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FRENCH HORN


The French horn (simply known as "the horn" among classical musicians) is unique in the world of brass instruments. Though the fingerings of the horn follow the same basic concept as other instruments, the physics of this unique instrument make for a wider range of fingering complications and opportunities for the player.

Partials

1. Like all brass instruments, the horn produces pitch based on the principle of acoustic science known as the overtone series. This principle refers to the fact that any vibrating object (such as a horn) will vibrate at a series of sympathetic, or similar, vibrations. For brass players, this means that buzzing your lips into an instrument will result in a feeling of locking in place with several spaced-out pitches which resonate clearly. These pitch spaces are called "partials."
   
   The longer a horn is, the more partials a player can play on it. The higher you get in a horn's overtone series, the closer together the partials become, meaning that it require less motion in the muscles of the players lips, or embouchure, in order to change from one note to another. A smaller horn, with less tubing, will have fewer partials overall.
   
   The French horn is made up of nearly as much tubing as a tuba, though it is a much smaller instrument. As a result, it has an extremely large number of partials spaced closely together.

Valves

2. The keys on the horn, which are controlled by the fingers, control the opening and closing of valves. When these valves are open, they allow the flow of air into more of the tubes of the horn, effectively making the horn a longer instrument. When open valves are combined, the air flows into both open chambers.
   
   When the horn becomes effectively longer, it operates on a different overtone series. This means that by fingering valves, the player can choose notes from several overtones and thus, fill out the entire western chromatic scale.

Fingering combinations

3. Each valve has a different effect on the pitch currently being played. The second valve lowers the pitch by a half step, the first valve by a whole step, and the third valve by three a step and a half. When valves are combined, these numbers are added. For example, holding down the first and second valves together will lower the pitch by a step and a half just as the third valve alone will do, while holding down all three keys of the horn lowers the tone by three whole steps. This means that multiple valve combinations will play the same note.

Two horns

4. A professional horn (as opposed to a student model) is really two instruments in one. Normally, the horn plays in the key of F, but when the trigger is pulled down, some of the tubing is blocked and the horn becomes shorter, pitched in B flat. This means that the horn has two sets of fingerings, depending on whether the player is playing on the B flat side or the F side.

Intonation

5. Western music uses a system of intonation where concert "A" equals 338 to 440 vibrations per second and all other notes are calibrated in relation to this, with some additional adjusting required for certain types of chords. Unfortunately, the natural harmonics of the horn do not always align precisely with these measurements. So, in order be in tune with her fellow musicians, the horn player must make slight adjustments when playing.
   
   In addition to adjusting pitch using embouchure and hand position, horn players must make choices about the best fingerings to use in certain passages of music. This is because while two different fingerings may play more or less the same pitch, they will be tuned slightly differently depending on how high or low a certain fingering places the note in the overtone series of the horn at its current configuration. The process of choosing the best fingering is one of trial and error and its success largely dependent on the experience of the player.

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this is english horn :)




The oboe is related to the English horn and is descended from the horn shepherds used for thousands of years. The pitch falls in between that of the flute and the English horn, and it is tuned in the key of C.



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