French Horn

Check out the music of Richard Strauss (no relation to Johann Strauss, the "Waltz King"). His father was a famous horn player, and Strauss wrote many wonerful pieces for horn. Difficult music, though.

it used to have a bell like a trumpets' so it had a really brassy sound instead of a mellow sound. it also used to not have valves! its called a "natural horn." they would change the pitch with the lips and right hand position (because when you put the hand farther into the bell the pitch goes down)

I play the french horn and am not really sure what you mean by what kind of music. A french horn can play any music. I recently preformed at a black history month concert and played blues/jazz music on my french horn. If you mean the key its played in the key of F. Hope that helped:)

There's five flats in the key signature, so starting on the D just below the staff, the fingerings are: Db (1 2), Eb (2), F (1), Gb (2), Ab (2 3), Bb (1), C (open), Db (1 2).

The fingerings are for a single French horn.

If you uncoil all of a regular french horn's tubing, in total it would be 12 feet long!

a french horn can weigh up to 25 or 30 pounds.it depends on what kind it is.if you have a professional horn it will be a lot heavier than a regular or student horn.regular and student horns weigh about 10 -15 pounds

The most common top note is the C above the staff, but it's only found in advanced repertoire and some jazz arrangements. Some players can go beyond that, but such notes are almost never used.

That depends entirely on what job the person can find.

Brass instruments involve the blowing of air into a mouthpiece. The vibrations of the lips against the mouthpiece produce a range of frequencies. ... This forces the air inside of the column into resonance vibrations. The result of resonance is always a big vibration - that is, a loud sound.

Yes, according to the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, a bassoon is classified as a double-reeded aerophone with keys.

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the lowest note possible is a double pedal c#, being the c# below the c# below middle c, or an f#1 concert (triple pedal f#). What the highest note possible is, I don't know, but I have heard of people hitting a c#7 (three octaves and one half step above middle c).

It depends on what key the single horn is in. A double horn is pitched in F and Bb, switching between the two keys with the thumb (T) valve. A Bb horn is easier to play because there's less tubing to blow through, making high notes easier to hit and lower notes clearer. However, the tone of them is particularly bright, giving it a nasty sound in the horn's middle and mid-low range. Because of this, a double horn a popular choice because it gives the musician the best of both worlds.

Despite this, starting off on a single F horn is actually a wise choice. Beginner horn music is generally really simple, so the higher and lower ranges of the horn aren't used. The longer they stay on the single F horn, the stronger they'll be when they switch to a double.

A french horn has been around for 38 years. This is the correct answer for sure

Wind instruments which produce sound using lip vibrations are classified as brass. The french horn meets this specification. It produces sound in a fashion similar to other brass instruments such as the trumpet, trombone and tuba.

It dependes on your opinion. I personally think stringed instruments look difficult to play, but that's because I'm a pianist. The flute looks confusing because of all the buttons.

The sound of the French Horn is produced by the vibration of the player's lips inside the mouthpiece.

The French Horn is written in treble clef. It sounds a 5th lower than written. In the Classical-Romantic periods, notes below G below middle C (written) used to be written in bass clef, but they stopped doing that last century.

France. It was originally a hunting horn, and is now one of the coolest brass instruments in the modern concert band.

The French horn as we know it today comes from Germany. The french designation is only used in the english language, probably for the same reason french fries arent called geman fries (they came from germany)... and of course the ENGLISH horn is actually french....

There are two main types of valves. These are the piston valve and the rotary valve.

The french horn uses a rotary valve, when a trumpet or baritone uses a piston valve.

The tuba has been know to use either one.

it is like the voice of a mouse

A trombone player uses a combination of the slide and his air to change pitches. For example if you start out playing a low c and go up to an a you need to move your slide and blow harder. If you are going from a b flat to an f though all you need to do is blow more air because they are located in the same position. Also if you are a too sharp or flat on a note you can use your tighten or loosen the corners of your lips to get the correct pitch.

The French Horn was invented in 1753, it was invented because it was used for commutation and for the beautiful sound it made.