[SIZE=7][FONT=Geneva][COLOR=blue] :angry: :angry: :angry: hi do just wondering coz i used 2 play e flat horn (tenor horn) and everyone called it a frrench horn. now i play a french horn people call it a tenor horn! :angry: :angry: :angry:

ITS SOOOOOOO ANNOYING!
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Tenor horn looks like a mini tuba, and a french horn has valves played with the left hand and your right hand in it's bell? Is that right???! I don't play brass, but my friends play some brass.

yea but your hand not compleatley in the bell

plus french horns are in a completely different league to tenor horns.
tenor horns are in Eb, they're small, only play in brass and military bands.
french horns play in brass ENSEMBLES, orchestras, military bands, wind bands/orchestras, wind quintets, brass quintet.
also, french horn is generally regarded as one, if not THE most, difficult orchestral instrumnet to play.

but i quite like tenor horns on the quiet, Brassed Off! wont have been the same without them!

hornplayer xxx

it offically THE MOST diffelect in the orchrestra

am i just being stupid or is ther nothing to vote on here? i dont get what im voting for! yes, i can tell the difference! but how can i click on the name of a horn to say that?!??! a flugle horn is like a big, weird shaped cornet, a french horn is kind of round, and the tenor horn is the same shape as a euphonium or a tuba, just smaller!

All three horns look completely different! I see why some people would get french horn and tenor horn mixed up but a flugel horn isn't even slightly the same shape as the other 2.

I know how u feel frenchyhorn, people call my tenor horn a trumpet!!

QUOTE (Katet @ Jul 24 2004, 08:56 PM)

am i just being stupid or is ther nothing to vote on here? i dont get what im voting for! yes, i can tell the difference! but how can i click on the name of a horn to say that?!??!

LOL

i thought that but voted anyway!!

Gud, im not the only one!! i voted to, but for no reason!

Yea I know the difference.... it isn't rocket science really is it? ;-)
The colours in each instrument are very different.... French horn is unquestionably the best... Tenor horn is great in brass banding... Flugel horns are beautiful instruments when played right (ie: not like a cornet or trumpet)

in germany a tenor horn is the same as an english euphonium
an alto horn is the same as an english tenor horn
in america the nickname for the tenor horn is the dog horn - because it sounds like a dog yapping
confused yet?

QUOTE (tubauk @ Sep 10 2004, 10:25 PM)

in germany a tenor horn is the same as an english euphonium an alto horn is the same as an english tenor horn in america the nickname for the tenor horn is the dog horn - because it sounds like a dog yapping confused yet?

The American names all make so much more sense! In a brass band the Eb horn really is the alto voice, though 'dog horn' has to be the best name ever!!
to confuse matters still further- how about the English horn (cor anglais)- neither english nor a horn

horns rule! people call my french horn "the shiny curly thing" which i suppose sums it up pretty well...

[to confuse matters still further- how about the English horn (cor anglais)- neither english nor a horn]

It gets even more confusing with cor anglais 'cos recent research suggests that anglaise means angled (referring to the angled crook) rather than english - I know I'm an anorak but i can't help it!

QUOTE (tubauk @ Sep 16 2004, 06:18 PM)

It gets even more confusing with cor anglais 'cos recent research suggests that anglaise means angled (referring to the angled crook) rather than english - I know I'm an anorak but i can't help it!

lol- I knew that- 'cor angle' (with e acute) as opposed to 'cor anglais'- but it's still confusing for those who don't know!

yep! you could almost say too many horns........ but you can never have too many horns!!!!

QUOTE (cheeble @ Sep 18 2004, 09:45 PM)

yep! you could almost say too many horns........ but you can never have too many horns!!!!

I agree completely!

apparently there's some music for horn quartets... does anybody know what it is/where i could get hold of some?

There are loads of horn quartets out there- check the Paxmans website and you can order them online- www.paxman.co.uk
There's a really cool set of quartets, I can't remember what they're called but they come with a little book for each player. It's so teeny and so cute! and there are loads of them in it, varying difficulties. You can definitely get them in paxmans, I'll check with my teacher to see what they're called.
if you're really really REALLy ambitious you could always think about the Schumann Konzertstuck........!!!

wow, cheers hgirl! always wanted to branch out from the string quartets that i'm always playing in... i think the Schumann is a little bit beyond me though! i'll have a look on the paxman website. thank you very much!

Hi cheeble!
I think those wee tiny quartet books are called Rubanks Quartet Repertoire and you have to buy each horn part separately (only £3.50 each though). You can buy the score from Paxmans as well. Mozart wrote a beautiful quintet for horn and string quartet too- that could be fun since you have a string quartet as well, I'm sure it'd be easy enough to find the extra player! have fun!

QUOTE (hgirl @ Sep 24 2004, 08:42 AM)

Mozart wrote a beautiful quintet for horn and string quartet too- that could be fun since you have a string quartet as well, I'm sure it'd be easy enough to find the extra player! have fun!

You need a non-standard quartet with one violin and two violas. The horn becomes a sort of co-leader with the violin.

QUOTE (kenm @ Sep 24 2004, 04:32 PM)

You need a non-standard quartet with one violin and two violas. The horn becomes a sort of co-leader with the violin.

That's what I meant by 'the extra player'- sorry didn't make that clear!

nice! it sounds good - I'll look it up and keep you posted if I actually manage to get a group together!