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Staff reports The instrument that is now called the “French Horn” has a long history of evolving not so much from musical ...
While she was there, her French horn was stolen. Kristi thought she'd never see the instrument again. But, that changed. “Initially, I thought it couldn’t be true. I took a look at the picture ...
The player puts their hand in the bell end to change the sound of the instrument, and gets different notes by pressing down valves, which block off holes. I started playing the french horn when I ...
All other brass instruments need to go home. We have a winner. From fiendishly exposed entries in Brandenburg Concertos to cruel openings to Bruckner symphonies, the humble French horn has for ...
Certain musical instruments are becoming ‘endangered’ as children turn away from them to other, more popular, ones. The French horn, double bass and trombone are being neglected, according to a recent ...
The English horn is not English, and is not a horn. Its name is from misreading French “anglé” (angled) for “Anglais” (English), originally an angled instrument. Brass: “Trumpet” is from Old French ...