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To get the spit and condensation out of the French Horn slide each valve out of their position in the horn and shake the contents out. Then turn the french horn around until all the water has come out. Then put each valve back in the correct place. For the key valves hold down each key while taking each valve out. That is how you get the "spit" out of a French Horn.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoon some, not all. it would usually be on the back side of the horn on the tube at the bottom that is near the leadpipe attached to the valve for the f side
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∙ 13y agoLike most (but not all) woodwind instruments, the Clarinet does not have a spit valve.
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∙ 13y agothere ain't no spit valve. those are only on brass instruments.
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∙ 13y agoSome french horns do have a spit valve, but the ones that don't simply have the spit come out of the bell.
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How do you drain spit from a French horn?
To drain the spit from a french horn, make sure the mouthpiece is NOT connected, then flip the horn so that the bell is facing to your bottom right, and the mouthpiece slot is facing your bottom left. From there, remove the tuning slide from the instrument. Then simply flick the slide to remove the spit from it, and reinsert it to your horn. If this does not work, you spit is probably in one of your valve slides. Follow the same process from above, except turn it so your valves are pointing upward, and their slides downward. Then empty each one in turn in the way mentioned above, until the spit is located.
How do you play the french horn?
You place your lips on the mouthpiece, make sure your lips are tighter at the corners. Just blow into the mouthpiece. If your a natural like me, your lips will do all the work, but if your not, all you have to do is try making your lips vibrate. It sounds harder than it really is, trust me. Now your going to want to place your hand in the bell, but not to far in or the sound will get distorted. When you play higher notes, you're going to want to tighten your lips, and push out as much air as you can. When you play lower notes, you're going to want to loosen your lips so your lips are free to vibrate into the lower range. You will notice that a popping sound will come from the bell every now and then. This is because of spit build up. If your French Horn comes with a spit valve, use that. But if your French Horn, like mine, doesn't come with a spit valve, take out your mouth piece, tip the French Horn over and the spit will come out the hole where you place the mouth piece. That should do it :] it will come don't worry:-)
Water out of french horn?
if you dont have a spit valve, you can either 1) tilt the horn around in circles to the left and the water will come out of the leadpipe---where the mouthpiece goes in (make sure you take off the mouthpiece first), or you could 2) tilt the horn to the right upside-down and take out the valves from the back of the horn and take the water out of those valves. if you want to take water out of one of the front valves, put down the finger of the valve whose water you want to get out, and while holding down the valve, take out the actual valve and get the water out and put it back in. dont pick up your finger until the valve is back on.
How is sound produced on a french horn?
I'm not sure what you mean by "weird sound", but I'm assuming you have a lot of spit in the horn, so much that it sounds like it's bubbling. The only way I have found to get spit out of a french horn is to keep rotating it clockwise until the spit comes out of the bell. either that or pull off all of the slides and pour the spit out of there.
How do you drain the spit from the french horn?
First, the "spit" is primarily condensation - the breath holds some water, which condenses inside the instrument in any number of places - and there is the problem. Basically, gravity is used to empty the water but one has to locate the water - it can be in any of the tubes on the horn. On a double horn, one can dump water in any of the valves out the third valve. To do this, turn the horn with the valves draining downward, while depressing the third valve on the Bb side - this will hold the water from going past that valve. Then dump the water in the third slide (don't lift that valve until the water is dumped from the other slides, and empty both the F and Bb third valves. Some horns have water keys and water keys can be added to horns with none. Amado water keys (small cylinders soldered above a hole drilled at the draining point) are inexpensive (ca. $12) and easy to install. Gravity is your friend.
How do you drain spit from a French horn?
To drain the spit from a french horn, make sure the mouthpiece is NOT connected, then flip the horn so that the bell is facing to your bottom right, and the mouthpiece slot is facing your bottom left. From there, remove the tuning slide from the instrument. Then simply flick the slide to remove the spit from it, and reinsert it to your horn. If this does not work, you spit is probably in one of your valve slides. Follow the same process from above, except turn it so your valves are pointing upward, and their slides downward. Then empty each one in turn in the way mentioned above, until the spit is located.
How do you play the french horn?
You place your lips on the mouthpiece, make sure your lips are tighter at the corners. Just blow into the mouthpiece. If your a natural like me, your lips will do all the work, but if your not, all you have to do is try making your lips vibrate. It sounds harder than it really is, trust me. Now your going to want to place your hand in the bell, but not to far in or the sound will get distorted. When you play higher notes, you're going to want to tighten your lips, and push out as much air as you can. When you play lower notes, you're going to want to loosen your lips so your lips are free to vibrate into the lower range. You will notice that a popping sound will come from the bell every now and then. This is because of spit build up. If your French Horn comes with a spit valve, use that. But if your French Horn, like mine, doesn't come with a spit valve, take out your mouth piece, tip the French Horn over and the spit will come out the hole where you place the mouth piece. That should do it :] it will come don't worry:-)
Water out of french horn?
if you dont have a spit valve, you can either 1) tilt the horn around in circles to the left and the water will come out of the leadpipe---where the mouthpiece goes in (make sure you take off the mouthpiece first), or you could 2) tilt the horn to the right upside-down and take out the valves from the back of the horn and take the water out of those valves. if you want to take water out of one of the front valves, put down the finger of the valve whose water you want to get out, and while holding down the valve, take out the actual valve and get the water out and put it back in. dont pick up your finger until the valve is back on.
What is the overall design of a french horn?
A french horn is played into a mouthpiece that travels along a tube down and back up to a main tuning slide, usually containing a "spit valve". Then, it travels through a network of rotating valves and through a larger tube out. On a double horn, however, after the first network of valves, it can decisively travel through another tuning slide and through more valves to the same exit.
How do you say spit in French?
"Spit" in French is "cracher".
How is sound produced on a french horn?
I'm not sure what you mean by "weird sound", but I'm assuming you have a lot of spit in the horn, so much that it sounds like it's bubbling. The only way I have found to get spit out of a french horn is to keep rotating it clockwise until the spit comes out of the bell. either that or pull off all of the slides and pour the spit out of there.
How do you drain the spit from the french horn?
First, the "spit" is primarily condensation - the breath holds some water, which condenses inside the instrument in any number of places - and there is the problem. Basically, gravity is used to empty the water but one has to locate the water - it can be in any of the tubes on the horn. On a double horn, one can dump water in any of the valves out the third valve. To do this, turn the horn with the valves draining downward, while depressing the third valve on the Bb side - this will hold the water from going past that valve. Then dump the water in the third slide (don't lift that valve until the water is dumped from the other slides, and empty both the F and Bb third valves. Some horns have water keys and water keys can be added to horns with none. Amado water keys (small cylinders soldered above a hole drilled at the draining point) are inexpensive (ca. $12) and easy to install. Gravity is your friend.
My baby doesnt spit up is that ok?
No.
What does a trumpet have that opens and closes?
on the main tunning slide and third valve slide there should be a spit valve, its used to empty your spit from the instrument. some trumpets have more then the two common spit valves.
Where is the spit valve on a flute?
There is no spit valve on the Alto Saxophone. There is a spit valve on most Bari Saxophones and Contrabass Saxophones. To remove spit the easiest way is to breath in with your mouth on the mouthpiece as hard as you can. This seems a little unsanitary, but it is the most efficient way, because certain times you will not have more than half a second of a break, and if you have a spittish-tone, you will want to try to get the spit out from inside your mouthpiece.
What is the other word for a water key on a trumpet?
A spit valve.
Does the spit come out of the bell of the trumpet or the the mouth piece?
It actually comes out the spit valve located on the pipe under the bell
