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By Horn, I assume you mean French Horn, in which case the answer would be no, it is a brass instrument.

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Q: Is the horn in the woodwind family?
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Which instrument is not in the woodland family a piccoloan oboeor a french horn?

The horn is not in the woodwind family.


What family does the English Horn belong to?

The English horn is a member of the woodwind family. It is essentially an alto oboe.


What does the English family belong to?

The English horn is a member of the woodwind family. It is essentially an alto Oboe.


What has a double reed in the woodwind family?

The Oboe, the English Horn and the Bassoon have double reeds.


What instruments are in woodwind family?

The flute, piccolo, clarinet and bass clarinet, tho oboe and English Horn, the bassoon and the contra bassoon. The horn is not a woodwind, of course, but many composers consider it an "honorary" woodwind because of its usefulness and frequent employment in a woodwind ensemble. The saxophone is neither fish nor fowl - it is considered a woodwind in a woodwind ensemble, and a brass instrument in a brass ensemble.


What family does the English horn?

The English horn has several "cousins", but the instrument it is most closely related to is the oboe, and is sometimes called an alto oboe. As part of the woodwind family, the English horn is also related to the clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, flute and piccolo.


Is the alto horn a woodwind instrument?

No, an alto horn is not a woodwind instrument, it is a brass instrument. Woodwind instruments use reeds, except for flutes and recorders.


What is a brass instrument - English horn or piccolo flute or French horn?

Yes, the hunting horn is a brass instrument.


Which group of instruments make up the woodwind family?

The Piccolo, the flute, basoon, English horn, clarinet, and oboe.


What family is the harmonica in?

The woodwind family The woodwind family


Is the french horn a woodwind?

The french horn is a brass instrument. The sound of the horn can mix very nice with the sound of woodwind instruments. The horn is the only brass instrument that is used in the classical wind quintet, which consist of flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn. This quintet is sometimes referred to as "woodwind quintet", although the horn really is not a woodwind.


What instruments family does the English horn belong to?

The English Horn is a member of the woodwind family. It is most closely related to the oboe and bassoon since it also uses a double reed and is pitched between the two.