Horns

Newest Review: ... O WITH THE HORN SECTION SOUNDING DIRE? Well. The area of the harmonic ... more

... series that Horns play in is much further up the sequence than other brass instruments. As you get higher up the harmonic series, the notes that can be produced are closer together. So even a slight misjudgement of "buzzing" speed can land the player on a note just above or below the desired one. Other brass players have this problem too when they have to play high in their range, but because the Horn's "normal" register starts so much further up the sequence, greater difficulty in pitching is presen...more

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Horns: Get Horny (755 words)
by - written on 06/09/01 (Very useful, 544 readings)
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You slide it out of the hard case. Its gleaming curved pipes sensuously arc around, flaring provocatively out to the broad and shining bell. The embossed valve-caps catch the light and shatter it into brilliant fragments. You insert the conical mouthpiece into the narrow aperture with a dull chime and raise it slowly to your lips, inhaling deeply, focused, prepared... BLAARTHP! Drains gone wrong. Congratulations, you have started to play the French Horn, not only the most beautiful, but the most difficult of all the brass instruments. So why is it so much more challenging? Why can amateur trumpeters, trombonists, euphonium and tuba players often make a ... Read the complete review