek "iuzo" (ἰύζω: shout), derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*yu-" (shout for joy). In this
Horn (instrument) horn player. Another unfamiliar aspect of the mellophone is that it is designed to be played with the right hand instead of the left (although it can be played with the left). While horn players may be asked to play the mellophone, it is unlikely that the instrument was ever intended as a substitute for the horn, mainly because of the fundamental differences described. As an instrument it compromises between the ability to sound like a horn, while being used like a trumpet or flugelhorn, a tradeoff that sacrifices acoustic properties for ergonomics. The marching horn is quite similar to