There are a number of well-known horn concertos composed by Mozart, Haydn and Strauss.
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| The French Horn is perhaps the most easily identifiable of all the brass instruments. It has the same conical tubing and bell/cupped shaped mouthpiece as all the rest of the brass instruments, but the tubing is curled and wound round in a spiral shape. It was known as the French Horn since the eighteenth century, as its design was perfected in France! |
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| The modern verion of this instrument has three valves, and a huge range of notes - from the B below the bass clef to the F at the top of the treble clef. Because the French Horn is a transposing instrument, the music is written a fifth higher than played. The stopped notes are played by putting the hand into the bell (end) There are a number of well-known horn concertos composed by Mozart, Haydn and Strauss. |
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